Photograph by David Guttenfelder, AP
Rescue team members carry the body of a man through splintered remains of the village of Saito on Monday.
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Path Through Destruction
Photograph by Damir Sagolj, Reuters
A survivor walks his bicycle through the remains of the devastated Japanese town of Otsuchi on March 14.
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Tsunami-Tossed Boat
Photograph by Yomiuri Shimbun, AFP/Getty Images
A tsunami-tossed boat rests on top of a building amid a sea of debris in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14.
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Communication Barrier
Photograph by Yuriko Nakao, Reuters
A mother tries to talk to her daughter, who has been isolated due to signs of radiation at a makeshift facility in Nihonmatsu, Japan, on March 14. The daughter is among people evacuated from the vicinity of Fukushima's damaged nuclear plants.
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Wave of Destruction
Photograph by Mainichi Shimbun, Reuters
A tsunami wave crashes over a street in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on March 11.
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Tearful Reunion
Photograph by Kimimasa Mayama, EPA
Tsunami survivors embrace to celebrate being alive in the destroyed city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11.
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Miracle of Minamisoma
Photograph courtesy Japanese Defense Forces via Jiji Press/AFP/Getty
On March 13 rescue workers approach Hiromitsu Shinkawa, a 60-year-old man from Japan's Minamisoma City who washed out to sea during the recent tsunami and spent days clinging to a piece of roofing.
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Sendai Sunrise
Photograph by Kasahara Katsumi/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
People search through debris at the Sendai airport on March 14, days after an earthquake-triggered tsunami left the Japanese city in ruins.
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Cocooned Against the Cold
Photograph by Damir Sagolj, Reuters
Swaddled in blankets, evacuated tsunami survivors try to keep warm in a Japanese Red Cross hospital on March 13.
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Broken Road
Photograph by Franck Robichon, EPA
A lone vehicle passes a train overpass mangled by the recent earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on March 12.
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Survivor List
Photograph by Lee Jae-Won, Reuters
A survivor of the recent Japan earthquake reads a list of other survivors in a shelter in Iwate Prefecture on March 13.
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Protective Powder
Photograph by Aly Song, Reuters
An emergency worker throws disinfectant powder on the ground around earthquake-damaged buildings in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on March 14.
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Memories Amid the Rubble
Photograph by Alex Hofford, EPA
Coated with mud, a photo album lies amid debris in the earthquake-ravaged town of Natori, Japan, on March 14.
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Muddy Wasteland
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, EPA
A rescue worker surveys the devastation on March 14 in the Japanese village of Saito, which was leveled by the earthquake-triggered tsunami.
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Survivor's Sorrow
Photograph from Asahi Shimbun, Reuters
A woman mourns the devastation of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Japan on March 13.
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Power Plant Ablaze
Photograph by Kimimasa Mayama, EPA
Flames and smoke billow from a petroleum-refining plant damaged by the Japan earthquake in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13.
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Wrecked Cars
Photograph by Kazuhiro Nogi, AFP/Getty Images
A boy walks past vehicles damaged by the Japan earthquake and tsunami in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13.
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Houses Destroyed
Photograph from Kyodo/Reuters
Rescue workers search for Japan earthquake victims amid shattered houses in Tamura, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14.
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Japan Earthquake Victim
Photograph by Gregory Bull, AP
The hand of a man killed by the Japan earthquake juts out of jumbled concrete sea barriers on March 14 in Toyoma, Japan.
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Search for Survivors
Photograph from Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images
Japanese troops search for earthquake survivors in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13.
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