Hiroshima after 65 years
Japan marked the 65th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Friday with the United States represented at the ceremony for the first time. The Japanese city of Hiroshima was reduced to ashes by a US nuclear bomb in 1945.
In this picture: Doves fly over the Peace Memorial Park with a view of the gutted A-bomb dome at a ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan.
World's first atomic attack
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offers a wreath in front of the cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2010, on the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city. (Text courtesy: Reuters)
US Ambassador to Japan, John Roos
In this picture: US Ambassador to Japan John Roos (C) attends the ceremony for the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2010.
Japan marked the 65th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Friday with the United States represented at the ceremony for the first time.
1945: the unforgettable year
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan,(L), looks at a scale model of the destruction caused by the 1945 atomic bombing on Hiroshima.
Memorial service
With the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in the background, a boy releases a paper lantern on the Motoyasu River for a memorial service of the atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima.(Text courtesy: AP Photos)
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