Women comfort each other as they visit a mass grave of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami during the commemoration of the 20th year since the disaster, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 26, 2024. (AP/Kyodo)

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - People laid flowers and offered prayers at mass graves scattered across the capital of Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh on Thursday, marking 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that left more than 160,000 people dead in the province.