Buddhist service for March 11 victims

Buddhist service for March 11 victims

SOMA, Japan - A Buddhist monk prays during a ceremony to mark the 49th day from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 28, 2011. It is a traditional belief that the souls of the dead leave for another world after seven weeks.

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