150 Photos: Heroes and Heartbreak
Three days after a giant earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's northeastern coast rescuers are finally reaching the ruins and rubble to search for survivors.
People walk through the rubble in Rikuzentakakata, Iwate Prefecture, Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami.
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People evacuate from their houses in Tagajo near Sendai, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, after Friday's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
Firefighters head in the damaged Sizugawa Public Hospital to search for survivors in Minamisanrikucho in Miyagi Prefecture, two days after the area was hit by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
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A man inspects the inside of his home damaged by Friday's powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A patient in a wheelchair is helped by attendants as they evacuate from a tsunami-affected hospital at Otsuchi, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northeastern coast.
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A woman looks at a photo picked up from the rubble of her home collapsed in a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami in Ofuna, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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Parents look at the body of their daughter they found in a courtesy vehicle of a driving school that's smashed by a tsunami at Yamamoto, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 12, 2011, a day after a giant earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
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A man cries in front of an evacuation centre after learning his friend was killed in Friday's powerful earthquake in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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Residents collect what they can retrieve from their destroyed house at Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a giant earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
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Hiromitsu Shinkawa, right, waves to rescuers before being rescued to a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer on Sunday March 13, 2011. When spotted, the 60-year-old man was floating off the coast of Fukushima's Futaba town on the roof of his house after being swept away in a tsunami. He was in good condition.
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Hiromitsu Shinkawa waves to rescuers before being rescued to a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer on Sunday March 13, 2011.
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Japanese national Hiromitsu Shinkawa, wrapped in a blanket, is lifted to a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer following his rescue on Sunday March 13, 2011.
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Firefighters arrive at badly damaged Miyagino district in Sendai in Prefecture on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the area was hit by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
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A woman walks past cars piled up after being swept out by Friday's strong earthquake-triggered tsunami, in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A couple picks up personal belongings from their car which was swept out by Friday's strong earthquake-triggered tsunami, in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A man walks by smashed vehicles buried under rubble at Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
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Thick smoke billows from an industrial facility in Kamaishi, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
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The remains of a train station is seen after it vanished from where it once stood at Minami Sanriku, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northeastern coast.
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Rubble is scattered across the wide areas of the town of Minami Sanriku, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northeastern coast.
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Rubble is exposed even from the top floor of a seaside apartment that's struck by a tsunami at Minami Sanriku, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northeastern coast.
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A sofa remains on the rice paddy flooded by a tsunami following last Friday's earthquake in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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Residents watch the debris after tsunami caused by last Friday's earthquake hit Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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Japanese police officers search a destroyed area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
A body, covered in a blanket, lies in the rubble of a destroyed neighborhood as firefighters search the area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011 two days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
Smoke rises from an oil refinery on fire following a tsunami triggered by a strong earthquake in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
A police officer prays before the body of a tsunami victim who's found in rubble in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northeastern coast.
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A tsunami survivor stands on debris of houses and beer cans and barrels washed away from a nearby brewery factory after the area was hit by Friday's catastrophic earthquake-triggered tsunami in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
A tsunami survivor walks through debris of houses and beer cans washed away from a nearby brewery factory after the area was hit by Friday's catastrophic earthquake-triggered tsunami in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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Japanese recovery teams search a destroyed area of Sendai, northeastern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the area was hit by Friday's catastrophic earthquake-triggered tsunami.
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Police officers walk over a ground covered by trash and rubble of tsunami-hit houses as they look for victims in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a catastrophic earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the area.
AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
Japanese recovery teams enter a destroyed area of Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A survivor looks at a damaged car lying on a pedestrian's rail after being washed away by Friday's catastrophic earthquake-triggered tsunami in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan Sunday, March 13, 2011.
AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
One of rescue workers looks back at a car leaning on a tree after being washed away by Friday's catastrophic earthquake-triggered tsunami in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
A car sits on top of a small building in a destroyed neighborhood in Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011 after it was washed into the area by the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan.
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
An SOS sign is written on the ground of Shizugawa High School in Minamisanrikucho in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the area.
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People walk on a street following a massive tsunami that's triggered by a catastrophic earthquake in Tagajo near Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011.
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
A Japanese couple walks through the ruins of their neighborhood in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the area.
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A crate of beer is balanced on downed power lines on Sunday, March 13, 2011 over a canal littered with cans of alcohol that were washed into the area from a nearby brewery when a tsunami struck Sendai, northeastern Japan.
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
Japanese recovery officers cross a bridge over a canal as they search a destroyed neighborhood in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011.
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
A woman whose home was badly damaged by the earthquake and the tsunami speaks to recovery officers in her destroyed neighborhood in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
A ship washed away by the tsunami sits amid debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday, March 13, 2011 after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake hit its eastern coast Friday.
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A burnt ship floats in the sea in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday, March 13, 2011 after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake hit its eastern coast Friday.
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Wrecked ships, houses and debris float in the sea in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday, March 13, 2011 after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake hit its eastern coast Friday.
