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Through the Lens: Hiroshima marks 80 years since A-bomb

Hiroshima on Aug. 6 marked 80 years since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city. At a ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, officials called on young people to work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons as fears grow of a new nuclear arms race.

On July 30, a visitor to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum looks at photos of the devastation caused by the dropping of the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945. (Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/AP)

Visitors look at a map showing the impact of the bomb at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on July 30. (Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/AP)

An Allied correspondent stands in the rubble on Sept. 7, 1945, looking toward the ruins of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall after the Aug. 6 atom bomb attack. The building, also known as the Genbaku Dome, is now the centrepiece of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

A mushroom cloud rises after the atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945. (Photo by Kyodo)

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, far right, watches as doves are released at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6. (Pool photo)

A visitor looks at the city skyline from an observation deck on Aug. 5, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A staff member waits for the arrival of attendees as sprinklers are used to cool the venue for an event on Aug. 6, marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Students hold paper cranes at a park on Aug. 5, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Police officers in riot gear patrol outside the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Aug. 5, the eve of the anniversary of the atomic bombing. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP)

Attendees sing during a remembrance ceremony for Korean victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 5, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the bombing. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP)

Atomic bomb survivors observe a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6 in Hiroshima. (Photo by Kyodo)

People pray in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the atomic bombing at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, the 80th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing. (Photo by Yo Inoue)

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Aug. 6 attends an event in Hiroshima marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Prime Minister Ishiba concludes his speech at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6. (Photo by Arisa Moriyama)

A woman prays in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6. (Photo by Yo Inoue)

Visitors to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park walk near the Atomic Bomb Dome on Aug. 6. (Photo by Kyodo)

People carry lanterns around the Atomic Bomb Dome at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park as they head to a Buddhist ceremony to commemorate the victims of the atomic bombing, on Aug. 5. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Visitors light incense sticks and pray at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park ahead of a memorial service to mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Aug. 6. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP)

A person prepares to release a paper lantern on the Motoyasu River, with the Atomic Bomb Dome in the background, on Aug. 6, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Paper lanterns float on the Motoyasu River on Aug. 6. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP)

Paper lanterns along the Motoyasu River pay homage to the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP)

Bonfires are lit along the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome during a remembrance ceremony in Hiroshima on Aug. 5. (Photo by Yo Inoue)