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Hiroshima 66th A-bomb Anniversary
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Colorful paper lantern are leased on to the river running through the City of Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011, offering prayers for those died during and long after the atomic bombing of the city. The skeletal A-bomb Dome lit up in the background.....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00001as127TwxXk/t/124/I00001as127TwxXk.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Colorful paper lantern are...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Colorful paper lantern are leased on to the river running through the City of Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011, offering prayers for those died during and long after the atomic bombing of the city. The skeletal A-bomb Dome lit up in the background.....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GqzkckgVUVs/t/124/I0000GqzkckgVUVs.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Colorful paper lantern are...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Colorful paper lantern are leased on to the river running through the City of Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011, offering prayers for those died during and long after the atomic bombing of the city. The skeletal A-bomb Dome lit up in the background.....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Q_HeW320TNw/t/124/I0000Q_HeW320TNw.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Colorful paper lantern are...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Residents offer prayers at the cenotaph early in the morning of Saturday, August 6, 2011, hours before the start of a memorial ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan.....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YOiI.an8wyA/t/124/I0000YOiI.an8wyA.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Residents offer prayers at...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - People offer prayers at the cenotaph during a memorial ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011. The skeletal A-bomb Dome is in background.....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000JAqEFnOvdhs/t/124/I0000JAqEFnOvdhs.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - People offer prayers at...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Japans Prime Minister Naoto Kan addresses a memorial ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011. Kan reiterated Japan's promise to never repeat the horrors of Hiroshima, whose suffering continues today because of illnesses passed down over generations.....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007..rto3WXAU/t/124/I00007..rto3WXAU.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Japans Prime Minister...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Against the backdrop of the A-bomb dome, doves are released to highlight a memorial ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011. ....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000gNLVivAnewY/t/124/I0000gNLVivAnewY.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Against the backdrop of...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts march through the City of Hiroshima, calling for No Nuclear Bombs and No Nuclear Plants in a peace demonstration after a memorial ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bMit3nrLgm8/t/124/I0000bMit3nrLgm8.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts march through the City of Hiroshima, calling for No Nuclear Bombs and No Nuclear Plants in a peace demonstration after a memorial ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Xej3w8ARazY/t/124/I0000Xej3w8ARazY.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts march through the City of Hiroshima, calling for No Nuclear Bombs and No Nuclear Plants in a peace demonstration after a memorial ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000beRA0NxF8u0/t/124/I0000beRA0NxF8u0.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts march through the City of Hiroshima, calling for No Nuclear Bombs and No Nuclear Plants in a peace demonstration after a memorial ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OB7rFByNvYw/t/124/I0000OB7rFByNvYw.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts...
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![August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts march through the City of Hiroshima, calling for No Nuclear Bombs and No Nuclear Plants in a peace demonstration after a memorial ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Saturday, August 6, 2011....Japan observed the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing with a moment of silence and the release of doves in a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to put a different kind of nuclear disaster under control at the crippled power plant in northeast. The worlds first A-bomb destroyed most of this western industrial city, killing as many as 140,000 people in the summer of 1945. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000wo43pW4w81g/t/124/I0000wo43pW4w81g.jpg)
August 6, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan - Activists of all sorts...