British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, prays in front of the cenotaph at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, after reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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