People look at the burning port of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, engulfed by dense smoke and flames. Photo by AP.
Buildings are covered with mud in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi. Photo by AP.
Vehicles and the rubbles cover a road in Kesennuma, Miyagi. Photo by AP.
Swirls of waves approach a coast in Iwaki, Fukushima. Photo by AP.
Houses swallowed by tsunami waves burn in Natori, Miyagi. Photo by AP.
An urban area devastated by the tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate. Photo by AP.
Residents walk through urban area devastated by tsunami in Natori, Miyagi, northern Japan. Photo by AP.
A derailed train lies near a home in Matsushima, Miyagi. Photo by AP.
An earthquake-triggered tsunami washes away a warehouse and vehicles in Kesennuma, Miyagi. Photo by AP.
A tsunami-drifted house sits below a bridge in Sendai, Miyagi. Photo by AP
Residents looks over destroyed buildings half submerged in water from tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi. Photo by AP.
People take shelter at a temporary evacuation centre with no electricity in Sendai, Miyagi. Photo by AP.
Vessels get stranded in Kesennuma, Miyagi, after being washed away by an earthquake-triggered tsunami. Photo by AP.
An SOS sign is drawn on the partially snow-covered ground of a school in Minami Sanrikucho in Miyagi.Photo by AP.
Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake on Friday, March 11. It triggered a 7m tsunami, and the combination devastated parts of the country.