Divers clean seabed in tsunami-hit Ofunato

Divers clean seabed in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver is enveloped in a cloud of dirt as he retrieves rubble from the seabed off Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on June 15, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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