1st anniversary of tsunami

1st anniversary of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer prayers at an alter on the premises of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the tsunami.

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