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** NANJING 70 YEARS AFTER **This year's anniversary of Japan's notorious wartime massacre of civilians in the Chinese city of Nanjing is being given tempered treatment by China's government, reflecting a drive to improve relations with Tokyo and…

Three members of the community bow their heads as they kneel in front of the memorial created on the drillfield in front of Norris Hall. This shrine became the center point of gathering during the time of grieving.

Students gather to say a prayer for the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre in which 32 people were killed by gunman Seung Hui-Cho, before taking his own life on the campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.

A student pauses before leaving a note of remembrance on one of the wooden boards set up on the drill field across from Norris Hall. The community used these boards as a way to leave notes and pay their respect to those who lost their lives on April…

Police stand guard near Norris Hall, the building where Seung-Hui Cho opened fire and killed 30 students and professors before taking his own life.

Friends of senior Maxine Turner hold pictures taken with her just weeks before she was killed in Norris Hall.

As students spend quiet moments in the campus chapel, Virginia Tech cadets stand guard over a wreath placed in honor of the 32 students and professors who lost their lives in the campus massacre in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Students hold hands and gather on the football field of Lane Stadium during an overflow of the memorial service held inside the VT colesium.

Family members, students, professors, and hundreds of other members of the Virginia Tech community gather near a memorial on the drill field for a candlelight vigil in honor of the lives lost in the massacre.

As night falls, cadets gather to comfort one another and their fellow classmates outside of the campus chapel.