Most unforgatable pics of Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

A survivor walks his bicycle through the remains of the devastated Japanese town of Otsuchi on March 14.





A tsunami-tossed boat rests on top of a building amid a sea of debris in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14.

A mother tries to talk to her daughter, who has been isolated due to signs of radiation at a makeshift facility in Nihonmatsu, Japan, on March 14. The daughter is among people evacuated from the vicinity of Fukushima's damaged nuclear plants.

 People search through debris at the Sendai airport on March 14, days after an earthquake-triggered tsunami left the Japanese city in ruins.

 On March 13 rescue workers approach Hiromitsu Shinkawa, a 60-year-old man from Japan's Minamisoma City who washed out to sea during the recent tsunami and spent days clinging to a piece of roofing.

Cocooned Against the Cold

Photograph by Damir Sagolj, Reuters

Swaddled in blankets, evacuated tsunami survivors try to keep warm in a Japanese Red Cross hospital on March 13.

Published March 15, 2011

Protective Powder

Photograph by Aly Song, Reuters

An emergency worker throws disinfectant powder on the ground around earthquake-damaged buildings in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on March 14.

Published March 15, 2011

Survivor's Sorrow

Photograph from Asahi Shimbun, Reuters

A woman mourns the devastation of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Japan on March 13.

Published March 15, 2011

Power Plant Ablaze

Photograph by Kimimasa Mayama, EPA

Flames and smoke billow from a petroleum-refining plant damaged by the Japan earthquake in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13.

Published March 15, 2011

Memories Amid the Rubble

Photograph by Alex Hofford, EPA

Coated with mud, a photo album lies amid debris in the earthquake-ravaged town of Natori, Japan, on March 14.

Published March 15, 2011

Japan Earthquake Victim

Photograph by Gregory Bull, AP

The hand of a man killed by the Japan earthquake juts out of jumbled concrete sea barriers on March 14 in Toyoma, Japan.

Published March 15, 2011

Survivor List

Photograph by Lee Jae-Won, Reuters

A survivor of the recent Japan earthquake reads a list of other survivors in a shelter in Iwate Prefecture on March 13.

Published March 15, 2011

Muddy Wasteland

Photograph by David Guttenfelder, EPA

A rescue worker surveys the devastation on March 14 in the Japanese village of Saito, which was leveled by the earthquake-triggered tsunami.

Published March 15, 2011