Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers walked in a line after finding the body of a boy in the rubble in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi prefecture earlier today (March 31, 2011). Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A destroyed building in Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture. Yasuyoshi Chiba /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The downtown Atlanta skyline at dusk — one of many facets of the city I love. tableatny/flickr hide caption
Earlier today (March 29, 2011), a boy watched his father being screened for radiation at a shelter in Fukushima prefecture. Wally Santana/AP hide caption
NPR's Jon Hamilton, in Tokyo
In Sendai, which is outside the evacuation zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, members of the Japanese Self-Defence Force searched for bodies today (March 28, 2011). Roslan Rahman /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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This man was searching through debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, earlier today (March 25, 2011). Toru Yamanaka /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Tokyo Electric Power Co. worker looks at gauges in the control room for Units 1 and 2 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, Wednesday. AP Photo/Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency hide caption
Rescue workers searched for missing people in Natori city, in Miyagi prefecture, earlier today (March 24, 2011). AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Christopher Joyce on 'Morning Edition'
The devastation in Ofunato, Japan, after the tsunami roared through. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Earlier today in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, a woman walked through rubble. Roslan Rahman /AFP/Getty Images hide caption