Chairs are strewn in a classroom of the Kadonowaki Elementary School on March 2, 2012 in Ishinomaki, Japan
The Atlantic
Sugimoto was photographed last year, wrapped in a blanket in front of a pile of debris as she looked for her son Raito who was missing (who she later found). Her picture became an iconic image of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Japan
Residents take a hot outdoor bath amongst tsunami devastation in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture on April 14, 2011
Japanese children walk by children's "pep up" paintings displayed on a window of a tsunami evacuation center in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, April 13, 2011
A man rides a motorcycle through water in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi prefecture on April 8, 2011
An evacuee shares a moment with a dog at a shelter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture on April 9, 2011
Teru Sutou (left), 8 and his brother Ren, 9, eat a donated meal of hot stew and rice at a parking lot in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture on April 12, 2011
A team member from NPO Japan Rescue Dog Association and his dog search for victims during a joint operation with the Metropolitan Police Department in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi prefecture on April 9, 2011
A man burns a rice field in preparation for planting near Fukushima, northern Japan April 5, 2011