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Four peace monuments around the world
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Four peace monuments around the world

ever since human civilisation began, we have been butchering each other.  Fought for different causes, these wars tell us stories of struggle and sacrifice. Hence, they are remembered by numerous...

Oppenheimer was picked up by Bitters End, a Japanese distributor of independent films, and given a release date after the Oscar awards ceremony. Photo: AFP
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Japan finally screens 'Oppenheimer', with trigger warnings, unease in Hiroshima

Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right). Photo: Wikipedia
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Nagasaki Day 2023: 78th anniversary of US atomic bombing

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay lands at the Tinian airbase in the Mariana Islands after the atomic bombing mission on Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945. US Air Force/Handout via Reuters
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Japan condemns Russia nuclear threat on Hiroshima anniversary

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting during the G7 leaders' summit in Hiroshima, Japan May 20, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
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At G7, Zelenskiy says Bakhmut destruction has echoes of Hiroshima

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands during the G7 leaders' summit in Hiroshima, Japan May 20, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
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Hiroshima G7 marks costs of war and welcomes Ukraine's Zelenskiy

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Atomic bomb survivors look to G7 summit in Hiroshima as a 'sliver of hope' for nuclear disarmament

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a bilateral meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sideline of the G7 leaders' summit in Hiroshima, western Japan May 19, 2023, in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
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G7 leaders reckon with Ukraine, haunted by Hiroshima nuclear legacy

Teruko Yahata (85), a World War Two Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor, speaks about her story of the horrors of Hiroshima to foreign visitors at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman
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In her own words: A Hiroshima bomb survivor learns English to tell her story

Okonomiyaki, a pancake-shaped mix of noodles, cabbage, egg, meat and seafood, topped with a distinctive sweet and sour sauce and fried on a hot metal plate, are seen at a okonomiyaki specialty chain Chinchikurin restaurant in Hiroshima, western Japan 8 May, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman
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Sauerkraut or sardines? Hiroshima's pancake goes global for G7 summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 19th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, Russia October 27, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS A
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Vladimir Putin talked of Hiroshima nuclear bomb in chilling chat with Macron

Micron GDDR6X graphics memory solution is pictured in this April 12, 2022 handout image. Micron Technology/Handout via REUTERS
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Japan to give Micron Technology up to $320 mln to boost chip output in Hiroshima

People pray in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, on the 77th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2022, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
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Hiroshima prays for peace, fears new arms race on atomic bombing anniversary