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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Japan disaster two weeks on – in pictures

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