6, 1945, the single most destructive weapon ever unleashed upon human beings and the environment - the atomic bomb - was dropped by an American B-29 bomber on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing approximately 80,000 people instantly. More than 75,000 people were killed in Hiroshima when the United States dropped the bomb near the end of World War II. 6, 2012, on the Motoyasu River facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome on the 67th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
A girl prays after releasing a paper lantern Aug.
