Rikuzentakata soon after quake, now

Rikuzentakata soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 7, 2012 (R). Temporary housing units have been built on the ground of a junior high school (front).

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