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Aftermath & Aftershocks Photos

A helmeted postman on a motorcycle rumbles past flattened buildings at Wajima, one of the hardest-hit areas in Ishikawa prefecture, northern Japan, on March 26, 2007. A quake early Sunday killed one person and injured 193 others, but officials said a new warning system provided a potentially lifesaving edge over the country's older alert system.

(Photo: AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)