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.

Survivors and mourners gathered at mass graves in Indonesia, Thailand and other places along the Indian Ocean that were devastated by the 2004 tsunami — the deadliest in the world.

In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore the brunt of the devastating wave in the country. The tsunami claimed the lives of over 8,000 people in Thailand. Many remain missing and nearly 400 bodies are unclaimed to this day.