SKOREA-BOAT-ACCIDENT-ANNIVERSARY

In a photo taken on March 20, 2015 a habour worker stands beside a cross adorned with yellow ribbons at Paengmok harbour, near the site of the sunken Sewol ferry, on Jindo island, on the southern tip of the South Korean peninsula. South Korea is preparing to mark the first anniversary of the April 16, 2014 Sewol ferry disaster, which was carrying 476 people when it capsized off the southern island of Jindo. Of the 304 who died, 250 were students from the same high school. The tragedy -- blamed by many on regulatory failings, official incompetence and the ship's illegal redesign -- plunged the nation into a lengthy period of mourning. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)