Tsunami damage after the Chile earthquake

A man stands on a mattress where his home used to be. It was destroyed by giant waves generated by the huge earthquake in Chile Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/guardian.co.uk The owner of a food stall tries to recover some of her belongings after the building was destroyed near the epicentre in Curanipe, Chile Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/guardian.co.uk A woman ponders her future in the village of Penco, Chile Photograph: Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Evaristo Sa/guardian.co.uk Damage caused by giant waves near Dichato, Chile Photograph: Rafael Vallejos/EPA Photograph: Rafael Vallejos/guardian.co.uk A resident moves what's left of his belongings Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/guardian.co.uk A boat is hurled far inland in Talcahuano, Chile Photograph: Leo La Valle/EPA Photograph: Leo La Valle/guardian.co.uk Containers were scattered like woodchips Talcahuano Photograph: Daniel Garcia/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Daniel Garcia/guardian.co.uk Cleaning up in Constitucion Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/guardian.co.uk Tsunami damage in Talcahuano Photograph: Daniel Garcia/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Daniel Garcia/guardian.co.uk Contemplating the tragedy Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Martin Bernetti/guardian.co.uk Talcahuano Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Martin Bernetti/guardian.co.uk Valparaiso, Chile Photograph: Felipe Gamboa/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Felipe Gamboa/guardian.co.uk An armed man stands guard on his rooftop in Talcahunao as civil unrest and mass lootings led to a curfew Photograph: Daniel Garcia/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Daniel Garcia/guardian.co.uk Debris washed up along the Chilean coast Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Martin Bernetti/guardian.co.uk Shipping containers hurled aground by the tsunami in downtown Talcahuano Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Martin Bernetti/guardian.co.uk On the other side of the Pacific, the earthquake's force could be felt. A small tsunami hit Japan and submerged much of the wharf in Minami-sanriku. Japan evacuated more than 320,000 from endangered areas Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/guardian.co.uk Workers retrieve plastic containers at a fish market flooded with seawater in Kesennuma, northern Japan Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk