Dancer Mariko Odawara performs in front of a sacred arch on Benten Island belonging to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on March 7, 2021, for those killed in the earthquake-tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
About 200 yellow handkerchiefs hang from ropes in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 7, 2021, with a message written on each ahead of the 10th anniversary of the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A coming-of-age ceremony is held at Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on March 7, 2021, for 20-year-old locals, about two months after initially planned due to the coronavirus situation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A woman holds up a sign during an International Women's Day protest against gender-based violence on March 8, 2021, in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People watch a show in Pyongyang on March 8, 2021, in celebration of International Women's Day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Pope Francis gives a press conference aboard a plane bound for Rome on March 8, 2021, after visiting Iraq. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken March 9, 2021, shows Japan's Fugaku supercomputer, the world's fastest in terms of computing speed, at the Riken Center for Computational Science in Kobe. It went into full operation the same day, earlier than initially scheduled, in the hope of being utilized for research related to the novel coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Candles are lit at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 10, 2021, during an event to pay tribute to the victims of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and pray for recovery from the disaster. The training center served as a front-line base in the battle to contain the crisis at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, triggered by the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo shows the monument to the "Miracle Pine," a lone tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the March 11, 2011, deadly tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan, on March 9, 2021, two days before the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The tree, which later died of exposure to saltwater, is now preserved in a memorial as a symbol of hope for the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Attendees of the National People's Congress pose for a photo in front of the Great Hall of the People after the closing session of the parliament in Beijing on March 11, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A flower is placed at a beach in the Arahama district of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Priests pray at a beach in the tsunami-hit northeastern Japan city of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Children watch lanterns during a memorial event in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Tokyo Skytree is lit up on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
