Bereaved kin unveil monument for 2014 Hiroshima mudslide victims

Toshihiko Kaita looks at the vacant plot of land where his home once stood in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 19, 2015. The home was destroyed in a mudslide in August 2014 that killed 74 people, including his mother. A monument was unveiled the same day at a park nearby in memory of victims in the neighborhood. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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