Sri Lankan children who lost their family members and homes in the December 26 tsunami play at a beach in Galle. Sri Lankan children, who lost their family members and homes in the December 26, 2004 tsunami, play at a beach near the Akurala Primary College relief camp in Galle in southern Sri Lanka February 24, 2005. The Asian tsunami swallowed up nearly 40,000 people along Sri Lanka's palm-fringed south, east and northern shores alone. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi