The atomic bombings of Japan, which occurred 75 years ago this week, stunned and horrified the world.

The first blast, which obliterated Hiroshima on 6 August, 1945, killed more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians. The second attack, which targeted Nagasaki on 9 August, killed another 80,000.

Most victims died in the immediate detonations and resulting firestorm; many additional thousands were burned or succumbed later from exposure to fallout.