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Ukraine's Independence Day

A Ukrainian evacuee waves her country's flag during a rally in Tokyo's Shibuya area on Independence Day on Aug. 24, 2025.

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Border Conflict Evacuees - Thailand

An evacuee takes a rest at a gym-turned refuge in Buriram, Thailand, July 28, 2025. Thailand and Cambodia's leaders have agreed to implement a ceasefire starting midnight on Monday, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said following a meeting hosted by him. Photo by Rachen Sageamsak/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volunteers of Rose on the Arm evacuate frontline zone citizens

An evacuee from the village of Kutkivka (Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region) Ihor, who lost his home as a result of Russian shelling, and a volunteer of the Rose on the Arm NGO are seen at the transit hub in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025 (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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PAKISTAN-SWABI-CHINA-SUDAN-EVACUEE

(230504) -- SWABI, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nasrullah Khan, a Pakistani evacuated by a Chinese navy vessel from Sudan, chats with his friends at his home in northwest Pakistan's Swabi, on May 3, 2023. Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani mechanic who worked in Sudan, experienced the real adversity of life for the first time since his birth when sitting anguished and penniless in Port Sudan in recent days. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese navy ship rescues Pakistanis from dire situation in Sudan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-SWABI-CHINA-SUDAN-EVACUEE

(230504) -- SWABI, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nasrullah Khan, a Pakistani evacuated by a Chinese navy vessel from Sudan, meets with his friends and family at his home in northwest Pakistan's Swabi, on May 3, 2023. Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani mechanic who worked in Sudan, experienced the real adversity of life for the first time since his birth when sitting anguished and penniless in Port Sudan in recent days. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese navy ship rescues Pakistanis from dire situation in Sudan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-SWABI-CHINA-SUDAN-EVACUEE

(230504) -- SWABI, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nasrullah Khan, a Pakistani evacuated by a Chinese navy vessel from Sudan, meets with his daughters at his home in northwest Pakistan's Swabi, on May 3, 2023. Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani mechanic who worked in Sudan, experienced the real adversity of life for the first time since his birth when sitting anguished and penniless in Port Sudan in recent days. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese navy ship rescues Pakistanis from dire situation in Sudan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-SWABI-CHINA-SUDAN-EVACUEE

(230504) -- SWABI, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nasrullah Khan, a Pakistani evacuated by a Chinese navy vessel from Sudan, speaks during an interview at his home in northwest Pakistan's Swabi, on May 3, 2023. Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani mechanic who worked in Sudan, experienced the real adversity of life for the first time since his birth when sitting anguished and penniless in Port Sudan in recent days. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese navy ship rescues Pakistanis from dire situation in Sudan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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1 month after strong earthquake in central Japan

An evacuee collects water in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2024, a month after a powerful earthquake struck the central Japan city.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2024, shows a cat inside a vehicle with an evacuee in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Wildfires in Canada

An evacuee stands next to his pickup truck with a motorcycle in the back after a wildfire evacuation alert was upgraded to an order in the Wilden neighbourhood near Knox Mountain, in Kelowna, B.C., Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Evacuees Flee Yellowknife As Fire Nears Northern City - Canada

Yellowknife evacuee Florence Bishop, left, and Tasha Black, right obscured, give an interview with a television station as they line up for fuel in Fort Providence, N.W.T., Canada, Thursday, August 17, 2023. Thousands of people fleeing a wildfire on the outskirts of Yellowknife, one of the largest cities in Canada's north, have crowded into the local airport and the road out of town. Hundreds have also lined up for emergency military evacuation flights. As of Thursday, the fire was within 16km (10 miles) of the city. The Northwest Territories declared a state of emergency late on Tuesday as it battles nearly 240 wildfires. Photo by Jeff McIntosh/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Threaten Towns - Canada

Wildfire evacuees walk out of the evacuee centre in St. Albert, Alta. on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Photo by Jason Franson/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Threaten Towns - Canada

Hay River fire evacuee Yvette Bruneau pets the family dog after making their way to the evacuee centre in St. Albert, Alberta on Wednesday August 16, 2023. Photo by Jason Franson/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Threaten Towns - Canada

