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Tsunami Relief, Sri Lanka

Photo: Tsunami relief efforts continue in Sri Lanka

An aerial view of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, shows a debris-littered landscape after a tsunami swept the coastline on December 26, 2004. The devastating tsunami, triggered by the underwater Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in Indonesia, hit coastal areas throughout the Indian Ocean.

Photograph by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images