Pictures of the Week: May 29 – June 4, 2004

The Floating World
Young women set afloat lanterns off Magic Island in Ala Moana Park in Honolulu during the annual Toro-Nagashi (Lantern Floating) Ceremony. Hundreds of lanterns are set afloat in the shores of the Pacific Ocean to serve as a beacon to the souls of the dead returning to the spiritual world