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Photos: Hiroshima after the atomic bomb
Thousands of people were instantly killed after the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. About 140,000 would die from complications as a result of the bombing by the end of the year. Here is a selection of historical images on the ground in Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped.