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Candlelit vigil in Thailand on 20th anniversary of tsunami

Video. Candlelight vigil in Thailand on tsunami's 20th anniversary

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Crowds gathered as they took part in a candlelight vigil on Thursday in the Thai village of Ban Nam Khem to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history’s worst natural disasters.

The earthquake and tsunami in 2004 took the lives of almost 230,000 people across 14 countries in south and southeast Asia.

It is one of the deadliest natural disasters in history and the deadliest tsunami disaster ever recorded.

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