Kyodo News via AP

A pine tree stands amid the tsunami devastated area in Rikuzentakaka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, March 27.

A tree stands alone in tsunami-hit forest

According to the AP, this was the only remaining pine tree, among several tens of thousands of other pine trees forming Takata seaside pine forest, after the March 11 tsunami washed away all the others, local media said.

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