Quake, tsunami slam Japan

An earthquake-triggered tsunami washes away a warehouse and vehicles in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coasts.

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Credit: AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Keiichi Nakane