World Cup trophy comes to quake-hit city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Students at Prefectural Takata High School pose with the World Cup trophy at the municipal Takata Elementary School in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014. The trophy arrived there on its world tour to promote the World Cup soccer finals in that country. Students of Takata high, whose building was completely destroyed by the 2011 great quake and tsunami, asked the event promoter to send the trophy to the city.

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