Hiroshima calls for nuclear-free world

The Japanese city of Hiroshima marked the 61st anniversary of the world’s first atomic attack on Sunday with renewed calls for a nuclear-free world.

Some 45,000 people recited silent prayers at 8:15am (0315am PST) the exact moment in 1945 when a single US bomb instantly killed more than 140,000 people and fatally injured tens of thousands of others with radiation or horrific burns.