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An aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows the collapsed Hanshin Expressway in Kobe's Higashinada Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, Jan. 17, 1995, following the Great Hanshin Earthquake. The massive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit the city of Kobe and nearby areas at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1995. The quake left 6,434 people dead and 43,792 injured. (Jiji Press) (KEYSTONE/Jiji Press/Keiichiro Watase)