TOKYO -- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was supposed to have been the guest of honor at the torch relay in Hiroshima prefecture this week.
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Anti-Olympic protesters in Tokyo on May 9; International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach attends the Executive Board virtual meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 12. (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi and Reuters)
TOKYO -- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was supposed to have been the guest of honor at the torch relay in Hiroshima prefecture this week.