Nagasaki peace ceremony

Nagasaki peace ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - The bust of Mother Mary, the only portion of the statue that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, is taken to Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki as about 1,000 people marched with torches on Aug. 9, 2013. A ceremony was held earlier in the day to mark the 68th anniversary of the bombing of the southwest Japan city.

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