A comparative look at Japan’s topography after the devastating March earthquake.

In this photo combination, a sea coast is filled with destroyed houses and debris at Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 12, one day after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area, top, and the same area, bottom, with the houses and debris cleared as photographed on June 3. Japan marks three months since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation's eastern coast on June 11. AP