Two decades after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Indonesia, some survivors are rebuilding their lives in the same location, while others are too traumatized to return. The post Survivors in Indonesia grapple with trauma as they rebuild their lives 20 years after devastating tsunami appeared first on The World from PRX.

At one in Ulee Lheue village, where 14,000 unidentified victims are buried, families of those killed by the tsunami wept and placed flowers. There were similar memorial ceremonies in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing town in Thailand that was among those most devastated by the tsunami in the country,

Countries across Asia held ceremonies to remember hundreds of thousands of people killed during the massive Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago. People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia,