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Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people

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A powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004 , triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people.

Many openly wept at mass grave in Banda Aceh , the capital of Indonesia ’s northernmost province, where more than 14,000 unidentified and unclaimed tsunami victims are buried.

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91

Informative language

91

Neutral language

63

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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1

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