Crown princess watches musical on A-bomb victim

Crown princess watches musical on A-bomb victim

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter, Princess Kako, visit a theater in Hiroshima on Aug. 10, 2025, to watch "Peace on Your Wings," a musical about Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima who died at age 12 from leukemia. (Pool photo)

80th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

80th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Atomic bomb survivors watch a television program at a nursing home in Hiroshima showing a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Residents of the Bureij camp watch news updates together on January 14, 2025. Displaced residents follow developments as they await signs of peace and a ceasefire. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Residents of the Bureij camp watch news updates together on January 14, 2025. Displaced residents follow developments as they await signs of peace and a ceasefire. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Residents of the Bureij camp watch news updates together on January 14, 2025. Displaced residents follow developments as they await signs of peace and a ceasefire. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Residents of the Bureij camp watch news updates together on January 14, 2025. Displaced residents follow developments as they await signs of peace and a ceasefire. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Residents of the Bureij camp watch news updates together on January 14, 2025. Displaced residents follow developments as they await signs of peace and a ceasefire. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Residents of the Bureij camp watch news updates together on January 14, 2025. Displaced residents follow developments as they await signs of peace and a ceasefire. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Residents of the Bureij camp watch news updates together on January 14, 2025. Displaced residents follow developments as they await signs of peace and a ceasefire. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Displaced Residents Follow the News - Gaza

Residents of the Bureij camp watch news updates together on January 14, 2025. Displaced residents follow developments as they await signs of peace and a ceasefire. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Atomic bomb survivors watch the award ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, at a public viewing site in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2024.

Gion Festival - Kyoto

Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gion Festival - Kyoto

Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gion Festival - Kyoto

Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gion Festival - Kyoto

Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a float illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gion Festival - Kyoto

Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gion Festival - Kyoto

Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a float illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a float illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a float illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-NAVY VESSELS-PUBLIC EVENT (CN)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-NAVY VESSELS-PUBLIC EVENT (CN)

(240423) -- SHANGHAI, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a performance staged by naval soldiers during an open day event at a port in east China's Shanghai, April 23, 2024. The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy holds open day events in Shanghai on Tuesday to mark the 75th anniversary of its founding. Visitors could tour the guided-missile destroyer Zibo and hospital ship "Peace Ark" at the event. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

Spanish PM calls for peace in Gaza

STORY: Spanish PM calls for peace in Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 19, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:45 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plenary session of the Spanish Congress of Deputies in Madrid 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): PEDRO SANCHEZ, Spanish Prime Minister 3. various of Pedro Sanchez's speech STORYLINE: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday called for peace in Gaza as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas has killed over 20,000 Palestinian lives in the past two and a half months. Sanchez made his call for an end to the fighting as he looked back on the six months of Spain's rotating presidency of the European Commission. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): PEDRO SANCHEZ, Spanish Prime Minister "The world is watching us, not because history will judge us, but because people are suffering there, boys and girls are suffering and dying, and we cannot just stand by and watch. We should support the fight against terrorism in the Middle East, and we defend the righ

JAPAN-OSAKA-NANJING MASSACRE-GATHERING

JAPAN-OSAKA-NANJING MASSACRE-GATHERING

(231210) -- OSAKA, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Attendees watch a documentary film featuring late U.S. physician Robert O. Wilson during a gathering held by the "Connecting Memories of Nanjing" civil group in Osaka, Japan, Dec. 9, 2023. A local civil group has held the gathering urging the Japanese public to reflect on the historical lessons and contemporary significance of the Nanjing Massacre in light of the current global situation, emphasizing the importance of not forgetting history in building peace. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Iranian Jews Told To Break Contact With Israeli Relatives - Tehran

Iranian Jews Told To Break Contact With Israeli Relatives - Tehran

File photo dated January 31, 2020 shows relatives of an Iranian dead Jewish person watch as shrine workers put the dead body in the grave while someone reads dedicated prayers for the peace of the soul. Iranian Jews have been receiving phone calls since the beginning of Israel's war in Gaza, threatening them and demanding that they break off contact with family members in Israel, according to a report from UK-based Iran International. Following these threats, many Iranian Jews began leaving family group chats with Israeli relatives and even blocking their phone numbers. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iranian Jews Told To Break Contact With Israeli Relatives - Tehran

Iranian Jews Told To Break Contact With Israeli Relatives - Tehran

File photo dated January 31, 2020 shows relatives of an Iranian dead Jewish person watch as shrine workers cover the grave with sand and stone, while someone reads dedicated prayers for the peace of the soul. Iranian Jews have been receiving phone calls since the beginning of Israel's war in Gaza, threatening them and demanding that they break off contact with family members in Israel, according to a report from UK-based Iran International. Following these threats, many Iranian Jews began leaving family group chats with Israeli relatives and even blocking their phone numbers. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ukrainian public servants in Hiroshima

Ukrainian public servants in Hiroshima

Ukrainian public servants watch the "white panorama" exhibition, which displays computer graphics-based images of Hiroshima before and after the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on May 25, 2023, during their visit to the western Japan city to obtain know-how on rebuilding the war-torn country.

