People stage sit-in to call for elimination of nukes

NAGASAKI, Japan - People observe a moment of silence in front of the Peace Statue amid the falling snow in Nagasaki City, Japan, on Jan. 1, 2015, during a sit-in to call for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Following Hiroshima, Nagasaki was hit by an atomic bomb in the closing days of World War II in 1945. (Kyodo)

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