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Japan: Lanterns Float in Hiroshima to Mark 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing 2

People in Hiroshima launched lanterns onto the Motoyasu River, which flows through Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Wednesday, August 6.

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Japan: “FREE GAZA” Banner Displayed at Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Lantern Ceremony

People in Hiroshima launched lanterns onto the Motoyasu River, which flows through Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Wednesday, August 6. A banner displaying the message “FREE GAZA! NO MORE GENOCIDE” was also prominently displayed along the riverbank.

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Lights By The Lake Event - Singapore

A woman releases a floating lantern during the "Lights by the Lake" event held to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Singapore on September 16, 2024. Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Folk customs of Duanwu Festival in 60 seconds

STORY: Folk customs of Duanwu Festival in 60 seconds SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of folk customs of Duanwu Festival STORYLINE: The Duanwu Festival has arrived. Tying five-color silk string Wearing scented sachets Hanging mugwort leaves and calamus Fish-shaped lantern parade Releasing floating lanterns Dragon lantern dance Dragon boat racing Sprinkling Xionghuang powder Expelling five poisonous pests Eating Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-DREAMFEST WATER LANTERN FESTIVAL

(230506) -- ST. PETERSBURG, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 5, 2023 shows lanterns floating on a pond during the Dreamfest water lantern festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Dreamfest water lantern festival started on Friday at the Yusupov Garden in St. Petersburg. The festival will last for three days, during which people can launch water lanterns and enjoy performances. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-DREAMFEST WATER LANTERN FESTIVAL

(230506) -- ST. PETERSBURG, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 5, 2023 shows lanterns floating on a pond during the Dreamfest water lantern festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Dreamfest water lantern festival started on Friday at the Yusupov Garden in St. Petersburg. The festival will last for three days, during which people can launch water lanterns and enjoy performances. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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Lantern Festival - Montauban

A floating junk. Opening visit, Castle, Goddess and other wonders. Montauban Lantern Festival, with its Fantastic Garden at the Plant Garden, from December 15, 2023 to February 11, 2024. France, Montauban December 14, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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People Float Lanterns in the Zijiang River in Guilin

GUILIN, CHINA - AUGUST 26, 2023 - People pray for blessings in lanterns floating on the Zijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, Aug. 26, 2023. The Resource River Lantern Song Festival has evolved into a resource local festival which mainly focuses on ancestor worship, blessing, commerce and people entertainment.

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Water Lantern Festival held in Houston, U.S.

STORY: Water Lantern Festival held in Houston, U.S. DATELINE: May 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:03 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Water Lantern Festival STORYLINE: A Water Lantern Festival was held Saturday in northern Houston, Texas, the United States. Hundreds of floating lanterns adorned with letters of love, hope, and dreams were reflected in water. These lanterns were made from rice paper and wood, so they are eco-friendly. The LED candles inside will be reused and recycled. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Houston, U.S. (XHTV)

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-DREAMFEST WATER LANTERN FESTIVAL

(230506) -- ST. PETERSBURG, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 5, 2023 shows lanterns floating on a pond during the Dreamfest water lantern festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Dreamfest water lantern festival started on Friday at the Yusupov Garden in St. Petersburg. The festival will last for three days, during which people can launch water lanterns and enjoy performances. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-DREAMFEST WATER LANTERN FESTIVAL

(230506) -- ST. PETERSBURG, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 5, 2023 shows lanterns floating on a pond during the Dreamfest water lantern festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Dreamfest water lantern festival started on Friday at the Yusupov Garden in St. Petersburg. The festival will last for three days, during which people can launch water lanterns and enjoy performances. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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Spring Festival lantern fair combines tradition, creative displays to attract visitors

STORY: Spring Festival lantern fair combines tradition, creative displays to attract visitors DATELINE: Jan. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the lantern festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHI JIAYIN, Deputy manager of Guandong Movie and TV Town 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Tourist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Tourist STORYLINE: A lantern festival is being held at a filming base in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, inviting people to enjoy the festive vibe of the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year. Covering an area of over 20,000 square meters, the festival held at Guandong Movie and TV Town displays more than 70 sets of huge lanterns featuring various themes. This year, the fair has explored ways to combine traditional designs and creative displays to attract visitors. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHI JIAYIN, Deputy manager of Guandong Movie and TV Town "We have colorful lanterns with distinctive features this year, such as the 'floating l

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Lantern floating on eve of tsunami anniv.

YAMADA, Japan - People float lanterns on the sea and offer prayers in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River against the backdrop of fireworks during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident.

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident.

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'Hibaku' piano peace concert along Hudson River in New York

NEW YORK, United States - A woman recites a poem accompanied by a piano that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima during the ''Hibaku'' Piano Peace Concert held together with an annual lantern floating ceremony on the Hudson River on Sept. 11, 2010.

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Lantern floating event held on Hudson River for Sept. 11 victims

NEW YORK, United States - Paper lanterns are floated down the Hudson River in a memorial event Sept. 11, 2009, for the victims of the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001.

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Kin offer prayers on eve of JAL jet crash's 30th anniversary

A child prays for the victims of a 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash after floating a paper lantern on the Kanna River in the village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 11, 2015, the eve of the 30th anniversary of the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident. Only four people survived among the 524 passengers and crew. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floating "lanterns of wish" in Harbin, China

People in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, light fuel to float a lantern on a square crowded even past midnight of July 11, 2015. "Lanterns of wish" were on sale on the square, allowing purchasers to scribble messages such as "It was good to see you" and "I want to go to many different places" on them before floating them in the air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lantern floating event held on Hudson River for Sept. 11 victims

NEW YORK, United States - Paper lanterns are floated down the Hudson River in a memorial event Sept. 11 for the victims of the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001. (Kyodo)

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'Hibaku' piano peace concert along Hudson River in New York

NEW YORK, United States - A woman recites a poem accompanied by a piano that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima during the ''Hibaku'' Piano Peace Concert held together with an annual lantern floating ceremony on the Hudson River on Sept. 11, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Decade later, 4 New York lives forever transformed by 9/11

NEW YORK, United States - Rev. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki (L) is pictured in Central Park with Judy Kuriansky, a prominent New York psychologist, on Aug. 8, 2011 after a meeting to discuss plans for a 9/11 lantern floating ceremony, which includes remembering Japan's March 11 tsunami victims. The annual event includes setting 108 paper lanterns down the Hudson River. (Kyodo)

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident. (Kyodo)

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River against the backdrop of fireworks during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident. (Kyodo)

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People pray for the March 11 disaster victims in front of lanterns during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into a river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident. (Kyodo)

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Lantern floating on eve of tsunami anniv.

YAMADA, Japan - People float lanterns on the sea and offer prayers in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Lantern floating on eve of tsunami anniv.

YAMADA, Japan - People float lanterns on the sea and offer prayers in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Lantern floating on eve of tsunami anniv.

YAMADA, Japan - People float lanterns on the sea and offer prayers in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)