Kenyan children pray for peace with "origami" paper cranes

Children visiting the first exhibition of the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, at the U.N. office in Nairobi make paper cranes - a symbol of peace -- on Aug. 6, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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