Choir practices to restage post-A-bomb service

TOKYO, Japan - Choral singers practice a Messiah chorus at Hiroshima Nagarekawa Church in Hiroshima in this file photo taken on July 13, 2014, preparing to restage a choir service held by the church in December 1947 in the aftermath of the 1945 atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The service is set for December. (Kyodo)

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