An ethnic Tamil war survivor is consoled by others as she cries for her deceased family members during a remembrance ceremony on a small strip of land where thousands of civilians were trapped during the last stages of the country's civil war in Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 17, 2024. Ethnic Tamils commemorated the 15th anniversary of the bloody end to Sri Lanka's civil war, lighting lamps and offering flowers at the site where thousands of people are said to have been killed and maimed in the final stages of the fighting. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)