72nd Anniversary of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: People attend the Peace Message Lantern Floating Ceremony held to console the souls of the A-Bomb victims after the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing on August 06, 2017 in Hiroshima, Japan. Japan marks the 72nd anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing an estimated number of 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, ending World War II. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)