Textbooks, drawings and musical instruments are scattered around the damaged classroom of Ohkawa Elementary School, Ishinomaki city, Japan, on March 21. The school, located at the mouth of Kitagami River, was swallowed by a tsunami as students and teachers tried to escape outside after the huge earthquake on March 11. Of 108 students, 21 were confirmed dead and 56 are still missing. (Koki Uemura, Sankei Shimbun / MSN Japan)

See more panoramic images from the disaster in Japan.

• Panoramic image: Sightseeing ship atop house in Otsuchi, Japan
• Grounded cargo ship in Kamaishi port, Japan
• Tokyo dimming the lights because of nationwide electrical shortages
• Schools becoming makeshift relief centers in tsunami damaged Minamisanriku, Japan
• Destruction in Kesennuma, Japan
• Damage in Natori, Japan
• Inside the passenger terminal of the airport in Sendai, Japan
• Airport in Sendai, Japan
• Panoramic image shows the damage in Kesennuma, Japan

 For more images from Japan, see our slideshow and Japan coverage in PhotoBlog.