Japan earthquake and tsunami recovery - in pictures

A man tries to find his family home after arriving to look for his missing mother in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images A woman with a baby collects water at a distribution centre in Yamada, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Japanese soldiers carry a coffin to a temporary mass grave site in Higashi-Matsushima, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters A boy waits for food at an evacuation centre in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters A rescue worker stands amongst the debris in Rikuzentakata Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images A man walks on a road carved through the rubble in Manami Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA A woman plays with her daughter at a relief centre in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images Destroyed vehicles are placed next to a runway for disposal at Sendai airport Photograph: Hitomi Sadasue/AP Ducks swim past a submerged vehicle at Yamada, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters People read messages on the wall of a relief centre in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images A tsunami survivor seen through a car window as he rides his bicycle through Minami Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA People amid debris in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images Vehicles line up for fuel as a petrol station reopens in Minamisanriku Photograph: Ichiro Ohara/AP