17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is held at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, early in the morning on Jan. 17, 2012. The shape of 1.17 was created by lining up bamboo lanterns near a cenotaph engraved with the victims' names at the park.

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