Rikuzentakata soon after quake, now

Rikuzentakata soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (R).

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