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TOPSHOT - Residents pray for the quake and tsunami victims before candle lights while a candle boat displays "3.11" letters in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture on March 11, 2016.
Japan pauses on March 11 to mark five years since an offshore earthquake spawned a monster tsunami that left about 18,500 people dead or missing along its northeastern coast and sparked the worst nuclear disaster in a quarter century. / AFP / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)