
A Greenpeace volunteer hangs paper birds before a candlelight vigil at the Bantayog Ng Mga Bayani shrine in Quezon City suburban Manila on April 11, 2011. Volunteers hoisted a thousand paper birds to express solidarity with victims of the earthquake, tsunami and the unfolding nuclear disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, a month after the deadly quake-tsunami hit the region.

Greenpeace activist and supporters call for an end to nuclear power during a candlelight vigil in Bantayog Ng Mga Bayani shrine in Quezon City suburban Manila on April 11, 2011. Volunteers hoisted a thousand paper birds to express solidarity with victims of the earthquake, tsunami and the unfolding nuclear disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, a month after the deadly quake-tsunami hit the region.

AP Photo – Greenpeace activists and other environmentalists light candles amidst hundreds of paper cranes at the Heroes’ Monument in solidarity to the Japanese disaster victims at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines, Monday, April 11, 2011. The protesters are calling for an end to nuclear power around the world.
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