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70 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Tens of thousands gathered in Hiroshima, Japan, to mark the 70th anniversary of the first time an atomic bomb was used in warfare. After the U.S. Air Force bomber Enola Gay delivered its payload, 70,000 died instantly, while 70,000 more would die of radiation poisoning.

140,000 ultimately died after Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. bombing of the port city