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Ten Years After Tsunami's Photo In Aceh, Indonesia

Unik Informatika - Indonesia’s Aceh province bore the brunt of the devastation when a massive earthquake triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004. Nearly 170,000 of the 230,000 fatalities around the ocean’s rim were in Aceh, which continues to rebuild a decade after the disaster.


This combo shows a file photo, top, taken on Jan. 23, 2005 of residents using an improvised raft to cross a river as an Indonesian soldier guards the area in Lhoknga in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 29, 2014, bottom, showing the abandoned site and a new bridge constructed nearby, back left. Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (top) and Bay Ismoyo (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo, top, taken on Jan. 23, 2005 of residents using an improvised raft to cross a river as an Indonesian soldier guards the area in Lhoknga in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 29, 2014, bottom, showing the abandoned site and a new bridge constructed nearby, back left. Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (top) and Bay Ismoyo (bottom))



This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on Dec. 27, 2004 of heavy debris spread across the grounds of Banda Aceh’s Baiturrahaman mosque in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 27, 2014 (bottom) showing the renovated grounds. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)

This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on Dec. 27, 2004 of heavy debris spread across the grounds of Banda Aceh’s Baiturrahaman Mosque in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 27, 2014 (bottom) showing the renovated grounds. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)



This combo shows a file photo, left, taken on Dec. 29, 2004 of residents walking over huge pile of debris covering the street of Banda Aceh in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 27, 2014. right, Indonesia will on Dec. 26, 2014 mark the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)

This combo shows a file photo, left, taken on Dec. 29, 2004 of residents walking over huge pile of debris covering the street of Banda Aceh in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 27, 2014. right, Indonesia will on Dec. 26, 2014 mark the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)



This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on Jan. 15, 2004 of houses surrounding the mosque in Meulaboh destroyed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake, and the same mosque photographed on Nov. 30, 2014 (bottom). Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo /Joel Saget (top) and Bay Ismoyo (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on Jan. 15, 2004 of houses surrounding the mosque in Meulaboh destroyed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake, and the same mosque photographed on Nov. 30, 2014 (bottom). Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo /Joel Saget (top) and Bay Ismoyo (bottom))



This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on Jan. 15, 2004 of houses surrounding the mosque in Meulaboh destroyed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake, and the same mosque photographed on Nov. 30, 2014 (bottom). Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo /Joel Saget (top) and Bay Ismoyo (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on Jan. 15, 2004 of houses surrounding the mosque in Meulaboh destroyed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake, and the same mosque photographed on Nov. 30, 2014 (bottom). Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo /Joel Saget (top) and Bay Ismoyo (bottom))



This combo shows a file photo (top) taken with a telephoto lens on Jan. 16, 2005 of a partly damaged mosque in the Lampuuk coastal district of Banda Aceh where surrounding houses were wiped out in the aftermath of the massive on Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake and the same location photographed with a wide angle lens on Dec. 1, 2014 (bottom) showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/ Joel Saget (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo (top) taken with a telephoto lens on Jan. 16, 2005 of a partly damaged mosque in the Lampuuk coastal district of Banda Aceh where surrounding houses were wiped out in the aftermath of the massive on Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake and the same location photographed with a wide angle lens on Dec. 1, 2014 (bottom) showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/ Joel Saget (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))



This combo shows a file photo, top, taken on Jan. 2, 2005 of a damaged mosque in Teunom, located in Aceh Jaya district, with many surrounding houses wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 29, 2014, bottom, showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/ Choo Youn Kong (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo, top, taken on Jan. 2, 2005 of a damaged mosque in Teunom, located in Aceh Jaya district, with many surrounding houses wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 29, 2014, bottom, showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/ Choo Youn Kong (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))



This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on Jan. 9, 2005 of a street cleared but with huge pile of debris on either side, in Meulaboh in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 29, 2014 (bottom) with developed commercial and residential buildings. Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Philippe Desmazes (top) and Bay Ismoyo (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on Jan. 9, 2005 of a street cleared but with huge pile of debris on either side, in Meulaboh in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 29, 2014 (bottom) with developed commercial and residential buildings. Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Philippe Desmazes (top) and Bay Ismoyo (bottom))



This combo shows a file photo, top, taken on Jan. 15, 2005 of a boat on top of a destroyed house in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake and woman walking past the same spot on Dec. 6, 2014. Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo, top, taken on Jan. 15, 2005 of a boat on top of a destroyed house in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake and woman walking past the same spot on Dec. 6, 2014. Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))



This combo shows a file photo (top) taken with a telephoto lens on Jan. 16, 2005 of a partly damaged mosque in the Lampuuk coastal district of Banda Aceh where surrounding houses were wiped out in the aftermath of the massive on Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake and the same location photographed with a wide angle lens on Dec. 1, 2014 (bottom) showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/ Joel Saget (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo (top) taken with a telephoto lens on Jan. 16, 2005 of a partly damaged mosque in the Lampuuk coastal district of Banda Aceh where surrounding houses were wiped out in the aftermath of the massive on Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake and the same location photographed with a wide angle lens on Dec. 1, 2014 (bottom) showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/ Joel Saget (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))



This combo shows a file photo, left, taken on Dec. 28, 2004 of debris scattered across the grounds of Banda Aceh’s Baiturrahaman mosque in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 27, 2014, right, showing the renovated grounds. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)

This combo shows a file photo, left, taken on Dec. 28, 2004 of debris scattered across the grounds of Banda Aceh’s Baiturrahaman mosque in Aceh province, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 27, 2014, right, showing the renovated grounds. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)



This combo shows a file photo, top, taken on Jan. 2, 2005 of a damaged mosque in Teunom, located in Aceh Jaya district, with many surrounding houses wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 29, 2014, bottom, showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/ Choo Youn Kong (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo, top, taken on Jan. 2, 2005 of a damaged mosque in Teunom, located in Aceh Jaya district, with many surrounding houses wiped out in the aftermath of the massive Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami triggered by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on Nov. 29, 2014, bottom, showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly Tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/ Choo Youn Kong (top) and Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))



This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on January 5, 2005 of the devastated district of Banda Aceh in Aceh province located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island in the aftermath of the massive on Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake and the same location photographed on Dec. 1, 2014 (bottom) showing new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Choo Youn-Kong (top), Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))

This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on January 5, 2005 of the devastated district of Banda Aceh in Aceh province located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island in the aftermath of the massive on Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake and the same location photographed on Dec. 1, 2014 (bottom) showing new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark on Dec. 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. (AFP Photo/Choo Youn-Kong (top), Chaideer Mahyuddin (bottom))

Source : The Jakarta Globe (by : Agence France-Presse)
Ten Years After Tsunami