A window provides a view of a large ship sitting amid debris in Kesennuma. (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)
Toyoki Sugawara looks out from his destroyed liquor shop in Kesennuma. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)
Rescue workers search through debris in Minamisanriku. (Mike Clarke / AFP/Getty Images)
Momoko Onodera, at an evacuation center Kesennuma, prays as she talks about her husband who died in the tsunami. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)
Masahiro Haaamaguchi holds cherished artwork he recovered from his home in Kesennuma. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Kukiko Fushimi and her grandchildren are screened for radiation. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
An elderly survivor is transported to a hospital in Kesennuma. (Philippe Lopez / AFP / Getty Images)
A rescue worker searches through debris in Minamisanriku. (Mike Clarke / AFP / Getty Images)
Coffins fill the floor of a hall in Rifu. The number of dead and missing is more than 15,000. (JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)