Peace lanterns on Nagasaki river

Peace lanterns on Nagasaki river

NAGASAKI, Japan - Lanterns are released on the Urakami River in Nagasaki in memory of victims of the U.S. atomic bomb attack on the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 1945.

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