When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan last March, Hiroko Maisuke was following the story as a photo producer for The New York Times. That wasn’t enough. Two weeks later, she was in Japan, photographing the destruction.

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Lens Blog: Photos of a Buddhist Temple’s Struggles After the Tsunami in Japan

People across New Zealand hold memorial services to remember the 185 who died in the earthquake that devastated central Christchurch a year ago.

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New Zealand remembers quake dead

The death toll in the earthquake that shook the state of Sikkim rose on Wednesday as a company building a huge dam confirmed that 17 of its workers had died.

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India Quake Toll Rises After Plant Confirms Workers’ Deaths

Japan beats deflation for the first time in two years, as fuel imports surge due to the earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan beats deflation in April

Japan is still struggling to to stabilise the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, almost a month after the earthquake and tsunami that caused the problems.

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VIDEO: Japan’s fears over nuclear future

After the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, many people were forced to leave their pets behind. One dog was rescued after what is believed to be three weeks at sea. Groups have worke d to provide care and shelter to the animals and to reunite them with their owners.

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Dog rescued in Japan; others reunite with owners

After the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, many people were forced to leave their pets behind. One dog was rescued after what is believed to be three weeks at sea. Groups have worke d to provide care and shelter to the animals and to reunite them with their owners.

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Dog rescued in Japan; others reunite with owners

Many of the Fukushima workers who have been tirelessly working to prevent reactor meltdowns since the earthquake and tsunami struck three weeks ago believe they will die from radiation exposure. The “Fukushima 50,” who have been at the plant constantly…

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Fukushima Workers Expect to Die

The number of people confirmed dead in the earthquake and tsunami in north-east Japan now stands at nearly eight and a half thousand but officials fear more than 15,000 have been killed in just one area.

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VIDEO: Tsunami floodgate that didn’t work

The number of people confirmed dead in the earthquake and tsunami in north-east Japan now stands at nearly eight and a half thousand but officials fear more than 15,000 have been killed in just one area.

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VIDEO: Tsunami floodgate that didn’t work

In the Iwate Prefecture which was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami, residents of Kamaishi are returning to their destroyed homes to try to salvage their belongings.

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VIDEO: Kamaishi residents return to devastation

How an artist and pilot found his niche educating impoverished children after the earthquake

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The generosity of Wings Over Haiti

Aftershocks are preventing Japan’s telecoms firms from repairing undersea cables, damaged by the earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan to repair undersea cables

Aftershocks are preventing Japan’s telecoms firms from repairing undersea cables, damaged by the earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan to repair undersea cables

Aftershocks are preventing Japan’s telecoms firms from repairing undersea cables, damaged by the earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan to repair undersea cables