The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake

The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake
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Mass Burial
A Buddhist monk chants prayers before burying unidentified victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Yamamoto, Miyagi prefecture, on April 8, 2011.

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