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UK rescuers carry out searches in Kamaishi, Japan

A member of the UK search and rescue team searches a destroyed building in Unosumia, a suburb of Kamaishi on Thursday 17 March 2011.

 

The UK's International Search and Rescue (ISAR) team was deployed to Japan by the Department for International Development, following a request for specific assistance from the Japanese government. The ISAR team is comprised of members of fire and rescue services from across Britain.

 

To find out more about how the UK is helping respond to the earthquake in Japan, please visit www.dfid.gov.uk/japanearthquake

 

Picture: © David Stringer. Reproduced with permission.

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Uploaded on March 17, 2011
Taken on March 17, 2011