People in Japan are remembering the victims of a catastrophic event during World War Two. Exactly 75 years ago, an American warplane dropped an atomic bomb on the southwestern city of Nagasaki ... just three days after one leveled Hiroshima.
People gathered at a ceremony on Sunday to hope for a world without war and nuclear weapons.
People gathered in Hiroshima early on Thursday morning to honor the victims of the world's first atomic bombing.
They came out to share their wishes for peace at the monument in the Peace Memorial Park.
People in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa are looking back at one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of World War Two. Seventy-five years ago today, Japan's military operations against US forces on the islands came to an end.
An annual memorial service was held at the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itoman on Tuesday. This is where the last major confrontation in the Battle of Okinawa took place.
People in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa are observing 75 years since the end of one of the fiercest ground battles in the closing stages of World War Two.
Since early morning, people have been coming out to pray for those who died in the Battle of Okinawa.