Hiroshima officials are urging world leaders to stop relying on nuclear weapons as deterrence and take immediate action toward abolishment — not as an ideal, but to remove the risk of atomic war amid the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
CORRECTS TO 79TH NOT 78TH - A man places incense in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing, early in the morning before an annual ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan , Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.
“As long as nuclear weapons exist, they will surely be used again someday,” Yuzaki said in his address at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. About 50,000 people at the ceremony observed a minute of silence with the sound of a peace bell at 8:15 a.m., the time when a U.S. B-29 dropped the bomb on the city. Hundreds of white doves, considered symbols of peace, were released.
Many survivors of the bombings have lasting injuries and illnesses resulting from the explosions and radiation exposure and have faced discrimination in Japan.
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