Hay River fire evacuee Tanisha Edison, who is four days away from having a baby, and her daughter Delilah Betsaka, along with family members drove from Hay River to the St. Albert, Alta. evacuee centre to escape the wildfires on Wednesday August 16, 2023. Photo by Jason Franson/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Threaten Towns - Canada

Hay River fire evacuees Tanisha Edison and her boyfriend Mason Bruneau go through their belongings at the evacuee centre in St. Albert, Alta. on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Photo by Jason Franson/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Threaten Towns - Canada

Hay River fire evacuees Tanisha Edison and her boyfriend Mason Bruneau go through their belongings at the evacuee centre in St. Albert, Alta. on Wednesday, August16, 2023. Photo by Jason Franson/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PAKISTAN-SWABI-CHINA-SUDAN-EVACUEE

(230504) -- SWABI, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nasrullah Khan, a Pakistani evacuated by a Chinese navy vessel from Sudan, speaks during an interview at his home in northwest Pakistan's Swabi, on May 3, 2023. Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani mechanic who worked in Sudan, experienced the real adversity of life for the first time since his birth when sitting anguished and penniless in Port Sudan in recent days. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese navy ship rescues Pakistanis from dire situation in Sudan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-SWABI-CHINA-SUDAN-EVACUEE

(230504) -- SWABI, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nasrullah Khan, a Pakistani evacuated by a Chinese navy vessel from Sudan, chats with his friends at his home in northwest Pakistan's Swabi, on May 3, 2023. Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani mechanic who worked in Sudan, experienced the real adversity of life for the first time since his birth when sitting anguished and penniless in Port Sudan in recent days. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese navy ship rescues Pakistanis from dire situation in Sudan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-SWABI-CHINA-SUDAN-EVACUEE

(230504) -- SWABI, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nasrullah Khan, a Pakistani evacuated by a Chinese navy vessel from Sudan, meets with his daughters at his home in northwest Pakistan's Swabi, on May 3, 2023. Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani mechanic who worked in Sudan, experienced the real adversity of life for the first time since his birth when sitting anguished and penniless in Port Sudan in recent days. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese navy ship rescues Pakistanis from dire situation in Sudan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-SWABI-CHINA-SUDAN-EVACUEE

(230504) -- SWABI, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nasrullah Khan, a Pakistani evacuated by a Chinese navy vessel from Sudan, meets with his friends and family at his home in northwest Pakistan's Swabi, on May 3, 2023. Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani mechanic who worked in Sudan, experienced the real adversity of life for the first time since his birth when sitting anguished and penniless in Port Sudan in recent days. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese navy ship rescues Pakistanis from dire situation in Sudan" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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Tearful reunions at Zimbabwe's airport as evacuees from Sudan arrive home

STORY: Tearful reunions at Zimbabwe's airport as evacuees from Sudan arrive home DATELINE: May 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of evacuees being welcomed by their families at the airport 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona): SUSAN MUKANDO, Evacuee 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PRIDE MUBAIWA, Evacuee 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Shona): ANNA MADEKUBVENI, Evacuee STORYLINE: The terminal building at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare has witnessed countless affectionate hugs, but Sunday evening was unlike any other day as emotions ran high when families received their loved ones evacuated from Sudan. Tears of joy ran down their faces as a group of 21 evacuees who had been caught in the middle of the crossfire emerged from the exit gate of the arrivals terminal. The first group of 44 evacuees from war-torn Sudan arrived in Zimbabwe on Friday. Susan Mukando, an evacuee, could not control her emotions as she narrated the ordeal she went through with her s

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Chinese military evacuates 1,171 people from Sudan as mission ends

