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On August 6, sixty years after the US dropped the atomic bomb, Hiroshima carried out its Peace Memorial Ceremony in Peace Memorial Park, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.



60th Anniversary Peace Memorial Ceremony (8:00 a.m.)
Peace stolen away by war (12:00 midnight)
Wordless prayers folded into paper cranes (3:35 a.m.)
Quiet prayers before dawn (4:20 a.m.)
Facing the Cenotaph (5:30 a.m.)
It has come around again. (6:00 a.m.)
Offering flowers (8:10 a.m.)
The Peace Bell (8:15 a.m.)
Time flows by (8:15 a.m.)
Peace Declaration (8:16 a.m.)
Children's representatives (8:28 a.m.)
Praying in the heat (9:20 a.m.)
Voices lifted in song (7:55 p.m.)
Pleas delivered (8:30 p.m.)



Mayors for Peace after adopting the Hiroshima Appeal -- Aug 7, 2005

Peace Declaration:

Hiroshima (Aug 6 2005)
Nagasaki (Aug 9 2005)

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