In photos: Deadly New Year’s Day earthquake devastates Japan’s west coast

Jan. 3

Rescue workers search for missing people at the site of a collapsed building in Wajima.

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Jan. 3

A woman looks at her destroyed house in Wajima.

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Jan. 3

A firefighter rescue team searches for victims at the site of a collapsed building in Wajima.

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Jan. 3

The quake destroyed several structures in Wajima.

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Jan. 3

Residents clean up debris in Anamizu in Ishikawa prefecture.

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Jan. 3

Damaged cars in Suzu.

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Jan. 3

A landslide, caused by the earthquake, in Suzu.

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Jan. 3

A car drives past uprooted trees and debris along a road in Noto.

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Jan. 3

A man looks at his home, crushed by a landslide, in Anamizu.

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Jan. 3

Residents are evacuated with the help of Japan Self-Defense Force members in Wajima.

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Jan. 3

People, believed to be relatives of a victim, watch rescue workers carry a body from a collapsed building in Wajima.

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Jan. 2

A woman searches for her family's belongings in the rubble of a destroyed house in Wajima.

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Jan. 2

People walk past collapsed buildings in Wajima.

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Jan. 2

Destroyed houses are seen in Suzu along the coast.

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Jan. 2

Smoke billows from houses in Wajima burned by a fire after the earthquake.

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Jan. 2

Self-Defense Force soldiers conduct rescue operations at a collapsed house in Wajima.

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Jan. 2

Bystanders look at a damaged road in Noto.

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Jan. 2

Fishing boats are overturned at a port in Ishikawa prefecture.

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Jan. 2

An employee cleans up products that fell off the shelves at a store in Nanao.

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Jan. 2

People walk over a cracked bridge in Suzu.

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Jan. 2

People wait for water at an aid distribution point in Shika.

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Jan. 2

A woman bikes amid damaged houses in Noto.

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Jan. 2

Kanae Yamazaki looks at the house in Togi where she grew up in that was damaged in the earthquake.

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Jan. 2

SOS letters, formed by folding chairs, are seen in a schoolyard in Suzu.

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Jan. 2

Residents shelter for safety in a greenhouse in Wajima.

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Jan. 2

A collapsed house is filled with debris in Shika.

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Jan. 2

A building collapsed on its side in Wajima.

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Jan. 2

The city center smolders in Wajima.

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Jan. 1

Buildings burn in the center of Wajima.

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Jan. 1

A traditional torii gate at the Onohiyoshi Shrine in Kanazawa was toppled.

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Jan. 1

Shoppers crouch down at a supermarket in Toyama as the earthquake hits the neighboring Ishikawa prefecture.

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Jan. 1

People in Tokyo read the extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.

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Jan. 1

Railway workers remove water after leaks at the Kanazawa station.

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