The earthquake's devastation
A policeman jumps from the wreckage of a vehicle as the search operation continues in Kirikiri, April 3, 20more
A policeman jumps from the wreckage of a vehicle as the search operation continues in Kirikiri, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Members of a search and rescue team walk in an area in Ishinomaki, northern Japan April 4, 2011. REUTERS/more
Members of a search and rescue team walk in an area in Ishinomaki, northern Japan April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
A vehicle sits on the roof of a destroyed building in the residential part of Otsuchi, April 3, 2011. REUTEmore
A vehicle sits on the roof of a destroyed building in the residential part of Otsuchi, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Rescue workers sail in their boat past stranded ships in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, March 31, 2011. REUTmore
Rescue workers sail in their boat past stranded ships in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Anna Monma, 5, walks with her teddy bear, which she retrieved from her house in Ishinomaki, April 3, 2011. more
Anna Monma, 5, walks with her teddy bear, which she retrieved from her house in Ishinomaki, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
An aerial view of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is seen in Fukushima Prefecture in this photomore
An aerial view of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is seen in Fukushima Prefecture in this photo taken by Air Photo Service on March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Air Photo Service
Women look for their cars at a dump site for tsunami debris near Sendai airport March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Kimmore
Women look for their cars at a dump site for tsunami debris near Sendai airport March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
A woman rides her bicycle past a boat in the rubbles of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, March 31, 2011. REUTEmore
A woman rides her bicycle past a boat in the rubbles of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A broken clock is seen in a destroyed house in Rikuzentakata, April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A broken clock is seen in a destroyed house in Rikuzentakata, April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Katsuyuki Takahashi sits outside a destroyed family house where he was born in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecturemore
Katsuyuki Takahashi sits outside a destroyed family house where he was born in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
An aerial view of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is seen in Fukushima Prefecture in this photomore
An aerial view of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is seen in Fukushima Prefecture in this photo taken by the Air Photo Service on March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Air Photo Service
A boy helps his relatives as they recover items around a ship swept inland by the tsunami in Kesennuma, Miymore
A boy helps his relatives as they recover items around a ship swept inland by the tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A Japanese flag is seen through the broken window of a damaged house in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, three weemore
A Japanese flag is seen through the broken window of a damaged house in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, three weeks after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Members of Japan's Self Defense Force search for victims in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, three weeks after themore
Members of Japan's Self Defense Force search for victims in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, three weeks after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A Honda logo on a car is seen at Sendai airport which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, imore
A Honda logo on a car is seen at Sendai airport which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
People walk at an area which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecmore
People walk at an area which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Japan Coast Guard members try to rescue a dog believed to have survived the massive earthquake and tsunami,more
Japan Coast Guard members try to rescue a dog believed to have survived the massive earthquake and tsunami, three weeks after the event, off Kesennuma, northern Japan April 1, 2011. The dog survived in a house swept away to sea, and was saved by a coast guard rescue team flying over an island of debris. Local television showed an aerial view of the dog trotting around the roof of the house -- the only part of it floating above water -- before disappearing inside through a broken section of the roof. REUTERS/Japan Coast Guard
A dog believed to have survived the earthquake and tsunami and, also three weeks at sea, is rescued by Japamore
A dog believed to have survived the earthquake and tsunami and, also three weeks at sea, is rescued by Japan Coast Guard members off Kesennuma, northern Japan April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Japan Coast Guard/Handout
Evacuees eat their meals at an evacuation shelter in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, twenty days after the armore
Evacuees eat their meals at an evacuation shelter in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, twenty days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
People visit a temporary mass gravesite for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Higashi-Matsumore
People visit a temporary mass gravesite for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Higashi-Matsushima in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Members of a search and rescue team look for dead bodies at an area destroyed by the March 11 earthquake anmore
Members of a search and rescue team look for dead bodies at an area destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, northern Japan April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Ships that were washed to shore in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, are seen near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecmore
Ships that were washed to shore in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, are seen near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Family pictures are collected outside the ruins of a house in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, three weeks after tmore
Family pictures are collected outside the ruins of a house in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, three weeks after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A protester is detained by police officers in front of the head office of Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incmore
A protester is detained by police officers in front of the head office of Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. (TEPCO) during an anti-nuclear march in Tokyo March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Issei Kato
