Japan marks second anniversary of Fukushima disaster - in pictures

Buddhist monks chant and pay their respects to victims of the tsunami and earthquake during a ceremony in Minamisoma, near the Fukushima Daiichi power plant Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images

A resident walks his dog near a ship washed ashore by the tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

Children pray during a memorial ceremony in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images

Police officers continue to search for tsunami victims two years after the disaster in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images

A woman prays at the Kadonowaki primary school in Ishinomaki Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Imag

An artificially restored 'miracle pine tree' that survived the tsunami is silhouetted against the rising sun in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture Photograph: AP

Participants observe a moment's silence during a disaster drill at Yurakucho subway station in Tokyo Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters

A man prays for victims in front of a ship washed ashore by the tsunami in Kesennuma Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

A worker walks behind a white plastic cutout of the words of a businessperson declaring a determination to reopen their business in a tsunami-stricken area of Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP

A man prays for his friend killed by the tsunami at Arahama district in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images

Two women are reflected in a monument on which names of tsunami victims from Arahama district are carved in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images

Police officers search for tsunami victims two years on at the estuary of the Kyu Kitakami river in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images

Cars stop at a traffic signal in a deserted, snow-covered port area, in Kesennuma Photograph: Koji Ueda/AP

People lay floral tributes in front of a memorial at Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA