10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Combined photo shows a tsunami-hit area (top) in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011, and the same area (bottom) pictured from a drone on Feb. 19, 2021, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. A memorial park (seen in the lower right of the bottom picture) is set to open on March 11.

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