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Police officers watch over a road with traffic barriers near the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Police officers watch over a road with traffic barriers near the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Police officers watch over a road with traffic barriers near the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Police officers watch over a road with traffic barriers near the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

Iraqis celebrate New Year

STORY: Iraqis celebrate New Year DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fireworks and cerebrations STORYLINE: Iraqis celebrated the New Year 2023 on Saturday at midnight, with massive fireworks in many areas of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. In downtown Baghdad, thousands of young people and families gathered despite the cold weather to watch the fireworks and express their best wishes for the New Year. Alaa Hassan, a housewife in her 30s, came with her husband and two children to celebrate the New Year at Baghdad's cultural center of al-Mutanabi Street on the eastern bank of the Tigris River. "I'm so happy and having a good time with my family, because everything here is amazing with these fireworks," Hassan told Xinhua. "I hope that our dreams will come true in the coming year and that it will be a year in which we will not see sadness, disease, or misery," Hassan said. Ammar Khalil, 26, said, "I wish that Iraqis will live in peace, prosp

Kamikaze pilot's watch kept as memento

Kamikaze pilot's watch kept as memento

FUKUOKA, Japan - A watch given to kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki by Tachiarai Army Flight School in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, upon graduation and handed to his father before his suicide mission in May 1945 is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014. The watch is kept at the Bansei Tokko Peace Museum in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Indians, Pakistanis watch flag-lowering ceremony

Indians, Pakistanis watch flag-lowering ceremony

AMRITSAR, India - Indians (foreground) and Pakistanis watch a daily flag-lowering ceremony by soldiers of both countries in the border-crossing area of Wagah near Amritsar in the Indian state of Punjabi on Oct. 17, 2014, a week after Indian Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani Malala Yousafzai shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014.

Nagasaki peace ceremony

Nagasaki peace ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - A civic group stages an event in New York on Aug. 8, 2013, to give local people an opportunity to watch a live video feed of the peace ceremony marking the 68th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki City.

Hiroshima Peace Watch reset

Hiroshima Peace Watch reset

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Peace Watch in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which has been counting the days from the most recent nuclear test, is reset to 28 days on Oct. 13, 2010. The United States declared that it conducted a subcritical nuclear test on Sept. 15 in a Nevada underground test site.

(1)Japanese protest U.S. nuclear test

(1)Japanese protest U.S. nuclear test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Minoru Hataguchi, head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, on May 26 resets the Peace Watch, which indicates the number of days elapsing since a nuclear test was conducted anywhere in the world, to zero from 249 days after an overnight U.S. subcritical nuclear test.

Mexico celebrates Independence Day

STORY: Mexico celebrates Independence Day DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mexico's Independence Day activities including a military parade and aerial show STORYLINE: Mexico on Friday celebrated the 212th anniversary of its struggle for independence from Spanish colonial rule with a call for world peace and several commemorative activities. Mexicans gathered around the capital city's main square, Plaza de la Constitucion, to watch a military parade and aerial show commemorating the start of the 1810 independence movement. Participating in the parade were 7,380 National Guard troops, 2,108 Army troops and 1,057 Navy personnel, as well as 111 aircraft from the three branches of the Armed Forces. The guests of honor at Mexico's celebrations were the former presidents of Uruguay and Bolivia, Jose Mujica and Evo Morales, respectively. On the eve of the Independence Day, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gave the t

Gai Jatra and Ropai Jatra, festival in Nepal

Gai Jatra and Ropai Jatra, festival in Nepal

An elderly man watch from the window of his house while people take part in the procession of the Ropain festival and the Gai Jatra festival to ask for salvation and peace for their family members who have passed away at Khokana village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on August 5, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

(1)Japanese protest U.S. nuclear test

(1)Japanese protest U.S. nuclear test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Minoru Hataguchi, head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, on May 26 resets the Peace Watch, which indicates the number of days elapsing since a nuclear test was conducted anywhere in the world, to zero from 249 days after an overnight U.S. subcritical nuclear test. (Kyodo)

Japan hopes China-Taiwan talks will promote regional peace

Japan hopes China-Taiwan talks will promote regional peace

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2015. "While we expect movements between China and Taiwan such as this to contribute to regional peace and stability, we would like to closely watch developments going forward," the top government spokesman said, in reference to the first ever meeting between the leaders of China and Taiwan on Nov. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

3-D virtual display lets viewers experience A-bomb devastation in Nagasaki

3-D virtual display lets viewers experience A-bomb devastation in Nagasaki

Two visitors watch a panoramic view of the devastation in Nagasaki immediately after the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city displayed by a prototype 3-D imaging display system on April 2, 2015, at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims. The system is being developed by Nagasaki University professor Takashi Fujiki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hiroshima Peace Watch reset

Hiroshima Peace Watch reset

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Peace Watch in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which has been counting the days from the most recent nuclear test, is reset to 28 days on Oct. 13, 2010. The United States declared that it conducted a subcritical nuclear test on Sept. 15 in a Nevada underground test site. (Kyodo)

Kamikaze pilot's watch kept as memento

Kamikaze pilot's watch kept as memento

FUKUOKA, Japan - A watch given to kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki by Tachiarai Army Flight School in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, upon graduation and handed to his father before his suicide mission in May 1945 is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014. The watch is kept at the Bansei Tokko Peace Museum in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

Downscaled Olympic torch relay in Hiroshima

Downscaled Olympic torch relay in Hiroshima

People standing behind a fence watch an ignition ceremony for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on May 17, 2021. The torch relay was taken off public roads in Hiroshima with a coronavirus state of emergency in place and spectators were not allowed at the ceremony.

Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize

Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings in Japan join others in a round of applause as they watch a broadcast of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony during a public viewing event in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize

Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings in Japan shed tears as they watch a broadcast of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at a public viewing event in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nuclear weapon ban campaigners receive Nobel Peace Prize

Nuclear weapon ban campaigners receive Nobel Peace Prize

People in Hiroshima watch a broadcast of atomic bombing survivor Setsuko Thurlow's speech at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo