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A massive explosion rocked the Fukushima nuclear power plant after problems caused by the earthquake.
A second explosion ripped through the plant's reactor 3 on Monday.
Trains in Shinchi, in Fukushima Prefecture, were swept from their tracks by the tsunami.
Sendai was hard hit. Aerial footage shows an industrial complex on fire, submerged houses and stranded ships.
Troops were deployed to help with search and rescue operations as thousands were left missing.
Stranded residents in Kesennuma were winched from rooftops after the city was engulfed by the tsunami.
White smokes rises from burning houses in Yamadamachi in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan.
Self-Defense Force officers rescued people by a boat after homes and towns were destroyed.
Around 10,000 people in the port of Minamisanriku, were reported missing, more than half the population.
The day after the biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan revealed the extent of the destruction across the country. Thousands of people were left dead or missing after the tremor triggered a tsunami that swept through cities, towns and villages.
Relief operations are underway and a state of emergency has been declared at the Fukushima number 1 and 2 power plants as engineers try to confirm whether a reactor at one of the stations has gone into meltdown.
Australia shock at asylum tragedy
Australians are shocked after a boat filled with asylum seekers capsizes on its way from Indonesia, and at least eight people die.
Tuesday's devastating attacks in Brussels show IS's European network is still at large, despite a year of intensive efforts by security forces to close it down.
Scientists are debating whether it's possible to harness the power of gravity for interstellar space travel.
The four-year-old boy who has become the centre of a controversy between India and Pakistan - and between his father and mother.
Why, almost 60 years after he first appeared in the Daily Mirror, is a layabout lout from north-east England still so loved around the world?
