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Indian Ocean tsunami: 10 years later

Anniversary marked with pain, hope

Sri Lankan tsunami survivors pay their respects in Peraliya, Sri Lanka, Friday at a mass grave for passengers of a train that was hit by the 2004 tsunami. - photo by The Associated Press

Sri Lanka Tsunami Ann Heal W — Sri Lankan tsunami survivors pay their respects in Peraliya, Sri Lanka, Friday at a mass grave for passengers of a train that was hit by the 2004 tsunami. - photo by The Associated Press

PERELIYA, Sri Lanka - A packed train in Sri Lanka was swept off the tracks by waves as big as elephants. A boat patrolling off Thailand's shore was hurled more than a mile inland. Streets in Indonesia turned into roaring rivers that carried people to their deaths.

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