Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing

Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of ceremonies to remember the victims.

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(FILES) This handout file picture taken on November 1945 by the US Army and released by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum shows the A-bomb Dome, three months after the atomic bomb was dropped by B-29 bomber Enola Gay over the city of Hiroshima. - Japan on August 6, 2020 will mark 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack, with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of annual ceremonies to commemorate the victims. (Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP) / ---EDITORS NOTE---RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US Army / HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL MUSEUM" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

2020-08-06 12:33:34

Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of ceremonies to remember the victims.

Survivors, relatives and a handful of foreign dignitaries attended this year's main event in Hiroshima to pray for those killed or wounded in the bombing and call for world peace.

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