Mourners Pay Tribute to Japanese Elementary School Earthquake Victim

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A nine-year-old girl was killed when a wall outside an elementary school swimming pool in the city of Takatsuki collapsed on her during the earthquake that shook Osaka Prefecture on June 18, 2018. On the following day, many people came to the school to offer flowers and prayers.

The collapsed wall outside the swimming pool at Juei Elementary School in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on June 18, 2018. (© Jiji)

Mourners making offerings at Juei Elementary School in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on June 19, 2018. (© Jiji)

Osaka earthquake disaster