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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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