Gathering held at N.Y. church to pray for world peace

Gathering held at N.Y. church to pray for world peace

NEW YORK, United States - Some 200 people attend a gathering at a New York church on Aug. 5, 2014, to pray for the realization of a world free from nuclear weapons as a bell sounds at 7:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, or 8:15 a.m. in Japan, when an atomic bomb was dropped 69 years ago on Hiroshima, western Japan.

Field burning

Field burning

NARA, Japan - Photo multiply-exposed from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2013, shows field burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks as part of an annual early spring festival in the city of Nara. Seen in front R is Kofukuji temple's five-story pagoda.

Field burning

Field burning

NARA, Japan - Photo multiply-exposed from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2013, shows field burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks as part of an annual early spring festival in the city of Nara. Seen in front R is Kofukuji temple's five-story pagoda.

Fire extinguished at Idemitsu Kosan refinery

Fire extinguished at Idemitsu Kosan refinery

SAPPORO, Japan - A fire at Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s refinery in Tomakomai, southern Hokkaido, was extinguished at 5:30 a.m. April 16. No one was injured in the fire, which broke out around 7:15 p.m. the previous evening. Photo shows aftermath of fire at 9:10 a.m. April 16.

Okinawa summit to open July 21

Okinawa summit to open July 21

NAGO, Japan - Photo, taken at 7:15 p.m. on July 20, shows the Bankoku Shinryokan, a newly built conference center in the city of Nago, northern Okinawa, where leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations will hold their 26th annual summit July 21-23.

Fire extinguished at Idemitsu Kosan refinery

Fire extinguished at Idemitsu Kosan refinery

SAPPORO, Japan - A fire at Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s refinery in Tomakomai, southern Hokkaido, was extinguished at 5:30 a.m. April 16. No one was injured in the fire, which broke out around 7:15 p.m. the previous evening. Photo shows aftermath of fire at 9:10 a.m. April 16.

New York interfaith leaders mark 70th year since Hiroshima bombing

New York interfaith leaders mark 70th year since Hiroshima bombing

Attendees offer flowers in New York on Aug. 5, 2015, at a ceremony aimed at calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. A peace bell was rung at precisely 7:15 p.m. New York time -- coinciding with the exact moment the nuclear blast occurred in Hiroshima 70 years earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Okinawa summit to open July 21

Okinawa summit to open July 21

NAGO, Japan - Photo, taken at 7:15 p.m. on July 20, shows the Bankoku Shinryokan, a newly built conference center in the city of Nago, northern Okinawa, where leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations will hold their 26th annual summit July 21-23.