THAILAND-ASIA-QUAKE-TSUNAMI-TOURISTS CROPPED VERSION
Foreign tourists far out on the sand after the water receeded react as the first of six tsunami start to roll towards Hat Rai Lay Beach, near Krabi in southern Thailand, 26 December 2004. The final death toll from Thailand's tidal waves disaster could approach 6,800, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra suggested, as European nations joined Thais in trying to trace thousands of missing people. AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP) (-/AFP)
THAILAND-QUAKE-HOSPITAL-WOMAN A Thai medical orderly rushes a western tourist for treatment at Phuket International Hospital in Phuket, 26 December 2004. At least 310 people were killed and more than 5000 injured in southern Thailand when tsunamis caused by a massive earthquake off Indonesia struck the nation, according to officials.Ten-metre-high (33 feet) waves crashed down onto beaches and crushed holiday bungalows after the first of a series of waves hit just before 10:00am (0300 GMT), according to officials and rescuers. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) (SAEED KHAN/AFP)
A view of the damage caused by a tsunami at a beach in Phuket. A view of the damage caused by a tsunami at a beach in Phuket, about 862 km (536 miles) south of Bangkok, December 26, 2004. A tsunami triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean tossed cars around like toys on Thailand's southern tourist playground on Sunday and swept into luxury hotels on Phuket Island, killing at least 120 people in the region, officials said. REUTERS/Stringer SS/CN (Stringer Thailand/REUTERS)
General view of Ton Sai Bay in Thailand's Phi Phi island. General view of Ton Sai Bay in Thailand's Phi Phi island, December 28, 2004 after a tsunami hit the area. The sea and wreckage of coastal towns all around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies on Tuesday, pushing the toll from Sunday's tsunami past 50,000. REUTERS/Luis Enrique Ascui (Luis Enrique Ascui/REUTERS)
THAILAND-QUAKE-TSUNAMIS Foreign tourists look at damage caused by a tsunami in Phuket island, southern of Thailand, 26 December 2004. At least 118 people were killed and 1300 wounded Sunday in southern Thailand when tsunamis caused by a massive earthquake off Indonesia struck the nation, officials said. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (STRINGER/AFP)
THAILAND-QUAKE-TSUNAMIS Foreign tourists look at damage caused by a tsunami in Phuket island, southern of Thailand, 26 December 2004. At least 118 people were killed and 1300 wounded Sunday in southern Thailand when tsunamis caused by a massive earthquake off Indonesia struck the nation, officials said. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (STRINGER/AFP)
INDONESIA-QUAKE-FLEE Residents of Kuala Keureutoe village, Ranah Pasir, Lhokseumawe flee from their homes which surrounded by water after the strong quake early Sunday, 26 December 2004. A total 721 people have been confirmed dead in Indonesia from a powerful eartquake and tsunamis that struck the nothern tip of Sumatra island Sunday but the toll is expected to rise, official said. (Photo by AFP) (-/AFP)
THAILAND-QUAKE A Thai woman collects her belongings from among the debris near the shoreline of Pathong beach on southern Thailand's Phuket island, 27 December 2004, a day after a tidal wave devastated the coastline. The death toll 27 December from a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake off Indonesia and tsunamis that it unleashed reached over 14,000, almost 400 in Thailand alone, with officials reporting deaths in seven countries in southern and southeastern Asia. AFP PHOTO/ Saeed KHAN (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) (SAEED KHAN/AFP)
In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, Kusol Wetchakul offers prayers for the soul of his sister at dawn along the beach near Khao Lak, Thailand. Some 230,000 people were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami set off by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004. A dozen countries were hit, from Indonesia to India to Africas west coast. Scores of Associated Press journalists covered the disaster, and as the 10th anniversary approached, the AP asked several of them to describe the images that have stuck with them the most. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) (David Longstreath/AP)
Thai soldiers carry a coffin in Phang Nga province where a tsunami hit the area. Thai soldiers carry a coffin in Phang Nga province, about 788 km (489 miles) south of Bangkok, December 28, 2004 where a tsunami hit the area on Sunday. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a devastating tidal wave triggered by an earthquake for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would far exceed the 36,946 now reported killed. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom CS/CN (Chaiwat Subprasom/REUTERS)
Rescue workers search for the bodies of victims of Sunday's tsunami in Phang Nga province, Thailand. Rescue workers search for the bodies of victims of Sunday's tsunami in Phang Nga province, about 788 km (489 miles) south of Bangkok, December 28, 2004. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a devastating tidal wave triggered by an earthquake for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would far exceed the 36,946 now reported killed. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom CS/CN (Chaiwat Subprasom)
FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 17, 2005 file photo, refugee children try to catch relief goods tossed from an Australian military helicopter in a rice paddy in Lampaya, outskirts of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Aceh was hardest-hit by the Dec. 26 quake-spawned tsunami that killed more than 115,200 in Aceh, the northernmost province on Sumatra island. Some 230,000 people were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami set off by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004. A dozen countries were hit, from Indonesia to India to Africa's east coast. Scores of Associated Press journalists covered the disaster, and as the 10th anniversary approached, the AP asked 10 of them to describe the images that have stuck with them the most. This is the ninth of their stories, which are being published daily through Dec. 26. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)
