In Photos: People pray for peace on 77th anniversary of Nagasaki A-bombing
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A man prays in front of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki's Peace Park at 5:25 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Noriko Tokuno) -
People pray in front of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki's Peace Park at 5:59 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Noriko Tokuno) -
People commemorate atomic bomb victims and pray for peace at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki in an early morning mass on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa) -
People commemorate atomic bomb victims and pray for peace at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki in an early morning mass on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa) -
High school students offer flowers next to a monument in Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Noriko Tokuno) -
High school students form a human chain around the atomic bomb hypocenter monument in Nagasaki and pray for peace on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Noriko Tokuno) -
High school students observe a moment of silence in front of the atomic bomb hypocenter monument in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Noriko Tokuno) -
People pray in front of the atomic bomb hypocenter monument in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Noriko Tokuno) -
Elementary and junior high school students offer senbazuru, literally "a thousand paper cranes," at Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Noriko Tokuno) -
Attendees at a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki observe a moment of silence at Peace Park in the city at 11:02 a.m., the time the bomb was dropped, on Aug. 9, 2022. (Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa) -
Attendees at a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki observe a moment of silence at Peace Park in the city at 11:02 a.m., the time the bomb was dropped, on Aug. 9, 2022. (Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa) -
Doves are released after Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue's Peace Declaration at Peace Park in the city on Aug. 9, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. (Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa)
