Prayers and lights near ground zero. Hiroshima, August 6th, 2006.

August 6th, 2006

Here is a photograph of a woman kneeling beside a river, over a glowing paper lantern. The edge of the river is filled with floating lights.

AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi

A woman offers prayers as she releases a paper lantern in the Motoyasu River with the backdrop of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday.

Canadian Press (2006-08-06): Japan marks 61st anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

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