STORY: Chinese military evacuates 1,171 people from Sudan as mission ends DATELINE: April 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG HAIZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the evacuation 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KHALID MAJID, Consul General, Consulate General of Pakistan, Jeddah 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Chinese evacuee 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Chinese evacuee 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): Pakistani evacuee 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): Pakistani evacuee STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG HAIZHOU, Xinhua correspondent "I'm here at the Jeddah Islamic Port of Saudi Arabia. Behind me is the Chinese Weishanhu vessel. This morning (April 29), the Weishanhu vessel has brought 215 Pakistanis, 6 Brazilians and 272 Chinese people from the Sudan Port." According to the Chinese Ministry of National Defense on Saturday, the Chinese military has completed the mission of evacuating Chinese from Sudan. Nine hundred and forty Chinese citizens and 231 for

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1st flight with Chinese evacuees from Sudan arrives in Beijing

STORY: 1st flight with Chinese evacuees from Sudan arrives in Beijing DATELINE: April 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the evacuation 2. STANDUP (English): WANG HAIZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIA JINTAO, Evacuee 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YIN LIJUN, Charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy to Saudi Arabia 5. various of the evacuation STORYLINE: The first charter flight carrying Chinese nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday morning. April 28, 2023 STANDUP (English): WANG HAIZHOU, Xinhua correspondent "I am here at the SAUDIA private aviation terminal of Jeddah Airport, Saudi Arabia. The Chinese people who evacuated from Sudan will take the Air China charter flight CA090, which will take off from Jeddah on the afternoon of April 28. This flight will bring more than 300 passengers back to China." SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIA JINTAO, Evacuee

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Motherland is always our strong backing: Chinese evacuee from Sudan

STORY: Motherland is always our strong backing: Chinese evacuee from Sudan DATELINE: April 28 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the evacuation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN LIHUI, Evacuee 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Evacuee 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): XIAO YONGJIAN, Evacuee STORYLINE: Two Chinese navy vessels carrying 678 people evacuated from Sudan arrived at the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah at around 3 p.m. Thursday Beijing time, according to an official statement. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN LIHUI, Evacuee "Above all, we are so grateful to our motherland. The motherland is always our strong backing." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Evacuee "I am a Sudanese, and my husband is a Chinese. My kid is only five months old. The Chinese Embassy in Sudan has been taking care of us (since the outbreak of the armed conflict). Thanks so much. No words can describe my feeling. We are so grateful to them." SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): XIAO YONGJIAN, Evacuee "After seeing our navy vess

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Ukrainian evacuee dancers make donation

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky (2nd from R) speaks with ballet dancers who evacuated from war-hit Ukraine, in the western Japan city of Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 18, 2023. The dancers delivered the same day a cash donation raised through performances to help Ukraine.

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Ukrainian evacuee dancers make donation

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky (3rd from R) poses for a photo with ballet dancers who evacuated from war-hit Ukraine, in the western Japan city of Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 18, 2023. The dancers delivered the same day a cash donation raised through performances to help Ukraine.

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Coronavirus infections

KATSUURA, Japan, Feb. 12 Kyodo - An evacuee (L) from Wuhan, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, meets the press before leaving the Katsuura Hotel Mikazuki in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Feb. 12, 2020. All of the first group of evacuees housed at the hotel tested negative for the pneumonia-causing virus.

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Evacuees move into temporary housing

KUMAMOTO, Japan, June 16 Kyodo - An evacuee in the wake of a series of powerful earthquakes two months ago in southwestern Japan sits in front of a temporary housing unit in the town of Mashiki on June 16, 2016. The evacuees are allowed to stay in the housing for two years.

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Jet ski lost in tsunami returned to owner

