Elevating ground in tsunami-hit city continues

Elevating ground in tsunami-hit city continues

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Huge conveyer belts carry earth and sand from mountains on Sept. 6, 2014, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, where work to raise the ground level is under way after the area was devastated by the 2011 tsunami. A lone pine tree, a symbol of recovery, is seen in foreground.

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