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TV sets are scattered on a street in Hachinohe, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011 after Friday's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
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Residents, carrying their belongings that they removed from their homes, leave their destroyed neighborhood in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A body, covered in a blanket, lies in the rubble of a destroyed neighborhood as police officers search the area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011.
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
A hospital director, left, points at his hospital, center rear, that was engulfed in a tsunami at Minami Sanriku, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, following Friday's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
AP Photo/Mainichi Shimbun, Satoru Ishi
A platoon of Japanese soldiers make their way through rubble and destroyed vehicles following a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentakada, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011.
AP Photo/Mainichi Shimbun, Taichi Kaizuka
A woman wrapped up in a blanket stands in the middle of rubble, looking at the city submerged under water in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday morning, March 13, 2011.
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A policeman control the traffic in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
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People walk through the rubble in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
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A man walks between a damaged house and car in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
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Men search through a damaged house in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
A freighter sits on a breakwater in front of a building in Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture in Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the area was hit by the catastrophic earthquake-triggered tsunami.
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A man stands near a damaged house in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
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A motorcyclist passes through the rubble in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
A vessel sits on the rubble in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
A man sits near the rubble of his home in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A woman searches through the rubble of her home destroyed in Friday's powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A woman sits on the rubble in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A woman cries as she looks for her missing husband in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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Soldiers of Japan Self Defense Forces rescue a tsunami victim from a flooded area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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Resident Shizue Yamauchi looks inside an overturned vehicle as she looks for her missing husband in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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An electric piano remains in the rubble in the tsunami-affected site of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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Evacuees walk on a flooded street in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A hospital, back, struck by a deadly tsunami stands in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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Members of a local firefighter group carry the body of a tsunami victim in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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Gutted vehicles and the rubble are seen in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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Survivors walk in the rubble to see their tsunami-torn house in Otsuchicho, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday morning, March 13, 2011, two day after a strong earthquake and tsunami hit the area.
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Survivors catch up together in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A man whose house was swept away by Friday's tsunami stands in the rubble in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A man stands near the rubble of his house destroyed by Friday's tsunami in Noda village, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A clock on the wall of damaged Otsuchicho town hall stopped at 14:46 when the massive earthquake hit the town in Otsuchicho, Iwate Prefecture Sunday morning, March 13, 2011, two days after a strong earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Yasuhiro Takami
A couple runs while looking at the wave on a river in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A British search and rescue team check their equipment as they arrive at the Misawa U.S. air force base in Misawa, Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011. An approximately 70-strong British search and rescue team has arrived in northern Japan to help in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami.
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A ferry is stranded on a building is seen in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A ferry is stranded on a building is seen in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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People walk in the rubble in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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Members of Japan Self-Defense Forces rescue people stranded at a flooded city center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A couple walks along the rubble at a residential area in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A man walks between the rubbles in tsunami-affected area in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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People walk amid the rubble in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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People walk near a fishing boat sitting on a breakwater of a river in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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An elderly woman is helped by a police officer to disembark from a rubber boat after being evacuated to a safer place in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after the powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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Futaba Kosei Hospital patients who might have been exposed to radiation are carried into the compound of Fukushima Gender Equality Centre in Nihonmatsu in Fukushima Prefecture state Sunday morning, March 13, 2011 after being evacuated from the hospital in Futaba town near the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station.
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People ride bicycles past a flooded road in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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People carry the body of a victim from a damaged healthcare facility for the elderly in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A man walks amid the rubble in Minamisanriku town, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A man climbs out the window of his heavily damaged home Monday, March 14, 2011, in Yotsukura, Japan, three days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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A woman walks past a damaged car in Yotsukura, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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A woman reacts amidst debris caused by Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami, in Natori, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A man, with his face covered to protect against dust, looks out at the damage in Yotsukura, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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A resident of the seaside town of Yotsukura, northern Japan, carries his bike through debris, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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A resident of the seaside town of Yotsukura, northern Japan, walks through his damaged home, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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A resident of the seaside town of Yotsukura, northern Japan, walks past damaged homes, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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A resident of the seaside town of Yotsukura, northern Japan, carries his golf clubs as he clears debris from their home, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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Residents of the seaside town of Yotsukura, northern Japan, inspect under their car as they clear debris from their homes, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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A man searches for salvageable items in his home in Yotsukura, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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A parent and child react as they search for missing relatives through debris caused by Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami, in Kamaishi, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
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A resident of the seaside town of Yotsukura, northern Japan, clears debris from his home Monday, March 14, 2011.
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A resident of the seaside town of Toyoma, northern Japan, clears debris from the remains of the resident's home Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
AP Photo/Mark Baker
A car lies in the sand of the seaside town of Toyoma, northern Japan, as residents began to clear debris from their homes Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
AP Photo/Mark Baker
People evacuate following tsunami alert in Tagajo near Sendai, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
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A damaged platform for bullet trains is seen in Sendai, northern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
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A photo album sits on the sea wall of the seaside town of Toyoma, northern Japan, as residents began clearing debris from their homes Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
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Rescue workers carry an elderly man found alive by tsunami survivors buried under rubble along a slope of a hill in Minamisanrikucho in Miyagi Prefecture Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.n, Hiroaki Ohno
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Cars are seen perched on a devastated buildings in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
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A resident wipes tears as she finds no remains of her home, Monday, March 14, 2011, in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast coast.
