Pictures of horror: Aftermath of Japanese disaster [PHOTO]

A mother tries to talk to her daughter who had been isolated for signs of radiation after evacuating from the vicinity of Fukushima's nuclear plants.

 

She then drops down to talk to the family dog




 

The ruined shoreline of Sendai

Cars burnt out by fires in the wake of the tsunami lined up nearby



 

People line up to get kerosene in Hitachi in Ibaraki Prefecture

An aerial picture shows the remnants of train tracks in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture

The Japanese army search for bodies in Higashimatsushima City, in Miyagi, the state where up to 10,000 people may have died

Bird's eye view: A photograph of the devastation in Sendai taken from a U.S. military helicopter

People walk a road between the rubble of destroyed buildings in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, three days after the earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 struck

Huge swathes of land were destroyed when the tsunami hit Sendai in Miyagi province, sweeping away everything in its path

Isolated survivors sit around a fire and await help in a makeshift camp near Ishinomaki, northern Japan

A 'help' sign is written on the ground of Ohara Primary School near a sea coast covered with the rubble in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture

Rescuers, seen from the air, appear tiny when viewed against the backdrop of carnage and devastation. They were searching for victims of the tsunami in Noda village, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan

Upturned cars litter the landscabem buildings have collapsed as Miyagi Prefecture lies in ruins

The process of clearing the wreckage has been slow despite 100,000 troops being deployed to help scour the debris

Tsunami has left a scene of devastation that will cost billions to repair

Evacuees, who fled from the vicinity of Fukushima nuclear power plant, rest at an evacuation center set in a gymnasium in Kawamata, Fukushima

U.S. and British search and rescue teams set up a base to bed in for the night in a gymnasium after arriving at the Setamai school in Sumita, northern Japan

100,000 troops are on the ground across Japan searching for bodies with the death toll expected to be in excess of 10,000 once all the bodies have been discovered

 

The scene of devastation seen from the air. Vast areas have been completely wiped off the map by the tsunami

A view of a vast area of tsunami devastated Shizugawa district in Minami Sanriku

The town of Minamisanriku town, Miyagi, where 10,000 people are missing