Inside Fukushima – in pictures

Members of the media wearing protective suits and masks are escorted around the site of the nuclear power plant Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters A radiation monitor indicates 102 microsieverts per hour outside the site Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Officials from Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) and members of the media are driven past sea defences next to the plant, which was overwhelmed by the tsunami last year Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Workers in masks construct water tanks at the power station Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters A worker on the roof of the No 4 reactor building Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters An employee prepares for work in front of an information board inside the plant's emergency operation centre Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Flags covered with handwritten messages of support from members of the public and foreign countries hang inside the emergency operation centre Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters A worker is given a radiation screening Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Upturned trucks lie around the No 4 reactor Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Thousands of origami cranes, made in memory of the earthquake and tsunami victims, are displayed at the emergency operation centre Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Officials from Tepco receive a safety inspection report from members of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters