Candles form "Bond" on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

Candles form "Bond" on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - Candles are placed in the shape of "1.17," "Kizuna" (Bond) and "3.11" at Mano Elementary School in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The disaster devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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