IWAKI, Japan - Tomomune Matsunaga, an evacuee of the 2011 disaster, smiles on Nov. 10, 2014, in the northeastern Japan city of Iwaki, as his jet ski, which was lost in the tsunami but recently found on an atoll off Hawaii, was returned to him.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mikio Watanabe (C) heads for the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima with a picture of his late wife Hamako on Aug. 26, 2014. The court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of Hamako, who was forced to evacuate from her home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mikio Watanabe (L), holding a picture of his late wife Hamako, answers reporters' questions outside the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Aug. 26, 2014, after the court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of Hamako. The couple was forced to evacuate from their home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Lawyers show triumphal banners in front of the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Aug. 26, 2014, after the court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of a woman forced to evacuate her home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mikio Watanabe heads for the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima with a picture of his late wife Hamako on Aug. 26, 2014. The court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of Hamako, who was forced to evacuate her home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Evacuee briefly returns in Katsurao, Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yukichi Otsuki finds moss phlox in his deserted garden in the Noyuki district in Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 30, 2014. Otsuki has evacuated to Miharu Town in the prefecture following the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Evacuee visits home in Iitate, Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masato Takahashi jokingly demonstrates how cattle eat feed in his vacated barn in the Nagadoro district in Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2014. Takahashi lives in temporary housing in Fukushima City, about a one-hour drive from the village, after evacuating due to the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Fukushima evacuee sees 'bonsai' trees at home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Katsutoshi Kusano holds a "bonsai" plant, which he raised at an evacuation center, on April 26, 2014, as he returns home to Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. The government permitted evacuees living in parts of the village's evacuation zone up to 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the amount of radiation is relatively low, to stay overnight at their own homes for three months from the same day.

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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Princess Masako (R) listens to a crying woman, an evacuee from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at a temporary housing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013.

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Tablets for Fukushima evacuees

SOMA, Japan - Joji Sato, an evacuee from the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, talks to Iitate Mayor Norio Kanno via a tablet computer from Soma in the same prefecture on Aug. 8, 2012. The Iitate government has distributed tablet computers to all its households and began the same day a system to foster communication among its residents, virtually all of whom have evacuated their homes due to the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Steller sea lion back to Fukushima aquarium

CHIBA, Japan - A Steller sea lion called Fuku is hoisted in a cage by crane at Kamogawa Seaworld in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on March 21, 2012, to be transported to Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. Fuku was evacuated to the Chiba aquarium after the March 2011 quake and tsunami, and is the last evacuee of the Fukushima aquarium to be sent home.

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Geisha visit tsunami evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha from Kyoto touch the cat of an evacuee of the March quake and tsunami at her temporary housing in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 31, 2011. They visited the temporary housing to cheer evacuees up.

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S. Korean president speaks to disaster victims in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak shakes hands with an evacuee on May 21, 2011, outside the prefectural Azuma gymnasium in the city of Fukushima, which is being used as a shelter for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Fukushima prior to their trilateral summit meeting in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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2nd group of nuclear evacuees briefly return to homes

KAWAUCHI, Japan - An evacuee from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant arrives at a public facility in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for radiation screening after completing a two-hour visit to his or her home in the village within a designated no-entry zone near the nuclear plant, holding a bag of retrieved belongings. A group of around 70 evacuees from the no-go zone briefly returned home the same day to pick up personal belongings. The evacuees were allowed to retrieve items that could be placed in plastic bags measuring 70 centimeters in both length and width. (Sex of the photographed person unknown)

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

MIYAKO, Japan - Empress Michiko talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center set up at a gymnasium in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The imperial couple visited the prefecture to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center set up at Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The imperial couple visited the prefecture to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center set up at Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The imperial couple visited the prefecture to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Hakuho visits Fukushima shelter

ISHIKAWA, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho (L) speaks to an elderly evacuee at an evacuation center in the town of Ishikawa in Fukushima Prefecture on March 9, 2011.

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Dentist at evacuation center in quake-hit Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - Yutaka Kimura (R), a local dentist, examines a quake evacuee at an evacuation center in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 27, 2011. A number of senior evacuees face difficulties as they have lost their dentures after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit the area.

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Quake evacuees relocate to another shelter

KAZO, Japan - A wheelchair-bound evacuee from the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that was stricken by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, arrives at a new evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on March 30. The evacuees from Futaba relocated from Saitama Super Arena in the same prefecture to a disused high school in Kazo.

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Health checkups at quake shelter

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A doctor examines the condition of an evacuee at a sickbay of a shelter in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2011. A massive earthquake and tsunami struck the area on March 11.

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Radiation exposure test

KAWAMATA, Japan - An evacuee (C) is tested for radiation exposure in a shelter in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011. Anxiety is growing among evacuees in the area after a blast occurred the previous day at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant hit by the March 11 massive earthquake and fears increased over radioactive leaks.