Hiroshima Aftermath - 70 years ago

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Haunting images have been released showing the immediate aftermath of the American atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima 70 years ago today.

Horrifically injured locals are pictured wandering along flattened streets strewn with corpses in the western Japanese city only hours after the nuclear bomb, nicknamed 'Little Boy', was dropped.

Radiation in the city was so intense that everybody pictured in the chilling images would have died of exposure poisoning in the weeks, months and years that followed the August 6, 1945 attack.

Japan today commemorates the loss of 140,000 people killed in the initial blast, as well the countless numbers who died later.

Horrifically injured locals are pictured dying on flattened streets strewn with corpses in the western Japanese city only hours after the explosion.

Wrapped in bloodied bandages, families pose for photographs. Right, Injured locals walk along streets strewn with corpses.

The haunting photographs are thought to have been taken shortly after the attack, 70 years ago today.

Hardly any buildings in Hiroshima were left standing after the massive atomic bomb blast.

Wrapped in bloodied bandages, a Japanese mother cradles and breastfeeds her injured baby.

The unknown photographer is believed to have died shortly before his camera went on sale, as nobody could have survived the radiation levels in the area so soon after the bombing.

The photographs were discovered 10 years ago, but their display at Scotland's museum is believed to be the first time they have been shown together.

'Little Boy' - the first atomic bomb used at war - killed 140,000 people in Hiroshima (pictured). A second bomb 'Fat Man,' dropped over Nagasaki three days later, killed another 70,000.

Visitors prayed for an end to nuclear weapons as Japan came to a standstill to mark the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima blast.

The sun rises over the Atomic Bomb Dome beside the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.

Visitors pray for the atomic bomb victims in front of the cenotaph at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park today.

Dozens of doves were released into the air over a park in Hiroshima, which lies close to the epicentre of the 1945 attack.

A woman prays in front of the memorial to the victims of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing on the 70th anniversary of the attack today.

Children stage a 'die-in' in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima earlier this morning.

Japanese girls on their way to school take a moment to pay their respects to the Hiroshima victims.

Representatives of A-bomb survivors (left) and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) carry wreaths to lay for victims killed by the atomic bombing at a cenotaph during the peace memorial ceremony.

A young girl offers prayers to the victims of the Hiroshima attack at the 70th anniversary service.

Women are seen praying for victims of the atomic bombing in front of the Hiroshima cenotaph today.

A woman is seen deep in prayer at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park, which lies close to the bomb site.

A young boy clasps his hands in prayer at the site of the Hiroshima bomb blast this morning.

Doves fly over Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in west Japan this morning.

Attendees offer flowers for Hiroshima victims during the peace memorial ceremony today.

People pray for victims in front of the cenotaph at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park earlier today.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe watches on during the 70th anniversary ceremony in Hiroshima.