Editor's Note:
The 73rd anniversary memorial service for the atomic bomb victims was held at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 2018. A US B-29 plane dropped a bomb over the city at 8:15 am on August 6, 1945, marking the first use of an atomic weapon which ultimately claimed the lives of some 140,000 people. (Photos: JIJI PRESS/VCG)
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (right) offers a new list of the dead, including individuals who died since last year's anniversary from the side effects of radiation, during the 73rd anniversary memorial service for the atomic bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 2018. Photo: JIJI PRESS/VCG 
Family members offer prayers for the atomic bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 2018. Photo: JIJI PRESS/VCG
