Hiroshima Peace Message Lantern Floating to mark the 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bomb

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: The Peace Message Lantern Floating Ceremony is held in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome to console the souls of the A-Bomb victims after the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing on August 06, 2015 in Hiroshima, Japan. Japan marks the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing an estimated number of 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, ending World War II. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)