Kuniko Ishikawa, 80, from Namie in Fukushima prefecture, is tested for radiation levels at a health centre in Yonezawa Photograph: Issei Kato/ReutersPeople sit next to a fire in an area destroyed by the tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Carlos Barria/ReutersMembers of Japan's Self-Defence Force continue searching for victims in a flooded field in Shichigahama, Miyagi prefecturePhotograph: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images
Earthquake and tsunami victims are buried at a mass grave site in Matsushima, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Kyodo/ReutersA woman prays after finding a body in the Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecturePhotograph: Kyodo/ReutersSelf Defence Force members search for earthquake and tsunami victims in Onagawa, Miyagi prefecturePhotograph: Kyodo/ReutersA man talks to a dog at an evacuee centre in Fukushima Photograph: Wally Santana/APA shopper in an almost empty convenience store in TokyoPhotograph: Lee Jin-man/APSDF members in protective clothing prepare to transfer workers who were exposed to radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Photograph: ReutersA statue of two children, one covered by debris, in Onagawa city, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Vincent Yu/APA SDF ship tows a US navy barge filled with freshwater in Tokyo harbour to be used to cool Fukushima Daiichi plantPhotograph: Kyodo/Reuters
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