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Saturday 02 April 2011 Japan Gallery

Photo gallery - Japan quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis

Hirohiko and his son Suzunosuke in the rubble of Onigawa, Japan, see the remains of their home (Save the Children)

Rumi and her daughter Karen, six, walk through the devastation in Ishinomaki, Japan (Save the Children)

The tsunami-ravaged streets of Ishinomaki, Japan (Save the Children)

All that remains of Nobiru, Japan after being devastated by the tsunami. (Save the Children)

A Japan Self-Defense Force officer gives instruction to his team at the devastated residential area of Otsuchi as heavy snow falls

Members of the Japan Self Defence force walk through the snow-covered ruins of Kamaishi

Medical staff use a Geiger counter to screen a woman for possible radiation exposure at a public welfare centre in Hitachi City

A woman in the snow-covered rubble in Minamisanriku

Family walks past rubble after the earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku City

People shop for food from almost empty shelves at a big-box supermarket in Tokyo

Japan Self-Defense Forces officer smiles as he holds a four-month-old baby girl who was rescued along with her family members. (Reuters)

Snow hampers recovery in Japan (Reuters)

An aerial view of a line of people waiting for water on school grounds after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake hit Sendai City

Sixty-year-old survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa who was swept out to sea by a tsunami is rescued

A woman cries as she chats with a resident in an area hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture

A Japanese home is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean

A South Korean rescue worker sits on scattered beer cans as his team stops searching after the radioactive warning

Oil leaks from ships swept by the tsunami after the earthquake

A car sits atop another in an area affected by an earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate prefecture

People walk past an upturned boat in Minamisanriku

satellite image of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after earthquake and tsunami

A girl sits amongst the wreckage after the worst earthquake in the history of Japan

A family in Minamisanriku walks through the rubble and splintered remains of their town

The devastation of Minamisanriku - 95 per cent of buildings are ruined

Japan Self-Defence Force troops walk on a wall to get around a car tossed by a tsunami and earthquake in Kesennuma

An electric organ swept by a tsunami is seen in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan

Emergency workers walk up the stairs to a hospital beside damaged cars in an area affected by an earthquake and tsunami in Miyako

A person walks past an overturned squid-fishing boat tossed onto land by a tsunami in northern Japan

A picture taken from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter shows the central part of the town of Minamisanriku

Officials in protective gear stand next to people who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant

A family photograph is half buried in the mud in Rikuzentakata after it was a destroyed by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake (Reuters)

A family walks past buildings destroyed by a tsunami in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Japan

A woman looks at the damage caused by a tsunami and earthquake in Ishimaki City.

The wave from a tsunami crashes over a street in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan

Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama

Houses and buildings burn following earthquake in Iwate Prefecture

Houses lie flattened after a powerful earthquake in Iwaki, Japan

A man is rescued by a member of Japan's security forces

Smoke rises from a burning factory following an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, northeastern Japan

A woman cries after learning that her mother was successfully rescued from a building following an earthquake and tsunami. (Reuters).

A ship lifted up into a town by a tsunami following an earthquake is seen in Miyagi Prefecture,

An elderly person is rescued by helicopter from the roof of an elementary school after an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai (Reuters).

A man and child look out over destroyed homes after a tsunami and earthquake in northeastern Japan

Smoke rises from houses damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai

People wait to be rescued atop a building with the letters

Burned-out cars are pictured at Hitachi Harbour in Ibaraki Prefecture in northeastern Japan

People evacuate from their destroyed village after an earthquake in Natori City

Oil refinery on fire near Tokyo after Japan's 8.9 magnitude earthquake (Getty)

Sendai Airport in Japan is flooded by tsunami waters (Reuters)

Water on the streets on Japan's Hokkaido island (Getty)

Planes, cars and debris swept away in the tsunami in Sendai (Reuters)

Devastation in Sendai province, Japan, after earthquake and tsunami (Reuters)

Photo 1/52 Hirohiko and his son Suzunosuke, six, walk through the rubble of Onigawa (Courtesy: Jensen Walker/GettyImages for Save the Children)

A Channel 4 News photo gallery from Japan's devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency.