IMAGES OF JAPAN

The devastation in Japan is too vast to grasp. Earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear leakage and plummeting stockmarkets—this is the stuff of the Book of Revelation, not the imaginable fate of Asia’s most orderly country.

To get a sense of the wreckage, check out these sobering before-and-after satellite photos, courtesy of ABC News in Australia. These powerful images make plain the extent of the demolition.

The Economist has also compiled a potent slideshow (embedded below). These photographs capture the seemingly impossible battle to make things right again in Japan.


Picture credit: Reuters, AP, EPA, Getty Images

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