Surviving the Earthquake Aftermath in Japan

Surviving the Earthquake Aftermath in Japan A humanitarian crisis unfolds as victims eke out an existence after the twin disasters decimated the northeastern coast
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Sustenance
A boy waits for water to boil to cook some instant noodle soup outside a shelter in Sendai on March 16, 2011. In northeastern Japan, 21,000 people are estimated dead or missing and another 350,000 have been left homeless.

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