Japan earthquake and tsunami - in pictures

Rescue workers search through ruins of the devastated residential area of Otsuchi Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

An injured survivor searches for food at a destroyed supermarket in Otsuchi Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Survivors rest at a makeshift evacuation centre in Kesennuma Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

Japanese soldiers walk past bodies lying in the rubble of Rikuzentakata village
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

A woman holds a child as they stand in a long queue of people trying to leave the city of Yamagata
Photograph: Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images

Men try to break open a safe among the debris in Ofunato Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Bodies found in the ruins of the residential area of Otsuchi are laid out in a sports hall Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

A resident looks at the ruins of Ofunato Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features

A man wearing a sign with his missing family's names searches for them at a shelter in Ishinomaki
Photograph: Koji Ito/AP/Yomiuri Shimbun

A house adrift in the Pacific Ocean in the coastal waters near Sendai Photograph: News Pictures/MCP /Rex Features

A child searches her family home for belongings in Minamisanriku Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

A woman walks past empty shelves at a supermarket in Akita Photograph: Roslan Rahman/AFP

Japanese recovery workers search through the ruins in Minamisanriku Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Residents make their way along twisted train tracks through Kesennuma Photograph: Asahi Shimbun/EPA

Survivors make their way through the ruined residential area of Otsuchi as the forest burns above the town Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Rescue workers search for victims in Miyako Photograph: Kyodo News/AP

A family carry some of their personal belongings from their home that was destroyed in Rikuzentakata Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

A man stands on a flooded street in Ishinomaki Photograph: Xinhua/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

A rescue worker takes a break while searching for survivors in the devastated city of Ofunato Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

Rescue workers stand on destroyed buildings in the ruins of Miyako city Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features