HIROSHIMA--Hiroshima is struggling to decide what to do with its mountain of paper cranes, the symbols of peace that continue to pour into the atomic-bombed city from around the world.
Hiroshima inundated with paper cranes, symbols of peace
Paper cranes are piled up in a warehouse in a mountainous area of Hiroshima’s Aki Ward. (The Asahi Shimbun)
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