Photographer sneaks into Fukushima exclusion zone, shares haunting images of deserted towns

More than five years after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and deadly tsunami struck Japan, killing 20,000 and triggering the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, a photographer is sharing haunting images of Fukushima's abandoned exclusion zone.

According to CNN, 27-year-old Malaysian photographer Keow Wee Loong, his assistant and a translator sneaked into the area last month through surrounding forests. He said he had planned to buy clothes to protect himself and his companions from the radiation, but he lost his money in Tokyo. Despite the danger, they decided to continue onward.