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Remembering the victims of the Hiroshima blast

A woman kneels and pours tear at a ceremony to mark the bombing anniversary

A tea ceremony is held to mark the atomic bombing anniversary Source: AAP

This weekend marks the seventy-seventh anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb - dropped over the Japanese city of Hiroshima in the final weeks of World War Two.



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