75th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

75th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Emiko Okada, an 83-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is pictured against the background of the Atomic Bomb Dome in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the U.S. attack of her hometown. She started traveling around the world, including the United States, at around 50, to tell her story of the summer of 1945.

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