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“When the tsunami hit Japan, I was on vacation in my hometown of Bariloche, in Patagonia, literally on the other side of the planet. A few days later, I began my 36-hour journey back to Shanghai, where I’m based, and I arrived in Japan a week after the tsunami. One day, during a reporting trip to a coastal town, I saw a white pole sticking out of the water next to a white form near the surface. I asked my colleagues to stop for a while. After a closer look, I realized it was a vehicle completely submerged and I wondered if someone had marked the spot with the white stick. I climbed a tree to get a better view, and I saw two ducks swimming towards the spot. I shot a couple of pictures and paused. It seemed to me I had been waiting for something living to cross the frame, which made the picture a sad one for me.”

Canon Mark II, lens 135mm, f2, 1/320

Caption: Ducks swim past a submerged vehicle after the earthquake and tsunami in Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria