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Japan earthquake and tsunami - in pictures

Japan rescue work: Rescue workers search through ruins of devastated Otsuchi
Rescue workers search through ruins of the devastated residential area of Otsuchi Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
Japan rescue work: An injured survivor searches for food at a destroyed supermarket
An injured survivor searches for food at a destroyed supermarket in Otsuchi Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Japan rescue work: Survivors stay at a makeshift evacuation centre in Kesennuma
Survivors rest at a makeshift evacuation centre in Kesennuma Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA
Japan rescue work: Japanese military walk by a body lying in Rikuzentakata village
Japanese soldiers walk past bodies lying in the rubble of Rikuzentakata village
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Japan rescue work: A woman holds a child in a long queue to get out of the city of Yamagata,
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
Japan rescue work: Local men try to break open a safe from their restaurant in Ofunato
Men try to break open a safe among the debris in Ofunato Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
Japan rescue work: Bodies found in Otsuchi are collected in a sports hall
Bodies found in the ruins of the residential area of Otsuchi are laid out in a sports hall Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Japan rescue work: A resident looks at the ruins of Ofunato city, Iwate Prefecture
A resident looks at the ruins of Ofunato Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features
Japan rescue work: An evacuee, with a note of family names, at a shelter in Ishinomaki
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
Japan rescue work: A house adrift in the Pacific Ocean in the coastal waters near Sendai
A house adrift in the Pacific Ocean in the coastal waters near Sendai Photograph: News Pictures/MCP /Rex Features
Japan rescue work: A survivor searches her family home for any belongings in Minamisanriku
A child searches her family home for belongings in Minamisanriku Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP
Japan rescue work: A woman walks past empty shelves at a supermarket in Akita
A woman walks past empty shelves at a supermarket in Akita Photograph: Roslan Rahman/AFP
Japan rescue work: Japanese recovery officials search through the ruins of Minamisanriku
Japanese recovery workers search through the ruins in Minamisanriku Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP
Japan rescue work: Local villagers make their way along twisted train tracks in Kesennuma
Residents make their way along twisted train tracks through Kesennuma Photograph: Asahi Shimbun/EPA
Japan rescue work: Survivors make their way through Otsuchi
Survivors make their way through the ruined residential area of Otsuchi as the forest burns above the town Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Japan rescue work: Japan Ground Self-Defence Force members search for the victims in Miyako
Rescue workers search for victims in Miyako Photograph: Kyodo News/AP
Japan rescue work: The Sasaki family carry some of their personal belongings in Rikuzentakata
A family carry some of their personal belongings from their home that was destroyed in Rikuzentakata Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Japan rescue work: A man stands on a flooded street in Ishinomaki
A man stands on a flooded street in Ishinomaki Photograph: Xinhua/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Japan rescue work: A rescue worker takes a break while searching for survivors in Ofunato
A rescue worker takes a break while searching for survivors in the devastated city of Ofunato Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
Japan rescue work: Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan - 15 Mar 2011
Rescue workers stand on destroyed buildings in the ruins of Miyako city Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features
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