Japan disaster: Natori, one month on – in pictures

11 April: Monks and rescue workers observe a minute of silence on top of Hiroyi Yama, or "weather hill", one month on from the disaster which struck Natori, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Koichi Nakamura/AP

11 March : The 10-metre tsunami strikes the coast of Natori City following the magnitude 9 earthquake Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

11 March: Homes catch fire and are inundated by water following the tsunami and earthquake Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

12 March: A member of the Japan Self-Defence Forces evacuates an elderly resident the day after the disaster struck Photograph: Yomiuri/Reuters

Satellite images of the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The image on the left was taken on 4 April 2010. The one on the right was taken on Saturday 12 March, one day after the quake and tsunami struck the Oshika Peninsula Photograph: GeoEye/AP

13 March: A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the remains Photograph: Asahi Shimbun/Reuters

14 March: Debris lies strewn across Natori Photograph: Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images

14 March: A resident surveys the scene of devastation from the roof of a destroyed house in Natori Photograph: Alex Hofford/EPA

14 March: A man checks messages appealing for information on missing loved ones on the wall of Natori City Hall Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images

25 March: The grandmother of deceased brothers 16-year-old Itaru and 19-year-old Ren Kashiwagi, killed by the tsunami, touches a portrait of one of them as their father Yoshinori carries the boys' remains away from the crematorium Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

27 March: Locals look out over their destroyed neighbourhood from Hiyori Yama in Natori Photograph: Wally Santana/AP

27 March: The number of notes at Natori City Hall, appealing for missing loved ones, has noticeably reduced over two weeks on from the disaster Photograph: Miho Ikeya/AP

29 March: Trucks help to remove the debris left over from the disaster Photograph: Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images

29 March: Locals stand on what is known locally as "weather hill", originally built to give fishermen a view of the sea Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

1 April: US soldiers work with members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in their operation room in Natori Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images

10 April: Photo albums and other items found in the rubble are laid out in a school gymnasium in Natori Photograph: Yasushi Kanno/AP

11 April: A man and his grandson offer a prayer at the ruins of a house of their relatives at Natori Photograph: AP

11 April: Rescue workers observe a minute's silence in Natori Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP

11 April: Buddhist monks pray in an area destroyed by the disaster Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP