Hiroshima marks A-bomb anniversary, lanterns floated in memory

Hiroshima marks A-bomb anniversary, lanterns floated in memory

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lanterns being released into Motoyasu River in the evening of Aug. 6 in memory of the people who died from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. At the background is the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome, ground zero of the atomic bomb which exploded over the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

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