There is a peculiar ritual that unfolds almost every August in Hiroshima. Politicians gather beneath the Peace Dome, offer solemn prayers, speak of the unspeakable suffering of 1945, and vow to build a world without nuclear weapons.

There is a peculiar ritual that unfolds almost every August in Hiroshima. Politicians gather beneath the Peace Dome, offer solemn prayers, speak of the unspeakable suffering of…

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