04 March 2012
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
Koichi Matsumoto (74), whose home was destroyed in the 2011 tsunami, holds his dog Jyonko as he walks through a temporary house set up for displaced residents, near Ishinomaki, one of the worst-hit cities.
A year after the March 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated large areas of northeastern Japan, thousands of people remained without homes, and the Japanese government was still struggling to dispose of rubble and help rebuild livelihoods.
