'Unspeakable horror': the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 80 years after and it still hurts

This combination image of two file photos dated 1945 shows a view of the city of Hiroshima before (L) and after (R) the first atomic bomb was dropped by a US Air Force B-29 aircraft on the city on August 6, 1945. The US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, left around 140,000 people dead. It was followed days later by the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9 that killed around 74,000 people. The twin bombings dealt the final blow to imperial Japan, which surrendered on August 15, 1945, bringing an end to World War II. -- Photo by AFP

TOKYO (AFP): Japan this week marks 80 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II.

The first on August 6, 1945 killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and three days later another 74,000 perished in Nagasaki.