Japan earthquake victims remembered - in pictures

A group of rescue workers observe a minute's silence in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

A man stares at a tsunami devastated area close to the seafront in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Displaced people rest in the main hall of a primary school in Minamisanriku Photograph: Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images

Neon signs at electronics shops are turned off to save energy in Akihabara, Tokyo Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

Officials examine bodies of victims in Rifu-cho in Miyagi prefecture Photograph: AP

People are scanned for radiation 40 miles west of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima Photograph: Ken Shimizu/AFP/Getty Images

Rescue workers search for victims amid debris at a hospital in Minamisanriku Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images

Rescue workers search through debris in Minamisanriku Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Rescue workers carry out searches at a demolished hospital in Minamisanriku Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images

Survivors pray for victims in the devastated city of Miyako in north-east Japan Photograph: Naoya Masuda/AP

Chieko Kawasaki, 60, gathers some of her dishes near her restaurant in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

Toyoki Sugawara looks out from his destroyed liquor shop in Kesennuma as he collects items that can be salvaged Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Two girls ride their bicycles near debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

An elderly couple observe a moment of silence in Rikuaentakata on Friday 18 March at 2.46pm, the time when a strong earthquake hit north-eastern Japan a week ago Photograph: AP