Residents offer prayers for victims of the Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake, in Kobe, western Japan, 17 January 2020.
The event marked the 25th anniversary of the disaster, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
The Great Hanshin Earthquake or Kobe Earthquake killed 6,434 people, about 4,600 of the fatalities occured in Kobe, in January 1995.
Photo: EPA-EFE/JIJI