A man is tested for possible nuclear radiation at an evacuation centre in Fukushima, northern Japan, March more
A man is tested for possible nuclear radiation at an evacuation centre in Fukushima, northern Japan, March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Damaged cars sit at a dump site for tsunami debris near Sendai airport March 30, 2011, more than two weeksmore
Damaged cars sit at a dump site for tsunami debris near Sendai airport March 30, 2011, more than two weeks after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Workers install a sign at a cemetery for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Kamaishi town, more
Workers install a sign at a cemetery for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Kamaishi town, Iwate prefecture March 29, 2011. The sign reads, "Tohoru Great Disaster Victims Burial". REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Vehicles pass by an area destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Taro town, Iwate prefecture Mmore
Vehicles pass by an area destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Taro town, Iwate prefecture March 29, 2011. According to local media, Taro has the highest anti-tsunami seawall in Japan. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Items retrieved by firemen from the ruins are left by a road in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, after the more
Items retrieved by firemen from the ruins are left by a road in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A man makes his way through a destroyed neighborhood in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, after the area wasmore
A man makes his way through a destroyed neighborhood in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A student from the tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary School plays on a swing after the first school day since thmore
A student from the tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary School plays on a swing after the first school day since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 29, 2011. Only 34 students out of a total of 108 survived the disaster. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
A woman reacts while using a mobile phone as she looks at her house in Kessenuma town, in Miyagi prefecturemore
A woman reacts while using a mobile phone as she looks at her house in Kessenuma town, in Miyagi prefecture, March 28, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Vehicles sit atop a devastated home for elderly people in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, March 28, 2011. REUTmore
Vehicles sit atop a devastated home for elderly people in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, March 28, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A torn page with headshots of students from a class photo album lies on mud outside the tsunami-hit Okawa Emore
A torn page with headshots of students from a class photo album lies on mud outside the tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 29, 2011. Only 34 students out of a total of 108 survived the disaster. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
A woman pushes a wheelbarrow as she cleans her house in Motoyoshi town, Miyagi Prefecture, March 23, 2011. more
A woman pushes a wheelbarrow as she cleans her house in Motoyoshi town, Miyagi Prefecture, March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Emergency workers search through debris near the seaside in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, March 19, 2011more
Emergency workers search through debris near the seaside in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Aly Song
People ride bicycles amidst debris of buildings in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan Marchmore
People ride bicycles amidst debris of buildings in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Yegor Trubnikov
A piano is submerged in water in the area devastated by tsunami in Rikuzentakat March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Damore
A piano is submerged in water in the area devastated by tsunami in Rikuzentakat March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Ducks swim past a submerged vehicle after the earthquake and tsunami in Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in nomore
Ducks swim past a submerged vehicle after the earthquake and tsunami in Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
A man cleans an area destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami near Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in northernmore
A man cleans an area destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami near Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
A boy waits in line during a food distribution at an evacuation center for victims of the earthquake and tsmore
A boy waits in line during a food distribution at an evacuation center for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Personal pictures are seen in a room collecting personal belongings salvaged from the ruins in Yamada town,more
Personal pictures are seen in a room collecting personal belongings salvaged from the ruins in Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 24, 2011. Local authorities consolidated salvaged personal items, mostly family photo albums, in the room for residents to look through and collect. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
A man cleans a house damaged by the tsunami near Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 24,more
A man cleans a house damaged by the tsunami near Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Manabu Yonezawa shows a pair of engagement rings which he uncovered in the mud while helping to salvage itemore
Manabu Yonezawa shows a pair of engagement rings which he uncovered in the mud while helping to salvage items from the bakery where he worked in Ofunato, nearly two weeks after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, March 23, 2011. One ring, slightly dented from the ordeal, is engraved with the name "Yoko" and a date and the other ring is engraved with "Keep on Loving". REUTERS/Issei Kato
A car is seen on top of a destroyed building after the earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku town, Miyagimore
A car is seen on top of a destroyed building after the earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Hiroshi Murayama, 82, walks past ships that were washed to shore in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, atmore
Hiroshi Murayama, 82, walks past ships that were washed to shore in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at Otsu port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki prefecture, March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
A Buddhist monk prays for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary mass grave sitemore
A Buddhist monk prays for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary mass grave site in Higashi Matsushima, northeastern Japan March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
Efforts to spray water into the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was strucmore
