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 6800, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra suggested, as European nations joined Thais in trying to trace thousands of missing people. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
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