Floats paraded at festival in tsunami-hit northern Japan town

People move "Tanabata" (star festival) floats during a festive parade in Rikuzentakata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Aug. 7, 2015, amid land elevation work for residential construction in the city ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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