Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city.⁣ ⁣ About 50,000 people, including representatives from some 120 countries and regions attended the ceremony.⁣ ⁣ A minute of silence was held while a peace bell rang out at 8:15am, the time when a US B-29 dropped the bomb on the city.⁣ ⁣ On August 6, 1945, the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening Japan’s surrender in World War II.⁣ ⁣ #news #Hiroshima #Japan #US #atomicbomb #anniversary⁣