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Indonesia earthquake, tsunami photos

A magnitude 8.6 earthquake and several powerful aftershocks hit Indonesia Wednesday. Here are photos.

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Women hug each other and pray shortly after a powerful earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra in Banda Aceh on April 11, 2012.
CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP/Getty Images - April 11, 2012

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