A ceremony took place in the Japanese city of Nagasaki this morning to mark the 60th anniversary of the dropping of an atomic bomb on the city near the end of the Second World War.
Around 70,000 people died in the American attack on 9 August 1945, three days after the first atomic bomb landed on Hiroshima, killing at least 140,000.
Thousands of people attended a ceremony in the city's peace park this morning to commemorate the bombing.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi observed a minute of silent prayer at today’s ceremony.
'I give all my heart to the victims. Japan will make an effort to keep world peace and maintain the three non-nuclear principles and a peaceful constitution,' he said.
