# @cgtneurope on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbs7ozGET8q
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68914553-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-06T14:30:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

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Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city.⁣
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About 50,000 people, including representatives from some 120 countries and regions attended the ceremony.⁣
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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.⁣
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On August 6, 1945, the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening Japan’s surrender in World War II.⁣
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