Families in tsunami-hit town then and now

Families in tsunami-hit town then and now

Combined photo shows first-grade elementary school student Ayaka Sato in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on June 8, 2011 (L) with her "randoseru" schoolbag that was found after being washed away by a massive tsunami three months earlier, and Ayaka six years later on Feb. 15, 2017, who will be graduating in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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