# A record number of countries and regions will attend the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima tomorrow, including Russia’s ally, Belarus, and first-timers Taiwan and representatives of Palestine. The United States dropped the bomb on the Japanese city on 6 August 1945, killing some 140-thousand people. Three days later a second device was used on Nagasaki, with some 74-thousand people losing their lives. Representatives from 120 countries and regions are expected to attend the ceremony. These however don’t include prominent nuclear states like Russia, China, and Pakistan.
Record number of countries will attend 80th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb