Members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force carry the coffin of a victim of the earthquake and tsunami at a temporary mass grave site in Higashi Matsushima on March 23, 2011
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A bereaved family member of a victim of the earthquake and tsunami prays in front of a coffin at a temporary mass grave site in Higashi-Matsushima, in Miyagi prefecture
Firefighters fight a blaze in Kesennuma City, northeast Japan on March 15, 2011
A classroom devastated by tsunami is seen at an elementary school in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture
A man holds his dog as they wait to be scanned for radiation exposure at a temporary scanning center in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture
Heavy snow falls as members of the Japan Self-Defense Force arrive at the devastated residential area in Otsuchi March 16, 2011
A resident walks in an area damaged by tsunami as the debris among the trees shows the height of the tsunami at a village in Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture
A Japan Self-Defense Force officer retrieves a photo album from the ruins of the devastated residential area of Otsuchi as heavy snow falls March 16, 2011