Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Japan marks 68th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Doves fly over the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park during the ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of the bombing, in Hiroshima, western Japan, Aug. 6, 2013.Doves fly over the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park during the ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of the bombing, in Hiroshima, western Japan, Aug. 6, 2013. / Getty Images


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Japan calls for nuclear disarmament at 68th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
 Residents honour those killed in of the world’s first atomic attack by holding hold a lantern parade near Hiroshima’s Atomic Bomb Dome.Getty Images
Paper lanterns lit in remembrance for victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima float on the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan Getty Images
The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen in silhouette during sunset over the Peace Memoral Park in Hiroshima
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A man watches paper lanterns for the repose of the souls of the atomic bombing victims in the Motoyasu River near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan
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Doves are released over the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan - EPA
A boy releases a paper lantern on to the Motoyasu River with the backdrop of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan. Japan marked the 68th anniversary Tuesday of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a sombre ceremony to honor the dead and pledges to seek to eliminate nuclear weapons -AP
People walk in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on the day of the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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Anti-nuclear activists march in front of a Atomic Bomb Dome at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on the day of the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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Japanese people wait to pray in front of a monument for atomic bomb victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on the day of the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 

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 Japan marks 68th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his speech at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park during the ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, western Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
Japan marks 68th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
People wait in line to offer prayers in front of the cenotaph, center, dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park after the ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of the bombing, in Hiroshima, western Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Crowds gather in Hiroshima Peace Park with the Atomic Bomb Dome visible in the backgroundCrowds gather in Hiroshima Peace Park with the Atomic Bomb Dome visible in the background
An archive image from 1945 of the building that was to become known as the Atomic Bomb DomeAn archive image from 1945 of the building that was to become known as the Atomic Bomb Dome

Pledge over nuclear weapons at Hiroshima event


People put colorful paper lanterns around the Atomic Bomb Dome on marking the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 2013. UPI/Keizo Mori
People put colorful paper lanterns around the Atomic Bomb Dome on marking the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 2013. UPI/Keizo Mori 

People put colorful paper lanterns around the Atomic Bomb Dome on marking the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 2013. UPI/Keizo Mori
Colorful paper lanterns float on the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome on marking the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 2013. UPI/Keizo Mori

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