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Japan comes to terms with tragedy

Last updated on: March 14, 2011 14:37 IST


Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters

Rediff.com brings you some unforgettable images from the devastated regions of Japan.

 

A victim's hand sticks out among the rubble after a earthquake and tsunami struck Rikuzentakata in northern Japan.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
A child's book is seen in the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the earthquake and tsunami struck the area.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Reuters
A child who was evacuated from the vicinity of Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant is pictured in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
A woman covers her mouth as she watches a television channel reporting news of a fresh explosion at Japan's quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, which is about 60 km from her restaurant in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
A family member evacuated from the vicinity of Fukushima nuclear power plant tries to talk to a girl who was isolated for signs of radiation outside a makeshift isolation facility in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
An elderly man rests at a Japanese Red Cross hospital after being evacuated from the area hit by tsunami in Ishinomaki.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Reuters
A woman searches for supplies amid piles of debris in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Reuters
A street is flooded after an earthquake and tsunami struck Ishimaki City, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Reuters
A factory facility burns after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area in Sendai in northern Japan.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Reuters
A woman searches for her missing husband amid debris after an earthquake and tsunami struck Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Reuters
An aerial view of a line of people waiting for water on school grounds after a earthquake hit Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan.

Japan comes to terms with tragedy


Photographs: Reuters
Buildings are devastated after a earthquake and tsunami struck Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan.