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Hiroshima marks the 76th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the United States with a ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The mayor is expected to urge world leaders to shift away from nuclear deterrence to trust-building dialogue, against the backdrop of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. IMAGES
Nagasaki, Aug 8 (EFE/EPA).- The Japanese city of Nagasaki will commemorate on Sunday the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing that devastated its civilian population at the end of World War II with a ceremony in which local authorities urged the central government, the United States and Russia to join the United Nations' anti-nuclear treaty.The nuclear attack carried out by the US on Aug. 9, 1945, on Nagasaki was the second time the atomic bomb had been deployed following the one on Hiroshima three days earlier. It killed around 74,000 people, mostly civilians. (Camera: DAI KUROKAWA). SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE JAPANESE CITY OF NAGASAKI AND THE NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB MUSEUM IN NAGASAKI, SOUTHERN JAPAN.
Berlin, Aug 6 (EFE / EPA) .- On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) projected Thursday in the St. Marienkirche church, in Belin, the image of a nuclear bomb.In 1945, the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, killing more than 200,000 people. This year's annual commemoration events were canceled or carried out with strict measures due to the coronavirus pandemic.(Camera: CLEMENTS BILAN)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE OUTDOOR PROJECTION COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB THAT HIT HIROSHIMA IN THE GERMAN CHURCH OF ST.MARIENKIRCHE, IN BERLIN.
Hiroshima, Aug 6 (EFE/EPA).- A ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima served Thursday as a call for the government of Japan, the only country that has suffered a nuclear attack, to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).The appeal was made by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at the commemoration of the United States' nuclear attack on Aug. 6, 1945, three days before another atomic bomb destroyed the Japanese city of Nagasaki.(Camera: DAI KUROKAWA)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NUCLEAR BOMB THAT DESTROYED HIROSHIMA IN HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.
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The city of Boston is marking the second anniversary of the bombing attack on its marathon that killed three people and injured 264. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).