The aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan

A resident checks on a house in earthquake-hit Kesennuma in Miyagi prefecture.  (Philippe Lopez / AFP/Getty Images)

People wait to check in for flights out of Tokyo’s Narita Airport as escalating fears of the spread of harmful nuclear radiation drives large numbers to flee.  (Diego Azubel / EPA)

Earthquake survivors pick through secondhand clothes at a shelter in Minamisanriku.  (Yomiuri Shimbun / AFP / Getty Images)

Katsuo Maiya, 73, cries in front of the rubble where his sister’s house stood in Rikuzentakata.  (Itsuo Inouye / Associated Press)

A portrait lies in the rubble in Rikuzentakata.  (Itsuo Inouye / Associated Press)