Exhibit introducing young victim of A-bomb at U.S. museum

Exhibit introducing young victim of A-bomb at U.S. museum

An exhibit introducing Sadako Sasaki, who died of leukemia at age 12 following her exposure to radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima when she was 2 years old, is seen at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque in the U.S. state of New Mexico on April 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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