This combination of pictures shows a boat washed on to a street by the March 11 tsunami in Ishonomaki, Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012 (C) and then nearly two years later on February 22, 2013 (bottom). March 11, 2012 will mark the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummelled Japan, claiming more than 19,000 lives. March 11, 2013 will mark the second anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummelled Japan, claiming some 19,000 lives. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez (top) AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA (C) AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (bottom)
Foto: AFP - TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA