Det var den 6. august 1945, at USA kastede atombomben over den japanske by, Hiroshima. Tre dage senere faldt den anden atombombe i verdenshistorien over Nagasaki. Bomberne var et led i Anden Verdenskrig og blev kastet for at få Japan til at overgive sig betingelsesløst.
Her sætter nogle børn papirslanterner ud på floden Motoyasu i Hiroshima for at trøste de efterladte fra ofrene af atombomberne. Foto: Kimimasa Mayama.
Onsdag var det 69 år siden, at verdens første atombombe blev smidt over den japanske by, Hiroshima.
I Japan markerede de den historiske begivenhed, der var med til at afslutte Anden Verdenskrig, med lys og ceremonier.
Se billederne herunder og læs mere om verdens første atombombe.
epa03814177 An elderly couple light incense to offer a prayer for atomic bomb victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, 06 August 2013 prior to the Peace Memorial Ceremony marking the 68th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing of a city in 1945. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
Foto: Kimimasa Mayama
An elderly woman prays for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2014. Tens of thousands gathered for peaceful ceremonies in Hiroshima on August 6, marking the 69th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city, as anti-nuclear sentiment runs high in Japan. AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA
Foto: Toru Yamanaka
US Ambassador to Japan John Roos (C) prays in silence at a memorial service for A-bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan on August 6, 2013 as ceremonies are held to mark the 68th anniversary of the bombing. Tens of thousands, including ageing survivors, relatives, government officials and foreign delegates observed a moment of silence at 8:15 am local time, the time of the detonation which turned the city into a nuclear inferno in 1945. JAPAN OUT AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS
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(FILES) - This August 1945 photo from the US Air Force, shows the Crew of the B-29 bomber "Enola Gay" (L-R) navigator Major Theodore Van Kirk, pilot Col. Paul Tibbets and bombardier Major Thomas Ferebee after dropping the first atom bomb on Hiroshima on 06 August 1945. The lone remaining crewman of the Enola Gay - - which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan near the end of WWII - - has died in Georgia, US media reported July 29, 2014. Theodore Van Kirk, also known as "Dutch, " died July 28,....
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(ARCHIVES) - Photo prise le 06 août 1945 de l ´explosion nucléaire sur Hiroshima, effectuée par l ´armée américaine. // (FILES) - Picture of the first US atomic bomb exploding on Hiroshima 06 August 1945.
President Harry S. Truman May 11, 1947 Published May 12, 1947 Credit: THE NEW YORK TIMES
Foto: The New York Times
Picture dated 1948 showing children wearing masks to protect themselves from irradiation in the devastated city of Hiroshima after the US nuclear bombing on the city 06 August 1945 during World War II.
Paper lanterns float on the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome (C, back) in Hiroshima on August 6, 2012. Tens of thousands of people marked the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, as a rising tide of anti-nuclear sentiment swells in post-Fukushima Japan. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI
Foto: Kazuhiro Nogi
