Fire-fighters ride on an eight-wheeled vehicle at a site where a landslide swept through a residential area at Asaminami ward in Hiroshima, western Japan on August 21. At least 36 people, including several children, were killed in Japan on Wednesday, when landslides triggered by torrential rain slammed into the outskirts of the western city of Hiroshima, and the toll could rise further, police said. Reuters/Toru Hanai