Hibakusha at the Rally for Peace and Disarmament in New York’s Central Park, 1982. The woman is a survivor of the atomic blasts in Japan in 1945; she was among 150 hibakusha attending the huge rally. See also 2.116 and 2.119. Photo by Sharon Maeda, 1982.

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