Monk in disaster area

Monk in disaster area

YAMADA, Japan - A Buddhist monk prays as he walks through snow falling on rubble in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 4, 2011. Thousands of people lost their lives in the March 11 quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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