A girl looks at paper lanterns at Natori City Office to mark the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami which claimed the lives of 15,894
A man stands alone on a coastal levee in the coastal district of SendaiPeople stand with flowers on the shore to offer a prayer for victims at tsunami-devastated Abraham, a coastal district of SendaiA man lights a candle in Tokyo during a remembrance eventBuddhist monks hold a memorial service for victims in the tsunami-devastated Ukedo district, just 5km north of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
People offer a minute of silence for the victims at AbrahamA boy walks past the paper lanterns at Natori City OfficeToshiaki Fujita (2-L) offers a prayer for his late mother Toshiko, who was killed five years agoJapanese PM Shinzo Abe (C) holds a chrysanthemum as an offering for the victims of the earthquake and tsunamiJapanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony in Tokyo to remember the victims 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami
