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Image: Volunteers from the Afghan Red Crescent Society carry a donation box for victims of last week's Japan earthquake and tsunami, on the streets of Kabul

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World reacts to Japan's earthquake

People from the Pacific Rim evacuate coastal areas amid tsunami fears following Japan’s massive earthquake.

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Image: Volunteers from the Afghan Red Crescent Society carry a donation box for victims of last week's Japan earthquake and tsunami, on the streets of Kabul

Volunteers from the Afghan Red Crescent Society carry a donation box for the victims of last week's Japan earthquake and tsunami, on the streets of Kabul March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Image: People donate money for the victims and survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, at the Vietnam Red Cross in Hanoi

People donate money for the victims and survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, at the office of the Vietnam Red Cross in Hanoi March 18, 2011. The local Lao Dong newspaper said that Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung conveyed his condolences to his Japanese counterpart and the people of Japan who were severely hit by the earthquake and tsunami. Vietnam will provide $200,000 in quake/tsunami aid. The Vietnamese Red Cross will give an initial $50,000, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)
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Image: PPeople hold candles as they pray for Japan's earthquake and tsunami victims during a ceremony at Japan Avenue in Lima

People hold candles as they pray for Japan's earthquake and tsunami victims during a ceremony at Japan Avenue in Lima, March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
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People light candles during a prayer vigil for victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 17, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Image: U.S. Navy handout photo of sailors loading a helicopter with bottled water aboard the USS Ronald Reagan

Sailors load bottled water on an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan off the coast of Japan, in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated March 16, 2011. The carrier is providing humanitarian assistance to Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord/Handout (JAPAN - Tags: MILITARY DISASTER) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Former South Korean comfort women, who served as a sexual slave for the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, pay silent tribute to victims of Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
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SEATTLE - MARCH 15: Fans of the Seattle Sounders FC hold signs in honor of the recent earthquake in Japan prior to the game against the Los Angeles Galaxy at Qwest Field on March 15, 2011 in Seattle, Washington. The Galaxy defeated the Sounders 1-0. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
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Image: Fumiaki Takahashi attends the plenary session at the Spanish Parliament

epa02635546 Spanish Members of Parliament applaud while Japanese ambassador in Spain Fumiaki Takahashi (c, upper floor) attends the plenary session at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, 15 March 2011, where an official declaration of support and solidarity with Japan has been approved. EPA/JUANJO MARTIN
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Image: Federal Reserve Makes Announcement On Interest Rates, As Markets React To Japan's Crisis

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Image: Inter Milan's Yuto Nagamoto of Japan holds a Japanese flag after their Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match against Bayern Munich in Munich

Inter Milan's Yuto Nagamoto of Japan holds a Japanese flag after their Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match against Bayern Munich in Munich, March 15, 2011. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
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Four-year-old California Croll makes a donation of her family's piggy banks during a \"drive-through\" fundraiser benefiting the American Red Cross Japan Tsunami Fund at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 15, 2011. While the world is focused on the human tragedy in Japan, the mega-disaster may also bring a diplomatic opening as the United States and neighbors reach out to the newly vulnerable nation. The United States, whose relations with its longtime ally have been strained over military issues, has mounted a wide-scale relief effort dubbed \"Operation Tomodachi\" -- the Japanese word for friendship. South Korea, where memories of Japanese colonial rule remain vivid, has seen an outpouring of sympathy and assistance for quake victims. China and Russia, which both have rocky relations with Japan, have also offered support. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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A man lights a candle in memory of the victims of Japan's March 11, 2011 powerful earthquake in a park named in honour of the Japanese city of Sendai on March 14, 2011 in Minsk. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV (Photo credit should read VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian Catholic Christians offer special prayers in memory of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims at Our Lady of Velankani statue in Hyderabad, on March 14, 2011. The Catholic Diocese of Sendai was the first hit by Japan's Tsunami following the earthquake, where 10,944 catholics are living. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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People lay flowers and light candles in front of the Japanese Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 14, 2011, in memory of the earthquake's victims. Japan was hit by a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a following tsunami. The disaster has killed hundreds of people and devastated the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Image: Hideki Okajima, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Itsuki Shoda, Junichi Tazawa

Boston Red Sox Japanese players pause for a moment of silence with fans in honor of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan prior to facing the Florida Marlins in a spring training baseball game in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday, March 12, 2011. From left are: Hideki Okajima, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Itsuki Shoda and Junichi Tazawa. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A search and rescue dog and members of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) wait to board an airplane heading for Japan at the Frankfurt-Hahn airport near the western German city of Lautzenhausen on March 12, 2011. The THW will help search for survivors as Japan mobilised 50,000 military and other rescue personnel to spearhead a Herculean rescue and recovery effort, a day after being hit by its most devastating quake and tsunami on record. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS FREY GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read THOMAS FREY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Image: A member of the volunteer organization, Green Belt Trust, holds a candle to pay tribute to the victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami during a vigil at the campus of the University of Dhaka

A member of the volunteer organization, Green Belt Trust, holds a candle to pay tribute to the victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami during a vigil at the campus of the University of Dhaka March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: CIVIL UNREST DISASTER)
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Image: Magnitude 8.9 Earthquake And Tsunami Devastate Northern Japan

SEA OF JAPAN - MARCH 12: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by U.S. Military prior to transmission.) In this handout image provided by U.S. Navy, MH-53 helicopters land aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) in response to an earthquake that hit mainland Japan March 12, 2011 in the Sea of Japan. Tortuga is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility ready to support earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan as directed. An earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale has hit the northeast coast of Japan causing tsunami alerts throughout countries bordering the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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Image: A sand sculpture created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik to create awareness about Tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March is photographed at Golden sea beach resort at Bhubaneswar

epa02629476 A view of a sand sculpture created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik to create awareness about Tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March at Golden sea beach resort at Bhubaneswar, India, 12 March 2011. EPA/STR
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Image: South Korean rescuers prepare to leave t

South Korean rescuers prepare to leave to Japan from Gimpo airport in Seoul on March 12, 2011. South Korea sent a team of five rescuers and two sniffer dogs to Japan after Tokyo called for help following the massive 8,9 earthquake. REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES NO INTERNET AFP PHOTO/YONHAP (Photo credit should read YONHAP/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex and US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit return to the ship on March 11, 2011 at Sepangar Naval Base in Malaysia. The Essex is deploying to Japan to support earthquake and tsunami relief. = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT \"AFP PHOTO / US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam M. Bennett\" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - GETTY OUT = (Photo credit should read Adam M. Bennett/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the Los Angeles County urban search and rescue team prepare to deploy to Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011, in Los Angeles. Japan was hit with a magnitude 8.9 earthquake Friday morning. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)
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Image:  Sailors aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge loading humanitarian assistance

epa02628187 A handout photograph released by the US Navy showing Master Chief David Unnone (3-R), command master chief of the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), briefing sailors about taking on humanitarian assistance supplies in Singapore, on 11 March 2011 to ensure the ship and crew are ready if directed to support earthquake and tsunami relief operations in Japan. EPA/MC3 Fidel C. Hart /US NAVYVisual News Service(NVNS)/ HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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Image: Hundreds of local residents are evacuate

Hundreds of local residents are evacuated by the army on March 11, 2011 in the province of Santa Elena, on the Ecuadorean coast, as a preventive measure after the earthquake that hit Japan early morning. Latin American nations warned populations along the Pacific coast to take precautions as a tsunami from Japan's powerful earthquake began to sweep their region, starting in Mexico. AFP PHOTO/CAMILO PAREJA (Photo credit should read CAMILO PAREJA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Image: Earthquake In Japan Prompts Tsunami Warning For California Coast

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 11: A lifeguard and Los Angeles Police Department helicopter patrol the nearly deserted Will Rogers State Beach as authorities warn people to stay away from the water as a precaution against a possible tsunami following a massive earthquake in Japan, on March 11, 2011 in Pacific Palisades, California. The 8.9 earthquake set off a massive tsunami that resulted in floods that closed airports and transit systems. Some 300 bodies were reportedly found on a beach in Sendai, Japan and another 110 bodies elsewhere. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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Image: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as images from the earthquake in Japan are seen on a television, March 11, 2011. U.S. stocks edged lower on Friday after a massive earthquake hit Japan and a disappointing reading on consumer sentiment. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)
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A boat sinks into the ocean in the aftermath of the surge caused by a tsunami on the harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., Friday, March 11, 2011. A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control. Hours later, the waves washed ashore on Hawaii and the U.S. West coast, where evacuations were ordered from California to Washington but little damage was reported. The entire Pacific had been put on alert _ including coastal areas of South America, Canada and Alaska _ but waves were not as bad as expected. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Image: Taiwanese coast guards instruct a fisher

Taiwanese coast guards instruct a fisherman to leave a port in preparation for a possible tsunami in Keelung, Taiwan on March 11, 2011. Taiwan's central weather bureau warned against possible tsunamis in the island's east and northeast coasts after a major quake off Japan. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK LIN (Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Beach chairs sit empty along Agua Dulce beach which is normally full of people in Lima, Peru, Friday March 11, 2011. Latin American governments ordered islanders and coastal residents to head for higher ground on Friday as the vast Pacific seaboard readied for a possible tsunami raised by Japan's magnitude-8.9 earthquake. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
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Severely damaged boats are seen in the Keehi Small Boat harbor, Friday, March 11, 2011 in Honolulu. A tsunami generated by the Japan earthquake hit Oahu causing damage around the island. The harbor's piers and many boats were severely damaged by the tsunami. Many boats were freely floating in the harbor. Several were sinking. (AP Photo/ Marco Garcia)
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With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, sightseers watch waves off Ocean Beach on Friday, March 11, 2011 in San Francisco. An 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan sparked a tsunami that sped across the Pacific and sent waves ashore in Hawaii and on the U.S. West coast, where evacuations were ordered from California to Washington, Little damage was reported in the U.S. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A guard closes the gate of one of the piers of the port of Valparaiso, 120 km northwest of Santiago, after Chilean President Sebastian Pinera issued a \"preventive alert\" due to the imminent threat of a tsunami following a powerful earthquake off Japan, though telling citizens to remain calm and continue normal life. Reactions to the possible arrival of a giant wave varied in Latin American nation along the Pacific coast, most of which have experienced devastating earthquakes in the past. AFP PHOTO/ARIEL MARINKOVIC (Photo credit should read ARIEL MARINKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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Linda Willis and Christian Nelligan of Charleston Rural Fire Protection District check for people still at the docks in the boat basin in Charleston, Ore., Friday, March 11, 2011, during a tsunami warning following a major earthquake in Japan. (AP Photo/The World, Benjamin Brayfield) NO SALES; MAGS OUT
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Image: Students hold candles as they pray for Japan's earthquake victims inside their school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad

Students hold candles as they pray for Japan's earthquake victims inside their school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 11, 2011. The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings on fire. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except for the mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: DISASTER EDUCATION IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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