Kesennuma soon after quake, now

Kesennuma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a classroom of Kesennuma Elementary School in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 17, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same classroom on March 6, 2012 (bottom). A music class was in progress in the classroom, which had served as a shelter for people who had lost their homes. (Kyodo)

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