Tokens of remembrance to the 84 staff and students who died in the tsunami at Okawa Elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

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Visitors leave small tokens of remembrence to the 84 staff and students who died in the tsunami at Okawa Elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. Thursday March 10th 2016. This year marks the 5th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake which struck at 2:46pm on March 11th 2011 levelling much of the Tohoku coast and causing the deaths of around 18,000 people.

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Size: 5600px × 3733px
Location: Okawa elementary school site, Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Photo credit: © Damon Coulter / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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