Carp streamers at elementary school in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Carp streamers are flying on May 5, 2011, in front of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 tsunami. Putting up carp streamers is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth.

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