School commencement ceremony in Ishinomaki

School commencement ceremony in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A new junior high school student, a graduate of Okawa Elementary School, wipes away tears during a commencement ceremony of her school in quake and tsunami-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 21, 2011. About 70 percent of the students at the elementary school were killed in the March 11 disaster or remain missing. (Kyodo)

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