The name list of war dead is given to Hiroshima City mayor Kazumi Matsui from a representative of bereaved families of the 1945 atomic bombing victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug 6, 2020. - Kyodo via Reuters
HIROSHIMA (AFP): Japan on Thursday (Aug 6) marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of ceremonies to remember the victims.
Survivors, relatives and a handful of foreign dignitaries attended this year's main event in Hiroshima to pray for those killed or wounded in the bombing and call for world peace.
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