Photo Gallery: In Hiroshima 80 years after atomic bombings in Japan, Pilgrimage of Peace events include Memorial Masses and Peace Symposium

People release paper lanterns on the Motoyasu River facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)