5th anniversary of Japan's March 2011 disaster

5th anniversary of Japan's March 2011 disaster

Combined photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011, (L) and Feb. 16, 2016, show the northeastern Japanese city of Kesennuma devastated by earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. A large fishing vessel brought by tsunami seen in the center of the left photo was scrapped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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