Efforts to spray water into the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was struck by an earthquake and tsunami in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are seen in this March 22, 2011 handout photograph released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Picture taken March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Tokyo Electric Power Co./Handout
Smoke is seen coming from the area of the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Tommore
Smoke is seen coming from the area of the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, March 21, 2011. REUTERS/TEPCO
Japanese rescue workers pause from their operation in the destroyed residential part of Ofunato more than amore
Japanese rescue workers pause from their operation in the destroyed residential part of Ofunato more than a week after the area was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Survivors react after collecting their belongings at their destroyed house in a village hit by an earthquakmore
Survivors react after collecting their belongings at their destroyed house in a village hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi, northeast Japan March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
Evacuees are reflected in the window of a collective shelter as they wait for food to be distributed in Kesmore
Evacuees are reflected in the window of a collective shelter as they wait for food to be distributed in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, more than a week after the town was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Evacuee Kazuko Hiraushi, who lives in an evacuation center with her husband after their house was destroyedmore
Evacuee Kazuko Hiraushi, who lives in an evacuation center with her husband after their house was destroyed in the massive earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan a week earlier, cries after observing a minute's silence in memory of the victims near a devastated area in Rikuzentakata, north Japan, March 18, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Emergency workers walk past survivors sitting near debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, where the earmore
Emergency workers walk past survivors sitting near debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, where the earthquake and tsunami hit last week, March 18, 2011. REUTERS/Aly Song
A ship brought in by the tsunami is seen at a devastated area hit by the earthquake and tsunami in Kesennummore
A ship brought in by the tsunami is seen at a devastated area hit by the earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, north Japan, March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Rescue workers salute next to a body they retrieved from the rubbles in Rikuzentakat, March 17, 2011. REUTEmore
Rescue workers salute next to a body they retrieved from the rubbles in Rikuzentakat, March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A sailboat sits among debris in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, March 15, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communimore
A sailboat sits among debris in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, March 15, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Matthew M. Bradley
A Japanese home is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean, in this photograph taken on March 13, 2011 and releasemore
A Japanese home is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean, in this photograph taken on March 13, 2011 and released on March 14. REUTERS/U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord/Handout
A car sits atop another in an area affected by an earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate prefecture March more
A car sits atop another in an area affected by an earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate prefecture March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Aly Song
Soldiers and a rescue worker carry the body of a victim through Kesennuma City on March 15, 2011, days aftemore
Soldiers and a rescue worker carry the body of a victim through Kesennuma City on March 15, 2011, days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Smoke rises from houses damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. more
Smoke rises from houses damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak
Evacuees, who fled from the vicinity of Fukushima nuclear power plant, sleep at an evacuation center set inmore
Evacuees, who fled from the vicinity of Fukushima nuclear power plant, sleep at an evacuation center set in a gymnasium in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
Cracks are seen on the snow-covered ground in woodlands near the earthquake and tsunami-devastated town of more
Cracks are seen on the snow-covered ground in woodlands near the earthquake and tsunami-devastated town of Sendai March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak
A mother tries to talk to her daughter who has been isolated for signs of radiation after evacuating from tmore
A mother tries to talk to her daughter who has been isolated for signs of radiation after evacuating from the vicinity of Fukushima's nuclear plants, at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
Emergency workers and doctors take notes by the dead bodies in a basement of a Japanese Red Cross hospital more
Emergency workers and doctors take notes by the dead bodies in a basement of a Japanese Red Cross hospital full of people evacuated from the area hit by tsunami in Ishinomaki March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A survivor weeps as he looks at a board showing names of other survivors at a shelter in a village ruined bmore
A survivor weeps as he looks at a board showing names of other survivors at a shelter in a village ruined by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan, March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
Vehicles and boats are seen among rubble in floodwaters near the coastal town of Sendai, after the earthquamore
Vehicles and boats are seen among rubble in floodwaters near the coastal town of Sendai, after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region, March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
A family photograph is seen among the rubble after a tsunami and earthquake in Rikuzentakata, northern Japamore
A family photograph is seen among the rubble after a tsunami and earthquake in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Rescue workers recover a victim's body from the rubble after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck more
Rescue workers recover a victim's body from the rubble after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck Rikuzentakata, northern Japan March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
A man walks through the scene of devastation in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the magnitude 8.9 earthmore
A man walks through the scene of devastation in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
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