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Photos: Japan tsunami, a timeline of the aftermath
Japanese photo agency Kyodo documented several sites of the Tsunami that hit Japan in March, 2011 in three month intervals leading to the six-month anniversary.

Photo: An area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, March 16, 2011 (top) after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and its aftermath taken June 3, 2011 and Sept. 1, 2011, (bottom). (Reuters/Kyodo)