Hibakusha, as they are known in Japan, will be a diminished presence at a memorial event because of advancing age and the coronavirus.

As the search for survivors continues, aid groups have mobilized to help treat the thousands of people wounded by the blast, which could be felt more than 150 miles away.

With virus cases in the United States rising and international travel curtailed, many Americans do not know when they will be able to reunite with home and the comforts they associate with it.

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In a ceremony in Ayodhya, a past flash point for sectarian violence, India’s prime minister offers his Hindu nationalist base a clear symbol of ascendancy.

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In a land conditioned by calamity, people knew what to do, including helping wounded people they didn’t know.

Damage was seen at least two miles from the explosions, encompassing an area with more than 750,000 residents.

The cause remained unclear hours later. But officials in the Lebanese capital said 2,750 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate had been stored in a depot at the center of the explosion.

A decision to detain Álvaro Uribe, not yet confirmed by the Supreme Court, could be a turning point in a nation used to seeing powerful politicians avoid prosecution despite years of investigations.