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Photo Gallery: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

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A man surveys the destruction to his house and boat in Pangandaran, Indonesia, after a July 2006 tsunami struck the island of Java just a year and a half after the devastating 2004 tsunami in nearby Sumatra. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves triggered by a massive displacement of water, in this case, an earthquake. Photograph by Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images