Hiroshima in ruins after U.S. atomic bombing

Hiroshima in ruins after U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This file photo shows a store, Odamasa Shoten, whose frame was twisted by the blast from the U.S. atomic bombing. Standing next to it is the exterior of the Chugoku Shimbun newspaper building. The photo was taken in Ebisu, Hiroshima City, sometime between Aug. 10 and Aug. 11, 1945.

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