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FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE EIFFEL TOWER FROM PARC DU CHAMP-DE-MARS WITH 'THE WALL FOR PEACE' BY CLARA HALTER AND JEAN-MICHEL WILMOTTE Photo by Bruno de Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfire Smoke Reaches Major Cities - Canada

The Peace Tower and Parliament are seen through haze from wild fires burning in Canada's prairie provinces, in Ottawa, ON, Canada, Friday, June 6, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hiroshima flower festival

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui transfers the "flame of peace" to an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2025.

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Hiroshima flower festival

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2025.

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France: Eiffel Tower Lit In Ukrainian Colors To Mark Third Anniversary Of Ukraine Invasion

Paris' Eiffel Tower was lit up in blue and yellow on February 24 to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to show support for the Ukrainian people.

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CORRECTED: Hiroshima flower festival

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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Hiroshima flower festival

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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Hiroshima flower festival

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui transfers the "flame of peace" to an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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78th anniversary of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

A man prays in front of the Konpakunoto (tower of spirit) monument, where the ashes of the unidentified war dead are buried, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops.

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Flower festival in Hiroshima

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with about 8,000 flower pots, as a two-day flower festival opens at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on June 10, 2023.

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Flower festival in Hiroshima

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with about 8,000 flower pots, as a two-day flower festival opens at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on June 10, 2023.

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Flower festival in Hiroshima

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with about 8,000 flower pots, as a two-day flower festival opens at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on June 10, 2023.

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WWII survivor recalls wartime ordeal at peace park

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuko Yasuda, 89, stands in front of the Peace Tower at Heiwadai Park in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 15, 2014, recalling her experiences as a student during World War I, including being enlisted to help level the ground for the tower's construction and sending off "kamikaze" suicide attack squads. The tower was originally constructed in 1940 to celebrate the 2,600th anniversary of the ascension of Japan's mythical first emperor and bears the inscription "Hakko Ichiu," meaning "united under one roof," a phrase often used by imperialists rallying for Japanese reign in Asia during the war. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Children tour inside Peace Tower in southwestern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Children listen to a guide explain exhibits inside the Pease Tower at Heiwadai Park in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, when it was opened to the public on the 69th anniversary on Aug. 15, 2014, of the end of to World War II. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Yoko Ono's peace monument installed in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Ringo Starr (L), Yoko Ono (C) and Olivia Harrison, the widow of George Harrison, attend an unveiling ceremony for ''Imagine Peace Tower'' in Reykjavik on Oct. 9. The monument, designed by Ono, the widow of John Lennon, is engraved with the message ''Imagine Peace'' in 24 languages and is filled with about 500,000 capsules containing messages of hope sent by people around the world.

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Yoko Ono to create column of light for peace in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, attends a groundbreaking ceremony in Reykjavik on Oct. 9 for an ''Imagine Peace Tower'' she will construct there. The tower will be 20 to 30 meters high, with a radius of about a meter, and will have the lyrics of Lennon's song ''Imagine'' engraved on it.

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Korean memorial in Hiroshima daubed with paint

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Part of a stone tower dedicated to Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is found splashed with florescent paint on Oct. 17. Passersby strolling along the city's Peace Memorial Park in Naka Ward found the head of the turtle-shaped base of the 5-meter-high, 10-ton tower vandalized with bright orange paint.

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Memorial service held for Korean victims of A-bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A memorial service is held Aug. 5 at a stone tower in Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima dedicated to Korean victims of the atomic bombing of the western Japan city in 1945. The service was the first to be held at the park following the memorial tower's relocation to inside the park in July. Participants laid paper cranes at the tower.

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Korean tower relocated to Hiroshima park

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A stone tower dedicated to Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is relocated to the city's Peace Memorial Park in a ceremony July 21. Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba said the city decided to allow the cenotaph, previously located outside the park, to be relocated because its exclusion had been considered a symbol of discrimination.

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Korean tower relocated to inside Hiroshima peace park

A stone tower dedicated to Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is relocated June 14 to inside the western Japan city's Peace Memorial Park. Supporters of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Association in Japan (Mindan) built the tower across the river from the west side of the park in 1970 because the Hiroshima municipal government decided in 1967 not to allow any new cenotaphs inside the park.

