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Mark "Crusty" Baker: Tsunami and Aftermath in Japan 2011

On the 11th of March 2011 a powerful 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Japan and triggered a series of devastating tsunami waves that swept away houses, cars, boats and people along the eastern coast.

Many thousands of people are dead or missing while hundreds of thousands have been displaced from their homes and taken to evacuation facilities.

The Tsunami also caused extensive damage to the Fukushima nuclear power plant which sparked fears of a meltdown and radiation leakage.

Mark "Crusty" Baker was assigned to cover the devastation and recovery by The Associated Press.

Thse images are available on the AP website - apimages.com

© Mark "Crusty" Baker for Associated Press (AP) 2011

   
Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel search flooded fields in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.
   
A fishing ship sits on a wharf in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.
     
  
Fshing boats sit on a wharf in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.
   
A suburb in Natori near Sendai. Mark Baker AP.
   
A woman stands in a car petrol queue with her small tank. Mark Baker AP.
     
  
Residents in Sendai queue for heating fuel. Mark Baker AP.
   
Empty supermarket shelves. Mark Baker AP.
   
Residents in Sendai stand in freezing weather outside a supermarket. Mark Baker AP
     
  
The remains of a suburb in Natori near Sendai. Mark Baker AP.
   
Serach continues in Natori. Mark Baker AP
   
A man carries a family wedding photo out of the rubble in Natori. Mark Baker AP.
     
  
A family watches as rescue workers go through the remains of their home looking for the body of a relative in Natori. Mark Baker AP.
   
Family go through photo album on the floor of what was their home. Mark Baker AP.
   
Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel search flooded fields in Natori. @Mark Baker, AP
     
  
Rescue workers search in Natori. Mark Baker AP.
   
Planes at Sendai airport. Mark Baker AP.
   
A man is scanned for radiation in Korijama. Mark Baker AP.
     
  
Official ready to scan residents for radiation in Korijama. Mark Baker AP.
   
An elderly woman is hand fed in a Tsunami damaged hospital near Sendai. Mark Baker AP.
   
Mourners pay their final respects to loved ones in a mass grave site in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.
     
  
A portrait hangs in a damaged home in Toyoma.
   
A woman hangs her washing out in a gymnasium in Yamagata. Mark Baker AP.
   
A young woman rests on the floor of a refugee centre in Sendai. Mark Baker AP.
     
  
A body is carried to a mass grave site in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.
   
Family carry a coffin from a temporay mortuary at a bowling ally in Natori. Mark Baker AP.
   
Family members pay last respects at a mass grave site in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.
     
  
Mourners at a mass grave site in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.
   
Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel at a mass grave site in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.
   
A car sist amongst the headstones of a cemetery in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.
     
  
Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel at a mass grave site in Higashimatsushima. Mark Baker AP.