(Baonghean.vn) - Recently, two consecutive earthquakes on Kyushu Island claimed the lives of 41 people, injured thousands, and caused extensive property damage. However, Japan is also a country renowned for its strong spirit and courage, always knowing how to rise again in the face of adversity. Let's look back at some touching images of rescue and recovery efforts in Japan over the past three days since the double earthquake disaster occurred.
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| Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers conduct search and rescue operations in the rubble of Minamiaso town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan. |
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| Rescue workers are conducting search and rescue operations on buildings that collapsed due to landslides caused by the earthquake in Minamiaso town, Kumamoto prefecture, on April 14. |
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| Nurses are covering patients with blankets after their nursing home was severely damaged following an earthquake in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture. |
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| Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers unload essential aid supplies from a U.S. Osprey military aircraft at Hakusui Sports Park in Minamiaso town, Kumamoto prefecture. |
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| A woman is carrying a baby girl next to a collapsed house after the earthquake in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture. |
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| The plea for help, "Rice, water, food. Please help!", was written on the ground at a welfare center for the elderly following the earthquake disaster in Mifune town, Kumamoto prefecture. |
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| Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers are conducting a search and rescue operation for a tourist who went missing at a mountain villa following an earthquake in Minamiaso town, Kumamoto prefecture. |
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| The son helps his mother escape their home, which collapsed after the earthquake, following the disappearance of his father in Minamiaso town, Kumamoto prefecture. |
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| Japanese citizens line up to receive food and water at an evacuation center set up inside an elementary school in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture. |
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| A woman is rescued from the rubble by emergency workers in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture. |
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| Police officers inspect a house that collapsed after the earthquake in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture. |
Thanh Hien
(According to Reuters)
