Hiroshima Marks the 68th Anniversary of Atomic Bomb

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Anti-nuclear activists march around the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on the day of the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 2013 in Hiroshima, Japan. Japan marks the 68th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima by the United States on August 6, 1945, killing an estimated 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 Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)