Tsunami-hit school in Ishinomaki

Tsunami-hit school in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Flowers and fruit are placed at the nameplate of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, around four weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. A number of students and teachers were killed by the March 11 tsunami that hit the school.

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