Photos: Japan Aftermath
See photos of Japan as the nation copes with disaster.
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Japanese Tsunami Aftermath - The devastating effects of Friday’s 8.9 magnitude quake in Japan that triggered tsunamis are still being felt. Japan ordered 140,000 people to stay indoors after dangerously high levels of radiation began leaking from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex after a third explosion Tuesday. The nation’s prime minister warned that more leaks could occur. In this image, people line up at a radiation emergency scanning center in Koriyama, Japan, Tuesday. (Photo: AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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High Radiation Levels - A radiation detector marks 0.6 microsieverts, exceeding normal day data Tuesday, near Shibuya train station in Tokyo. (Photo: AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Tide of Bodies - Thousands of bodies have washed up along Japan's coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers have run out of body bags as the nation faces the grim reality of a mounting humanitarian, economic, and nuclear crisis. (Photo: AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Search for Victims - Rescuers search for the victims of the tsunami at Noda village, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday. (Photo: AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Path of Destruction - People walk a road between the rubble of destroyed buildings in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan on Monday. (Photo: AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto)
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Rescued - Workers carry an elderly man found alive by tsunami survivors buried under rubble along a slope of a hill in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture (state) on Monday. (Photos: AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroaki Ohno)
Photo By Photos: AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun
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False Alarm - Japanese fears of a second tsunami proved unfounded on Monday, local media said, as the national weather agency made clear that it had not detected a wave on the Pacific coast. In this image, a father and his young daughter flee after getting word of the second tsunami warning. (Photos: AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroto Sekiguchi)
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More Nuclear Troubles - A third reactor at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity and the fuel rods at another were at least briefly fully exposed, raising fears of a meltdown. The stock market plunged over the likelihood of huge losses by Japanese industries including big names such as Toyota and Honda. Here's a screenshot from a Japanese TV station giving another view of the explosion. (Photo: AP Photo/NTV/NNN Japan)
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More Nuclear Troubles - A third reactor at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity and the fuel rods at another were at least briefly fully exposed, raising fears of a meltdown. The stock market plunged over the likelihood of huge losses by Japanese industries including big names such as Toyota and Honda. (Photo: AP Photo/NTV/NNN Japan)
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Europe Reacts - Germany's government on Monday temporarily halted plans to extend the life of its nuclear power plants, as the hydrogen explosions in Japan spread jitters about atomic energy safety in Europe. Switzerland suspended its plans to build and replace nuclear plants and Austria's environment minister called for atomic stress tests to make sure Europe's nuclear facilities are "earthquake-proof." In this image, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the stoppage today. (Photo: AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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