Graduation ceremony at tsunami-hit school

Graduation ceremony at tsunami-hit school

ONAGAWA, Japan - Sixth graders smile and hold their certificates of graduation at the graduation ceremony of an elementary school in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011. The area was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)

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