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Added on the 11/03/2021 07:21:01 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
People hold the "Kagaribi" ceremony at the foot of the dome of Hiroshima during which fires are lit in the middle of the river to celebrate peace on the eve of the 76th anniversary of the atomic bomb. IMAGES
People in Hisanohama, a coastal town in Fukushima, observe a minute's silence at 2.46 pm local time (0546 GMT), to mark 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a ceremony at the British World War II memorial in Ver-Sur-Mer, Normandie, to commemorate 75 years since the D-Day landings. IMAGES
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan make their way from Oxford's Balliol College to their next engagement on the final day of their state visit to the United Kingdom. Crowds gather to greet them on Oxford's Broad Street. The emperor and empress both studied at Oxford and are welcomed back by the University's Chancellor, Lord Chris Patten. IMAGES
On the final day of their state visit to the United Kingdom, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan are welcomed to Oxford University where both studied. Chancellor of Oxford University Lord Chris Patten and Dame Helen Ghosh, Master of Balliol College, welcome the imperial couple at Balliol College, which Empress Masako attended as a student. IMAGES