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Lanterns are lit and placed on the Motoyasu river by the Atomic Bomb Dome (behind) in remembrance of the victims in Hiroshima on August 5, 2023, on the eve before ceremonies to mark the 78th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack.
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Hiroshima

Hiroshima is a Japanese city of over 1 million people on the island of Honshu. On August 6, 1945, it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in the final phase of World War II.

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Terumi Tanaka representing the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner, the Nihon Hidankyo group, is seen behind paper cranes, symbol of the fight against nuclear weapons and logo of Nihon Hidankyo, as he gives a press conference in Oslo, Norway

Nagasaki, Hiroshima survivors receive Nobel Peace Prize

Nagasaki, Hiroshima survivors receive Nobel Peace Prize

Activist group Nihon Hidankyo calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons at Nobel Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
ConflictsDecember 10, 202401:53 min
People offer prayers at the Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Anti-nuclear group wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

Anti-nuclear group wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

Nihon Hidankyo represents the survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
ConflictsOctober 11, 202402:18 min
Nakajima-cho district days after the atomic bombing of 1945, and the location of the Peace Memorial Park. Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima horrors endure through memorial and survivors

Hiroshima horrors endure through memorial and survivors

Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Museum and the survivors of the bombing are a reminder of the events of August 6, 1945.
CultureAugust 5, 20249 images
Paper cranes in a glass case

Japan: Hiroshima victim's origami a warning from the past

Japan: Hiroshima victim's origami a warning from the past

The family of Sadako Sasaki wants her paper cranes recognized by UNESCO as a symbol of the horrors of nuclear weapons.
HistorySeptember 20, 2023
Visitors looking at a picture of devastated Hiroshima

Hiroshima: Atomic bomb survivors keep memory alive

Hiroshima: Atomic bomb survivors keep memory alive

As the city prepares to pay homage to the victims of the bombing, memories are being preserved for future generations.
CultureAugust 5, 2023
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum shows the destruction of the city and aftermath of the blast on August 6, 1945

Hiroshima 'successors' keep telling atomic bomb stories

Hiroshima 'successors' keep telling atomic bomb stories

The number of atomic bomb survivors is declining in Japan. Their "successors" are now telling their stories.
ConflictsAugust 4, 202303:23 min
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Russian letters in string lights

What would happen if a nuclear bomb was used in Ukraine?

Historic events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Chernobyl and Fukushima, are only a rough guide to fallout from nuclear war.
ScienceNovember 14, 2022
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