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Child lights candle on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - A child lights a candle during an event to remember the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the disaster. A total of 6,434 people were killed by the quake which devastated Kobe and its vicinity in western Japan.

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19 years after Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - People offer silent prayers for the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake during a memorial event in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the disaster. The earthquake devastated the western Japan city and surrounding area, killing 6,434.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People commemorate the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in front of a list of victims' names in the western Japan port city of Kobe on the morning of Jan. 17, 2011, the 16th anniversary of the disaster. The massive quake claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

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Crown prince, crown princess in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L), accompanied by his wife Crown Princess Masako (2nd L), talks with bereaved relatives of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at a public hall in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, after attending a ceremony hosted by Hyogo Prefecture to commemorate the quake that killed 6,434 people. The crown princess is making her first official trip outside of the capital involving an overnight stay since January 2008. (Pool photo)

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Bereaved children in Kobe solicit donations for Haitian kids

KOBE, Japan - People who lost their parents in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake call for donations to help the victims of the Haitian earthquake in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, the 15th anniversary of the Hanshin quake that killed 6,434 people.

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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People float flowers in front of a monument for the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in a park located in the center of Kobe before dawn on Jan. 17, 2010, as the western Japan port city and neighboring cities mark the 15th anniversary of the quake that killed 6,434 people.

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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - A woman prays for the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in a park located in the center of Kobe before dawn on Jan. 17, 2010, as the western Japan port city and neighboring cities mark the 15th anniversary of the quake that killed 6,434 people.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - A girl lights a candle with the help of her father to mourn the 6,434 victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at Koyaike Park in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2010, during a ceremony on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the disaster.

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People pray for victims of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People pray in front of 6,434 candles, representing the number of people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, at a park in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2010, the eve of the 15th anniversary of the quake.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - People offer prayers for victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at Koyaike Park in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2010. They surrounded 6,434 candles, representing the number of people killed in the quake, during a ceremony on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the disaster.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Mitsuru Takeba, who lost his 1-year-old daughter in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, talks to his 2-year-old daughter Mii about the quake in front of candles in about 7,000 bamboo lanterns lit to commemorate the 6,434 victims at a memorial service held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 14th anniversary of the quake.