DescriptionRescue and clean-up crews surveying a flooded hotel lobby along Patong Beach on Phuket Island, Thailand, following the devastating tsunami of 26 December 2004. The tsunami was triggered by a massive undersea earthquake measuring 9.1-9.3 off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, and claimed an estimated 227,898 lives.
DescriptionA huge crowd gathered on Glavni Square in Kranj, Slovenia, for a public raffle held by the city's firefighters as part of their jubilee celebrations.
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