Light again is the predominant symbol of lives lost, this time from the devastating tsunami of 2004 that claimed an estimated 216,000 innocent victims. Photos below from the first anniversary in Thailand. These and more in the New York Times story World Reflects on Fury of Asia Tsunami
Relatives of tsunami victims light candles during a vigil commemorating the first anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Patong Beach in Phuket.
photo: Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters
Five thousand floating paper lanterns fill the sky in remembrance of tsunami victims during the one-year anniversary in Khao Lak, Thailand.
photo: Rungroj Yongrit/European Pressphoto Agency
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