Hiroshima marks 80th anniversary

Solemn moment: Doves flying over the Peace Memorial Park with the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in the background at a ceremony in Hiroshima. — Reuters

Hiroshima marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many ageing survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear wea­pons as a deterrence.

With the number of survivors rapidly declining and their ave­rage age now exceeding 86, the anniversary is considered the last milestone event for many of them.