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  • 8 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Dinesh Suna looks at the exhibition 'And It Is Good' in the Iglesia de Jesús in central Madrid, as Christians from around the globe have gathered with local congregants to celebrate an ecumenical prayer service during COP25. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 30 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: An assembly participant poses for a photo by the photographic exhibition on the WCC 11th Assembly theme. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 30 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: An assembly participant takes a photo of another participant by the photographic exhibition on the WCC 11th Assembly theme. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • The display for United Methodist Women in the Exhibit Hall of the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • Blessing Kasongo from the Democratic Republic of the Congo makes a candle lantern in the Exhibit Hall of the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns will be used in a climate justice vigil during the conference. Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • Some of the 240 girls and teachers from two women’s high schools in Okinawa who were conscripted by the Japanese army to serve as nurses in underground wards during the Battle of Okinawa near the end of World War II. Some of the girls also delivered messages to soldiers on the front lines. It was dangerous work and some were killed. Most thought that the Japanese army would defeat the American troops in a matter of days, and thus brought school supplies to study, thinking they’d soon be back in their classrooms. As the fighting deteriorated, they were told that if they were captured they would be raped and killed, so surrender was not to be considered.<br />
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On June 18, 1945, the nursing unit was disbanded. Until then, only 19 of the students had been killed, but on the next day many were killed during an attack by US forces. In the week that followed, about 80 percent of the girls and their teachers perished. Many committed suicide, either by throwing themselves off cliffs or with hand grenades given to them by the Japanese soldiers. Only one teacher and seven students survived.<br />
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These photos are part of an exhibit in the Himeyuri Peace Museum in Okinawa.<br />
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Okinawans have suffered inordinately during military campaigns in the region, and many today struggle to rid their island of all military presence, including several US bases.
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  • 7 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt: Members of ecumenical organizations ACT Alliance, Lutheran World Federations, Christian Aid and others gather for a group photo in the exhibition space of COP27, the United Nations climate change conference in 2022. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 29 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Assembly participants pose for a photo of themselves by the WCC 11th Assembly's theme exhibition. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • Using "green screen" technology, Zulema Vega pastes David Muwaya of Uganda in a photo of mission personnel at work in the exhibit hall at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida. Muwaya is a delegate from the East Africa Annual Conference.
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  • Using "green screen" technology, Zulema Vega pastes David Muwaya of Uganda in a photo of mission personnel at work in the exhibit hall at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida. Muwaya is a delegate from the East Africa Annual Conference.
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