IMAGES: World prays as Japan fights a catastrophe

Nature's fury has battered Japan yet again, after a powerful earthquake triggered a humongous tsunami, which may have killed 10,000 people, thousands others missing and injured.

But refusing to give up, Japan is fighting back, inch by inch, against the steep challenges for its survival.

The world prays so that Japan gathers strength to rebuild its beautiful country.

Light a Candle for Japan

In this photograph, students hold candles during a prayer ceremony for victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami inside a government school in Hyderabad.

Photograph: Krishnendu Halder/Reuters

Women place candles on an anti-nuclear power flag during a vigil for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Zurich. The slogan on the flag reads 'Nuclear power - No thanks'.

Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

A Japanese man pays his respects to the victims f the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan on Friday, at the entry of Japan's embassy to Germany in Berlin

Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

A member of the volunteer organisation Green Belt Trust holds a candle to pay tribute to the victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami during a vigil at the campus of the University of Dhaka

Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

A BJP member holds an earthen oil lamp during a prayer ceremony for victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami in Chandigarh.

Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters

A student holds a poster during a prayer ceremony for Japan's earthquake victims in Ahmedabad.

Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters