Japan earthquake and tsunami recovery - in pictures
A man tries to find his family home after arriving to look for his missing mother in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecturePhotograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty ImagesA woman with a baby collects water at a distribution centre in Yamada, Iwate prefecturePhotograph: Carlos Barria/ReutersJapanese soldiers carry a coffin to a temporary mass grave site in Higashi-Matsushima, Miyagi prefecturePhotograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
A boy waits for food at an evacuation centre in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecturePhotograph: Carlos Barria/ReutersA rescue worker stands amongst the debris in RikuzentakataPhotograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty ImagesA man walks on a road carved through the rubble in Manami Sanriku, Miyagi prefecturePhotograph: Stephen Morrison/EPAA woman plays with her daughter at a relief centre in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty ImagesDestroyed vehicles are placed next to a runway for disposal at Sendai airportPhotograph: Hitomi Sadasue/APDucks swim past a submerged vehicle at Yamada, Iwate prefecturePhotograph: Carlos Barria/ReutersPeople read messages on the wall of a relief centre in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecturePhotograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty ImagesA tsunami survivor seen through a car window as he rides his bicycle through Minami Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPAPeople amid debris in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty ImagesVehicles line up for fuel as a petrol station reopens in MinamisanrikuPhotograph: Ichiro Ohara/AP
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