By KYOSUKE YAMAMOTO/ Staff Writer
March 12, 2020 at 08:00 JST
Canna flowers are captured in the bombed-out ruins of Hiroshima by the late Asahi Shimbun photographer Eiichi Matsumoto one month after the atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 6, 1945. The image was shown at the last exhibit section of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum before its recent renovation, and is still being shown at the facility. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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