Do nuclear weapons make the world a safer place? As Japan marks 80 years since the US detonated two atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, its leaders are renewing their call for global disarmament.
Japan’s warning at Hiroshima ceremony
Annihilation: The United States dropped the only two nuclear bombs ever used in warfare on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (above) and Nagasaki in August 1945, with the intention of bringing a swift end to World War Two.