All we need is peace

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

A student with a painted face participates in a peace rally in Mumbai, to mark the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on Hiroshima, Japan.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

Student Mihir Joshi, with a painted face depicting a hand grenade, participates in a peace rally in Mumbai, to mark the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on Hiroshima, Japan.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

Students hold candles as they take part in a special prayer in Chandigarh, to mark the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on Hiroshima, Japan.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

Paper lanterns float down along the Motoyasu River behind the illuminated Atomic Bomb Dome near Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan. The Japanese city of Hiroshima marked the 66th anniversary of the bombing, as the nation fights a different kind of disaster from atomic technology - a nuclear plant in a meltdown crisis after being hit by a tsunami.

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A woman prays after releasing a paper lantern on a river facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on the 66th anniversary of the bombing in Hiroshima. Prime Minister Naoto Kan took his campaign against nuclear energy in Japan to Hiroshima which 66 years ago became the world's first victim of an atomic bomb.

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A man with a gas mask (L) holds a placard reading "must ditch nuke power" during an anti-nuclear power plant demonstration in Tokyo. Thousands of people rallied in Tokyo to demand a shift away from nuclear power after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami sparked the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl a quater-century ago.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

A-bomb survivors light incenses to offer a prayer for victims of the world's first atomic bombing in front of a cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park at dawn prior to the memorial service to mark the 66th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

Protesters bearing anti-nuclear face-painting take part in an anti-nuclear march in Hiroshima. Prime Minister Naoto Kan vowed to challenge the "myth of safety" of nuclear power while marking the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a city that has now started questioning its long embrace of nuclear energy's peaceful use.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

A family prays for the victims of the atomic bombing after burning incense in the Peace Memorial Park during the early morning in Hiroshima on the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan delivers a speech during the service to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Japan marks the 66th anniversary of US atomic bombing of Hiroshima as the country struggles to end a crisis at a nuclear power plant ravaged by the March quake-tsunami disaster.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

Doves fly by the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome, center in background, preserved as a landmark for the tribute to the A-Bomb attack, following a speech delivered by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, marking the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

Demonstrators burn a model depicting an atomic bomb during a rally in Kolkata, to mark the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2011 01:25 am IST

Demonstrators march near the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) during their anti-nuclear power protest, in Tokyo. TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami March 11, which caused the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

All we need is peace

A student with a painted face participates in a peace rally in Mumbai, to mark the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on Hiroshima, Japan.

Student Mihir Joshi, with a painted face depicting a hand grenade, participates in a peace rally in Mumbai, to mark the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on Hiroshima, Japan.

Students hold candles as they take part in a special prayer in Chandigarh, to mark the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on Hiroshima, Japan.

A-bomb survivors light incenses to offer a prayer for victims of the world's first atomic bombing in front of a cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park at dawn prior to the memorial service to mark the 66th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan.

A family prays for the victims of the atomic bombing after burning incense in the Peace Memorial Park during the early morning in Hiroshima on the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city.

Demonstrators burn a model depicting an atomic bomb during a rally in Kolkata, to mark the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

Demonstrators march near the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) during their anti-nuclear power protest, in Tokyo. TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami March 11, which caused the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

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