100 Days Tsunami Ceremony

Thai buddhist monks bless relatives of tsunami victims as survivors pray for their loved ones at Bang Maung temple in Phang Nga province, about 130 km (81 miles) north of the Thai resort island of Phuket April 3, 2005. Thais will commemorate victims of the tsunami on the disaster’s 100th-day anniversary on Monday. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

Photographs of those killed in the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami, near Takuapa, Thailand are displayed during 100 day ceremonies at Wat Bang Muang in Takuapa, Thailand. The 100 day ceremonies are linked to Thai Buddhist traditions of memorializing a person death after 100 days. More than 5,400 people were killed by the tsunami which struck Thailand and there are 2,900 people still unaccounted for. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

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