JAPAN-DISASTER-TSUNAMI-NUCLEAR-ANNIVERSARY

JAPAN-DISASTER-TSUNAMI-NUCLEAR-ANNIVERSARY

Balloons in the shape of doves are released into the air during a memorial service for tsunami victims at the former Yuriage junior high school in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2014 on the third anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake in 2011 sent a huge wall of water into the coast of the Tohoku region, splintering whole communities, ruining swathes of prime farmland and killing nearly 19,000 people. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI