Messages of peace and remembrance written on lanterns.

A participant wearing a yukata (summer kimono) carries a washi paper lantern.

Heading to the water with an armload of lanterns.

The crowd listens to the Raging Grannies and waits for the sun to set.

Andy Sehic speaks about her time in Sarajevo.

A young participant sends out her best hopes.

Organizer Shiho Brannick lights the lanterns.

The lantern reads "patience" and "courage."

Setting the lanterns on the water.

Drifting out on the water.

The messages float out with the leaves and petals on the lake.

The lanterns cluster together at the edge of the lake.

The wind takes the lanterns out on the water.