Lanterns float down river for Nagasaki A-bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Some 500 lanterns float down the Urakami River in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9 for the victims of the city's atomic bombing 54 years ago. People floated the lanterns near the hypocenter of the bomb.

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