Memorial ceremony at Ishinomaki school

Memorial ceremony at Ishinomaki school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A man, who is among relatives of 74 students and 10 teachers who were killed in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, joins his hands before an altar at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 4, 2012. A memorial ceremony was held in the city the same day ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster, attended by surviving students and bereaved families.

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