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CANADA-OTTAWA-QUEEN ELIZABETH II-MOURNING

(220909) -- OTTAWA, Sept. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian flag flies at half mast in memory of Queen Elizabeth II on the Peace Tower in Ottawa, Canada on Sept. 8, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch in history, has died at 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. (Photo by Min Chen/Xinhua)

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Canadian PM pledges federal support after fatal stabbings

STORY: Canadian PM pledges federal support after fatal stabbings DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Ottawa CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking to the media 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JUSTIN TRUDEAU, Prime Minister 3. pic of Parliament's Peace Tower flag at half mast STORYLINE: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to the media on Monday and pledged the federal government's support after 10 people were killed and at least 15 others injured in a string of fatal stabbings in central Canada on Sunday. Trudeau said the attacks are shocking and heartbreaking. "This kind of violence, any kind of violence, has no place in our country," he said. Trudeau said they are monitoring the situation, adding that the federal government will be there and continue to work as partners with the province. SOUNDBITE (English): JUSTIN TRUDEAU, Prime Minister "Yesterday's attacks in Saskatchewan are shocking and heartbreaking. My thoughts and the thoughts of

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First National Day Of Truth And Reconciliation - Ottawa

The Peace tower and other government buildings in the nations capital are lit orange on the eve of the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Wednesday, September 29, 2021 in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First National Day Of Truth And Reconciliation - Ottawa

The Peace Tower glows orange as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a ceremony on Parliament Hill on the eve of the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Wednesday, September 29, 2021 in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Solar Eclipse Rises Over Ottawa

An annular solar eclipse rises over construction cranes and the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Solar Eclipse Rises Over Ottawa

An annular solar eclipse rises over the construction cranes and the Peace Tower onParliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Solar Eclipse Rises Over Ottawa

An annular solar eclipse rises over construction cranes and the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada Mourns 215 Children - Ottawa

Shoes are laid out in front of the Peace tower during a ceremony on Parliament Hill Thursday June 3, 2021 in Ottawa, ON, Canada, in honour of the 215 indigenous children remains found at a boarding school in British Columbia. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Korean tower relocated to Hiroshima park

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A stone tower dedicated to Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is relocated to the city's Peace Memorial Park in a ceremony July 21. Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba said the city decided to allow the cenotaph, previously located outside the park, to be relocated because its exclusion had been considered a symbol of discrimination.

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Chinese museum demands return of stones used for Japanese tower

The Peace Tower, built with stones collected in Japan and abroad in 1940 during the second Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, stands in the city of Miyazaki, southern Japan, on Oct. 5, 2015. A private anti-Japanese war museum in Nanjing, China, has called on the Miyazaki prefectural government to return three cornerstones it alleges were taken from China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese museum demands return of stones from Japanese tower

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2015, shows one of three cornerstones used for the Peace Tower in the city of Miyazaki, southern Japan. A private anti-Japanese war museum in Nanjing, China, has asked the Miyazaki prefectural government to return the cornerstones to the country. The tower was built with stones collected in Japan and abroad in 1940 during the second Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Slogan used in WWWII carved on stone tower in Kyushu

MIYAZAKI, Japan - ''Heiwa no To (Peace Tower)'' stands at Heiwadai Park in the city of Miyazaki. On its front are inscribed the four kanji, which read ''ha-kko-ichi-u,'' meaning ''universal brotherhood.'' (Kyodo)

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Yoko Ono's peace monument installed in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Ringo Starr (L), Yoko Ono (C) and Olivia Harrison, the widow of George Harrison, attend an unveiling ceremony for ''Imagine Peace Tower'' in Reykjavik on Oct. 9. The monument, designed by Ono, the widow of John Lennon, is engraved with the message ''Imagine Peace'' in 24 languages and is filled with about 500,000 capsules containing messages of hope sent by people around the world. (Kyodo)

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Yoko Ono to create column of light for peace in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, attends a groundbreaking ceremony in Reykjavik on Oct. 9 for an ''Imagine Peace Tower'' she will construct there. The tower will be 20 to 30 meters high, with a radius of about a meter, and will have the lyrics of Lennon's song ''Imagine'' engraved on it. (Kyodo)

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ICAN releases Pyeongchang peace statement

Tim Wright (far L), Asia-Pacific director of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and civil group members attend a ceremony at the Goseong observatory tower in Goseong, South Korea, near the border with North Korea on Dec. 19, 2017. They released the Pyeongchang peace statement, hoping for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to help bring peace on the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Korean memorial in Hiroshima daubed with paint

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Part of a stone tower dedicated to Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is found splashed with florescent paint on Oct. 17. Passersby strolling along the city's Peace Memorial Park in Naka Ward found the head of the turtle-shaped base of the 5-meter-high, 10-ton tower vandalized with bright orange paint.