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Sakae Kato lies in bed next to Charm, a cat he rescued five years ago which is infected with feline leukemia virus, at his home in a restricted zone in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, February 20, 2021. Kato looks after 41 cats in his home and another empty building on his property. A decade ago, he stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbors fleeing the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. He won't leave. “I want to make sure I am here to take care of the last one”, he said. “After that I want to die, whether that be a day or hour later”. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
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