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Fukushima remembered, three years later

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A man offers a prayer in front of former Otsuchi City Hall damaged by the tsunami three years ago, in Otsuchi, Iwate, Japan, March 9, 2014. 

March 11 marks the third anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that claimed more than 18,000 lives, and subsequent nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. 

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An elderly man uses a magnifying glass to look through photographs, which were repaired after being washed away by the earthquake and tsunami at a gymnasium in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2014. 

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Buddhist monks offer prayers at Okawa Elementary School on the three year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, March 11, 2014. 

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People offer prayers at Okawa Elementary School on the three year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, March 11, 2014. 

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A man holds a candle as he commemorates victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in front of Kobe's light of hope memorial in Kobe, Japan, March 11, 2014.

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School bags and trophies which were washed away by the earthquake and tsunami are placed on a table at a gymnasium, in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2014.

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Anti-nuclear protesters release balloons during a rally in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Tokyo, March 11, 2014. 

METI governs Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and is responsible for promoting nuclear power.


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Police officers salute during a third anniversary ceremony in Fukushima, Japan, March 10, 2014. 

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Yui Goto and her son Kotaro fold their hands together as they observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., the time at which the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck at Shobuta beach, in Shichigahama town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, March 11, 2014.

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A woman touches a memorial engraved with the names of the victims at Okawa Elementary School on the three year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan.

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A young man looks through photographs, which were repaired after being washed away by the earthquake and tsunami at a gymnasium, in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2014.

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People pray as they commemorate victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in front of Kobe's light of hope memorial, in Kobe, Japan, March 11, 2014. 

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A man searches for the missing at Ukedo coast in Fukushima, Japan, March 11, 2014. 

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A family prays for tsunami victims in the Ukedo area, in Fukushima, Japan, March 11, 2014.

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Students of an elementary school pray for victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, March 11, 2014. 

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Relatives of victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami bow to the altar as they offer chrysanthemums for the victims at the national memorial service in Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2014. 

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A decorative samurai warrior's helmet is left rusted on a foundation in an area devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan,  March 3, 2014.

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A child joins his hands in prayer to mourn for victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Tokyo, March 11, 2014. 

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A statue and flowers are displayed near the heavily damaged Disaster Control Center building where scores of people were killed following the 2011 tsunami, at sunrise in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2014. 

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Mourners pray after offering flowers during an unveiling ceremony of a cenotaph in Soma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, March 11, 2014. 

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Visitors from other prefectures watch the sun rise at breakwater in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, March 11, 2014. 
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