01. Civil defence relief workers stand together after an earthquake and tsunami swept through Otsuchi, in the Iwate prefecture, eastern Japan March 15, 2011. Otsuchi, situated on Japan's eastern coast, has ceased to exist, overwhelmed by a combination of earthquake, tsunami and fire that razed the town of 17,000 people on Friday, killing more than half the population in a matter of moments. The situation around the coastal town of Otsuchi was desperate, with people scavenging for food and rescue teams trying to put out forest fires, according to Patrick Fuller of the Red Cross international humanitarian group. REUTERS/International Red Cross/Handout
03. A picture taken from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter shows the central part of the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, March 12, 2011, a day after it was flattened by massive tsunami following Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9. Japan battled twin disasters on Sunday, trying to contain a radiation leak at a crippled nuclear plant while rescue teams searched desperately for survivors from the massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Kyodo
04. Soldiers from Japan's Self Defence Force arrive at the scene of devastation before searching for victims in the rubble after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck Rikuzentakata, northern Japan March 13, 2011. Strong aftershocks continued to shake Japan's main island as the desperate search pressed on for survivors from Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. State broadcaster NHK said more than 10,000 people may have been killed as the wall of water hit, reducing whole towns to rubble. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (
05. An emergency worker walks amidst debris in an area hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Kuji, Iwate prefecture March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Aly Song
06. A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the destroyed city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan March 13, 2011, after a massive earthquake and tsunami that are feared to have killed more than 10,000 people. Picture taken March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Asahi Shimbun
07. Rescue workers search for victims in Tamura village, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo
08. Japanese rescue workers stand with their tools among destroyed homes in residential area of Otsuchi March 14, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
09. Rescue workers arrive in Minamisanriku town on March 14, 2011, days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
10. Japanese rescue workers search through rubble in front of a Shinto shrine in residential area of tsunami hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
11. Japanese rescue workers search through rubble in a residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
12. Japanese rescue workers clear the rubble among destroyed homes in a residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
13. Japanese rescue workers search through rubble in a residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
14. President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Tadateru Konoe (C) walks among rescue workers searching through rubble in a residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011. After my long career in the Red Cross where I have seen many disasters and catastrophes, this is the worst I have ever seen. Otsuchi reminds me of Osaka and Tokyo after the Second World War when everything was destroyed and flattened, Tadateru Konoe told Reuters during a visit to the coastal town. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
15. Rescue workers move the body of a patient through the halls of a hospital in Minamisanriku town on March 14, 2011, days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
16. A Japanese rescue worker walks through a destroyed residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
17. A Japan Self-Defense Forces officer smiles as he holds a four-month-old baby girl who was rescued along with her family members from their home in Ishimaki City, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Yomiuri Shimbun
18. Rescue workers prepare to search for victims in the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
19. A rescue worker searches for victims in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo
31. Rescue workers load the body of a victim recovered from the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
33. Rescue workers search for victims in the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
34. A joint team from the U.S. Air Force and Marines conduct a search and rescue flight over Sendai airport in this U.S. Air Force handout photo dated March 13, 2011. The team is part of the American disaster relief force in Japan to assist with the earthquake and tsunami recovery effort. Picture taken March 13, 2011. REUTERS/US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse/Handout
35. A Japanese home is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean, in this photograph taken on March 13, 2011 and released on March 14. Ships and aircrafts from the U.S. Navy's Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group are searching for survivors in the coastal waters near Sendai, Japan, in the wake of 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that officials say claimed at least 10,000 lives. REUTERS/U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord/Handout
51. Rescue workers stand around a body found in ruins of the devastated residential area of tsunami hit Otsuchi March 15, 2011. In the fishermen town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
53. Survivors make their way through ruins of the residential area of tsunami hit Otsuchi March 15, 2011. In the fishermen town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following last Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Aly Song
78. Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex watch as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter prepares to transport humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies from the dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry during a vertical replenishment in the Philippine Sea south of Japan in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated March 15, 2011. The Essex is heading to Japan to provide disaster relief following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/US Navy/Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Casey H. Kyhl/Handout
79. An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter transports humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies from the dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a vertical replenishment in the Philippine Sea, south of Japan, in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated March 15, 2011. The Essex is heading to Japan to provide disaster relief following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Casey H. Kyhl/Handout
89. Heavy snow falls on rubble and rescue workers at a devastated factory area hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, northern Japan March 16, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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