Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

Disaster-hit 'miracle pine' in Rikuzentakata, Japan

Disaster-hit 'miracle pine' in Rikuzentakata, Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - The "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was the only tree to survive among a forest of about 70,000 pines swept away by tsunami in March 2011, stands tall on Feb. 13, 2014. The tree went through preservation work after its roots died due to exposure to seawater, and replica branches were added to restore its appearance.

Bankers count money offered at shrine

Bankers count money offered at shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Female bank staffers wearing traditional Japanese happi coats count money given as offerings during the annual ''Toka Ebisu'' festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, on Jan. 12, 2010. During the festival that took place Jan. 9 through 11, some 1 million people visited the shrine, about 70,000 more than last year due to the three-day weekend, and gave offerings totaling around 45 million yen, about the same amount as last year.

Bankers count money offered at shrine

Bankers count money offered at shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Female bank staffers wearing traditional Japanese happi coats count money given as offerings during the annual ''Toka Ebisu'' festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, on Jan. 12, 2010. During the festival that took place Jan. 9 through 11, some 1 million people visited the shrine, about 70,000 more than last year due to the three-day weekend, and gave offerings totaling around 45 million yen, about the same amount as last year.

Recruitment for Shanghai Expo volunteers begins

Recruitment for Shanghai Expo volunteers begins

SHANGHAI, China - A ceremony marking the start of the recruitment of volunteers for the 2010 international exposition in Shanghai is held at the Oriental Pearl Tower square on May 1, one year before the opening of the Expo. About 70,000 volunteers at the Expo site and about 100,000 volunteers outside the site, such as at stations and hotels, will be recruited by the end of this year.