Rainbow origami cranes from world cheer up tsunami-ravaged city

Rainbow origami cranes from world cheer up tsunami-ravaged city

MINAMISANRIKU, JAPAN - Volunteers display origami cranes sent from across Japan and overseas along a wall by a national road in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefectures, on March 10, 2012, one day before the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake-tsunami disaster that ravaged the town and other areas in northeastern Japan.

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