Thousands of candles lit up Thailand's Patong Beach, thousands of saffron-robed Buddhist monks marched, and people held vigils, as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami today (December 26, 2009), according to Reuters website.
Hundreds of lanterns floated into the sky at Patong in one of many events across the region in memory of one of history's worst natural disasters when towering waves crashed ashore with little warning, killing 226,000 people in 13 countries.
In Indonesia's Banda Aceh, about 100 people took part in a prayer ceremony close to a fishing boat that landed on the rooftop of a two-storey house after being swept miles inland.
Indonesia was the worst hit country of the tsunami, with more than 166,000 dead and missing.
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