Photos: Hiroshima after the atomic bomb – and today

Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
Nuclear weapon was used on Aug. 6, 1945
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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 1945 file photo, only a handful of buildings remain standing amid the wasteland of Hiroshima, the Japanese city reduced to rubble following the first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare. On Aug. 6, 1945, a U.S. plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the first nuclear weapon has been used in war. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II. (AP Photo/File)