Monk at cemetery for tsunami victims

Monk at cemetery for tsunami victims

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - A Buddhist monk from Tokyo chants a sutra at a temporary cemetery for quake and tsunami victims in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011.

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