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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
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.
The United States commemorates the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a moment of silence observed in somber remembrance at Ground Zero in New York, where nearly 3,000 people were killed. Saint Paul's Chapel situated directly across from the World Trade Center and which served as a relief mission for the rescue and recovery workers at Ground Zero, rang its Bell of Hope in the traditional firefighters’ salute to the fallen at precisely the time of the first plane crash into the North Tower. IMAGES
Residents of Hiroshima float paper lanterns on the Motoyasu River to remember the thousands of victims killed by the atomic bomb dropped on the city 70 years ago. Display (no reporter narration).
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