A brazier filled with wooden chips bearing blessing messages floats on a river in commemoration of atomic bombing victims at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 5, 2024. As Japan marked the anniversary of atomic bombing on the western city of Hiroshima on Tuesday, people from across the nation gathered to protest the government's accelerated arms build-up, urging it to stick to peace. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)