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A fire department rescue worker searches for victims, Monday, March 14, 2011, in the coastal area of Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast coast.
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Fire department rescue workers search for victims, Monday, March 14, 2011, in the coastal area of Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast coast.
AP Photo/Wally Santana
People who are isolated at an area in Ishinomaki, northern Japan sit around a fire and wait for rescue Sunday, March 13, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
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A girl's shoe sits in flood debris Monday, March 14, 2011, in the coastal area of Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast coast.
AP Photo/Wally Santana
Tsunami survivors run to the higher place in Minamisanrikucho in Iwate Prefecture upon hearing a tsunami warning Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's northeast coast.
AP Photo/The Yumiuri Shimbun, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers move an elderly woman to higher ground during a tsunami warning Monday, March 14, 2011, in the harbor of Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast coast.
AP Photo/Wally Santana
People evacuate on the overpass following tsunami alert in Tagajo near Sendai, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
People evacuate on the overpass following tsunami alert in Tagajo near Sendai, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
Survivors of tsunami rush to pick up cans of drinks provided free from a soft drink company in Tagajo, near Sendai, Monday, March 14, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
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Japanese soldiers atop a house conduct a search operation in Daigasaki, near Sendai, Monday, March 14, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa
Residents wash their hair in Tagajo near Sendai, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
A Japanese Self-Defense Force member reacts after rescuing a four-month-old baby girl in Ishinomaki, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroto Sekiguchi
Japanese Self-Defense Force member reacts after rescuing a four-month-old baby girl in Ishimaki, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yumiuri Shimbun, Hiroto Sekiguchi
A woman yells a name of her missing family in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's northeast coast.
AP Photo/The Yumiuri Shimbun, Kazuki Wakasugi
A tsunami evacuee is carried to hospital from an evacuation centre in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, northern Japan Sunday, March 13, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroaki Ono
A market near a port is filled with debris in Fudai, Iwate, northern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroshi Adachi
A displaced house washed away by a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami gets stuck at a torii, a gate of a shrine in Noda village, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after the earthquake hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroshi Adachi
Police officers carry the body of a victim in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after northeastern coastal towns were devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.
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Local people search their destroyed houses in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after northeastern coastal towns were devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.
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The rubble caused by an earthquake and tsunami fill the landscape in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after northeastern coastal towns were devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.
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Soldiers of Japan's Self-Defense Force and firefighters search for the victims in the rubbles Monday, March 14, 2011 in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, three days after northeastern coastal towns were devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.
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Evacuees hug each other as they confirm each other's safety at a makeshift shelter in Otsuchicho town, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after the earthquake hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Yasuhiro Takami
Debris covers part of a residential area in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Atsushi Taketazu
A survivor of the tsunami that swept through his village of Saito, in northeastern Japan, retells the story to a rescue team that arrived to search the area Monday, March 14, 2011. Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns, as Asia's richest nation faced a mounting humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed thousands.
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Evacuees carry belongings as a tsunami warning is issued following a massive tsunami triggered by March 11 earthquake in Tagajo near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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A firefighter sifts thorough the debris in Saito, Miyagi Prefecture, Monday, March 14, 2011 after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday.
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A Japanese couple stop to rest along a highway as they carry their belongings away form their destroyed village of Saito in northeastern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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Leaning electric poles are left in the area following massive tsunami triggered by March 11 earthquake in Daigasaki, near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa
A Japanese rescue team member walks through the completely leveled village of Saito in northeastern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011.
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
Self-Defense Force members inspect the devastated area before they use heavy machinery in Noda village, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Yoichi Hayashi
The frame of a building is seen at a devastated area of Minamisanrikucho, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroaki Ono
A ferry and other vessels get stuck at an intersection in Kesennuma, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Atsushi Taketazu
Houses and infrastructures devastated by a strong earthquake and tsunami are seen in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Monday March 14, 2011, three days after northeastern coastal towns were devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.
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A couple pass a ship at Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
People look at a truck that dangles on the edge of a pier in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
A bird flies in front of damaged buildings in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroaki Ono
Men search for their relatives at a tsunami-devastated area in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, Monday, March 14, 2011.
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Rescuers conduct a search operation amidst smoldering debris in Kesennuma, northern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Miho Ikeya
Upon hearing another tsunami warning, a father tries to flee for safety with his just reunited four-month-old baby girl who was spotted by Japan's Self-Defense Force member in the rubble of tsunami-torn Ishinomaki Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit northeast Japan.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroto Sekiguchi
People walk a road between the rubble of destroyed buildings in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
A woman looks for her father-in-law's 'ihai' spirit tablet, a placard to designate his seat in a house, in Ofunato, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Masamichi Genko
A man consoles a woman after she saw only the base of her house left in Noda village, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Yoichi Hayashi
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