Tears, Prayers as Japan Marks 5th Anniversary of Tsunami

Tears, Prayers as Japan Marks 5th Anniversary of Tsunami
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A woman prays in front of the lone pine tree that miraculously survived the deadly 2011 earthquake and tsunami among 70,000 trees along the coastline in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. |AP
A woman prays in front of the lone pine tree that miraculously survived the deadly 2011 earthquake and tsunami among 70,000 trees along the coastline in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. |AP
A woman prays to mourn for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami prior to a special memorial event in Tokyo. |AP
A woman prays to mourn for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami prior to a special memorial event in Tokyo. |AP
A man lights a candle to mourn for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami prior to a special memorial event in Tokyo. |AP
A man lights a candle to mourn for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami prior to a special memorial event in Tokyo. |AP
A man prays in front of the skeletal remains of the former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan. |AP
A man prays in front of the skeletal remains of the former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan. |AP
Tsutoshi Yoshida and his wife Seiko pray for their daughter who was killed by the 2011 tsunami, in Namie, Fukushima, northern Japan Friday. |AP
Tsutoshi Yoshida and his wife Seiko pray for their daughter who was killed by the 2011 tsunami, in Namie, Fukushima, northern Japan Friday. |AP
People pray in front of ancestors' grave as black plastic bags containing radiation contaminated waste are piled in the background, in Futaba, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. |AP
People pray in front of ancestors' grave as black plastic bags containing radiation contaminated waste are piled in the background, in Futaba, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. |AP
People offer incense stick to mourn the victims of the deadly March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Natori, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan. |AP
People offer incense stick to mourn the victims of the deadly March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Natori, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan. |AP
The sun rises behind the lone pine tree that miraculously survived the deadly March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. |AP
The sun rises behind the lone pine tree that miraculously survived the deadly March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. |AP
The disaster control center of the town ruined by the March 11, 2011 tsunami stands in the morning at dawn in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. |AP
The disaster control center of the town ruined by the March 11, 2011 tsunami stands in the morning at dawn in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. |AP
The disaster control center of the town ruined by the March 11, 2011 tsunami stands in the morning at dawn in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. |AP
The disaster control center of the town ruined by the March 11, 2011 tsunami stands in the morning at dawn in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. |AP

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