Japan: the aftermath

A woman reacts at the news of her relative's death in an evacuation shelter for survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami, March 15, 2011, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. (Associated Press/Kyodo News)

Family photo albums lie in the ruins of the devastated residential area of tsunami hit Otsuchi March 15, 2011. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Tsunami debris is scattered over a devastated area of Sendai, Miyagi prefecture. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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