Children lost in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces observe a moment of silence in front of Okawa Elementary School, of which 74 out of 108 students are dead or missing since the March 11 tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 21, 2011. Okawa reopened for a new school year the same day in a rented space in a nearby elementary school, as its facility has been damaged by the disaster.

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