Memorial service at Takupa sport stadium in Pan-Nga province.

As part of ceremonies and remembrances around the world noting the anniversary of last year's Indian Ocean tsunami, 5,000 floating paper lanterns fill the sky Monday over the Andaman Sea off Khao Lak in sounthwestern Thailand. On December 26, 2004, southern Asia's most powerful earthquake in 40 years tore open the seabed off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, displacing billions of tons of water and sending massive waves roaring across the Indian Ocean as far away as East Africa. In the tsunami's ensuing devastation, an estimated 223,000 people died in a dozen nations in the region.

Dec. 26, 2005, 3:10PM
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By CHRIS BRUMMITT
Associated Press