Japan hit by quake and tsunami
Flames rise from houses and debris half submerged by a tsunami in Sendai, northeastern Japan.
People look at the aftermath of tsunami tidal waves covering a port at Kesennuma in northern Japan.Keichi Nakane
A screen grab taken from news footage by Japanese public broadcaster NHK shows capsized ships at a port of Hachinohe City.-/AFP / Getty Images
Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a car park in Mito city, Japan.JIJI PRESS
A truck remains stranded on a road damaged by a powerful earthquake in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan.
In this video image taken from Japan's NHK TV, cars are washed away in a coastal area of Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, Japan.
A tsunami engulfs the airport in Sendai, northeastern Japan, in this still image taken from video footage.
People take shelter as a ceiling collapses in a bookstore during an earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan.
A mother and child crouch on a street in Tokyo as an earthquake hits.
A screen grab taken from news footage by Japanese public broadcaster NHK shows a refinery on fire in Ishihara, Japan.AFP / Getty Images
Ambulances gather outside the Kudan Kaikan hall where the ceiling of a school collapsed during an earthquake.
Office workers in Tokyo's Shiodome district near Tokyo Bay watch as surrounding high-rise office and hotel buildings sway.
People stand in the street after evacuating buildings in Tokyo's financial district.
An office building burns in Tokyo after an earthquake.
Black smoke rises from a burning building in Tokyo after Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast.