Asia to mourn tsunami dead with ceremonies on 20th anniversary

Fishermen pull nets at Gampong Jawa beach, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 25, 2024.

Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami devastated coastal areas around the Indian Ocean in one of the worst natural disasters in human history.