'Miracle pine' 3 yrs after disaster

'Miracle pine' 3 yrs after disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People look at the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2014, three years after the earthquake and tsunami disaster hit the area.

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