7 pictures showing us the scars left by the 2004 tsunami, a decade on

A man reacts next to a building that was destroyed when a tsunami hit on December 26, 2004.

Around 230,000 people were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami set off by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. A dozen countries were hit from Indonesia to India to Africa's west coast.

A young boy stops crying after receiving lunch from local aid workers at a makeshift refugee camp.

Women mourn the death of victims killed when a tsunami hit during their burial in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.

A man cries as he holds the hand of his eight-year-old son killed in the tsunami in Chennai.

A woman mourns the death of her relative who was killed in tsunami on on December 28, 2004.

Tsunami survivors rush for clothes and food donated by volunteer organisations in Tamil Nadu.