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Hiroshima’s Survivors and Activists in a Race Against Time

  • The remains of the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall, now known as the A-Bomb Dome or Genbaku Dome, and the area around the hypocenter of the bomb. Photograph taken in November 1945 by the US Army. (Courtesy Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)

    The remains of the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall, now known as the A-Bomb Dome or Genbaku Dome, and the area around the hypocenter of the bomb. Photograph taken in November 1945 by the US Army. (Courtesy Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)

  • Setsuko Thurlow (center) accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) alongside the organization’s executive director Beatrice Fihn (right) in Oslo on December 10, 2017. © Kyodo

    Setsuko Thurlow (center) accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) alongside the organization’s executive director Beatrice Fihn (right) in Oslo on December 10, 2017. © Kyodo

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