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This aerial view shows damaged houses in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2016, a day after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake. More than 100 aftershocks from Thursday night's magnitude-6.5 earthquake continued to rattle the region as businesses and residents got a fuller look at the widespread damage from the unusually strong quake, which also injured about 800 people. (Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)

Cover of the graphic novel 'Dendo: One Year and One Half in Tokyo.' Former LDS missionary Brittany Olsen kept a comic journal each day of the 18 months she served as a missionary. (Brittany Olsen)

Japanese Ambassador Ken Shimanouchi addresses BYU students in the David M. Kennedy Center about security and economy on Friday, November 13, 2015. (Abby Hobbs)

MOA Family Arts Festival attendees work on learning the Japanese folding art of origami. The Family Arts Festival is a free open house for adults and children of all ages. (Kalisha Grimsman)

Natural disasters wreak havoc and ruin the lives of people both in the country affected and around the world, especially those who have friends or family in the area. Nepal is currently in a state of recovery after suffering from double earthquakes earlier this year, but it is not the only country still feeling the effects of a major catastrophe this century.

Alfredo Chandia and his Kyokushin karate students. Chandia teaches a free program that encourages dedication and hard work. (Facebook)