2011: Stories of the Year

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Japanese devastation

A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the destroyed city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan March 13, 2011, after a massive earthquake and tsunami. More than 21,000 people died in the catastrophe.
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