A ceremony was held on Wednesday when a pine tree named “Miracle Pine” was felled in Fukushima Prefecture, northeast Japan./VCG Photo
It was the only one out of the 70,000 coastal trees that survived the 2011 tsunami in Japan and became a symbol of hope for local people. /VCG Photo
The miracle pine, said to have been more than 200 years old, had, however, been decaying in recent years because of overexposure to salty water. /VCG Photo
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