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T concern was the reactors could overheat. but they did resume power and no lingering damage is expected. all of this though coming on the one-month anniversary of the tsunami and earthquake. across the country, from the tsunami zone, all the way down here to tokyo, people caused, they prayed from the office buildings to the evacuation centers taking a moment to try to remember the thousands of people who died. so japan attempting to mourn a month later but finding it has to deal again and again with aftershocks and this nuclear crisis. randi? >> in libya, rebels fighting to overthrow moammar ...

Kindness. but beyond random kindness, this is a nation's grief. these residents who are paying their respects live far away from the tsunami zone. many of them didn't know anyone who died or was hurt in the tsunami, but they say it's not just northern japan that's hurting, it's all of japan. this image of mass graves being dug in the north has shocked the sensibilities of this rich nation, used to cremating its the dead in elaborate buddhist ceremonies. but it's not possible in the wake of the devastation and the thousands of bodies piling up in makeshift morgues. i feel sad, says this woman. ...

They arrived on a flatbed truck at this crematorium. what we saw although the flowers have been gone now, we saw an impromptu ceremony by buddhist monks, by people of the christian faith. and people of this community arriving here and just randomly bringing flowers. and we saw everyone in the neighborhood doing it, from the elderly to the very young. many even took a moment away from work just to stop by and pay their respects to the dead. part of the reason for this is because this community even though it's hundreds of kilometers away from the tsunami zone, it has, too, been shocked by the i...

Be taken care of in the crematorium. they don't know who they are. they're dropping flowers and trying to say farewell the best way possible. when you stop and ask why they feel the need -- you saw a variety from grandparents to children, they say because it's very easy to imagine trading places with them. it's not just northern japan that's's all of japan. >> kyung, the pictures that we continue to get still takes our breath away. is life getting back to normal there now? >> reporter: in the tsunami zone, absolutely not. you can walk through many parts of that region and it almost looks like ...

Government evacuated to the second floor. the tsunami, though, came as high as that clock. it killed the mayor and more than half of this town's leaders are missing. even as they grieve for their own city workers do what they can to help victims, the living bearing the burden of picking up what's left. half the city's residents are either dead, missing or homeless. all the town's history washed away except for sparse mementos collected from the wreckage. the government they rely on barely there moving more slowly than anywhere in the tsunami zone. victims left to plead for help. national leade...