Tragedy of 10-meter-tall breakwater put in sharp focus

Tragedy of 10-meter-tall breakwater put in sharp focus

SENDAI, Japan - A photograph of the 10-meter-tall coastal breakwater (L) in the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, taken on July 19, 2009, indicates the structure was not high enough prior to the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster as the other picture taken on Sept. 1, 2014, shows most of the nearby houses gone. Part of the breakwater will be kept to show what remained just after the devastating tsunami hit.

Nikkei closes at 30-month low

Nikkei closes at 30-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Yaesu, central Tokyo, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, Japan's key stock index, finishing down 186.13 points, or 2.17 percent, at 8,374.13 on Sept. 26, 2011, its lowest close since April 1, 2009.

Arabic Harry Potter in Guantanamo library

Arabic Harry Potter in Guantanamo library

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - An Arabic-language translation of a Harry Potter story in this Sept. 1, 2009 photo is a popular library book at a detention camp complex in the U.S. naval base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay. The library is stocked with about 16,000 books and 1,400 magazines in 22 languages as well as DVDs of movies. Detainees can check out books and they are delivered to their cells for reading. Disney cartoons are also popular.

Obama's signature on Guantanamo closure order

Obama's signature on Guantanamo closure order

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - This Sept. 1, 2009 photo shows a copy of U.S. President Barack Obama's order with his signature posted near a yard at a detention camp in the U.S. naval base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay. Obama in the document ordered the camp complex be shut down by January 2010. Many detainees were ''happy and excited'' on hearing the policy.

Tight security on Guantanamo camp

Tight security on Guantanamo camp

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Barbwire fences surround Camp 4 of the U.S. naval base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay in this photo taken Sept. 1, 2009. The camp, which opened in 2003, is for detainees the U.S. military says are ''compliant''縲due to cooperative behavior during interrogation. Detainees in the camp can also watch soccer games and Arabic shows on TV in an air-conditioned room.

Guantanamo detainee sits in yard

Guantanamo detainee sits in yard

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A man sits near a guard in a fenced recreation yard in the maximum-security Camp 5 for detainees categorized as ''non-compliant'' at the U.S. naval base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay on Sept. 1, 2009. Each detainee can spend two to four hours a day in the yard depending on behavior.