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PHOTOS: President Obama becomes first sitting president to visit Hiroshima

Friday, May 27, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama stands after laying a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, on May 27, 2016.
U.S. President Barack Obama lays wreaths at the cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.
Obama, right, delivers remarks next to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 27, 2016.
U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor, historian and creator of the memorial for American WWII POWs killed at Hiroshima.
President Obama shakes hands with Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor, historian and creator of the memorial for American WWII POWs killed at Hiroshima.
Obama shakes hands and talks with Sunao Tsuboi, a survivor of the 1945 Atomic Bombing and chairman of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organization.
Obama shakes hands and talks with Sunao Tsuboi, a survivor of the 1945 Atomic Bombing and chairman of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organization.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speak, with the Atomic Bomb Dome seen at rear.
President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after laying a wreath at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.
President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk after laying wreaths at the cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
U.S. President Barack Obama reaches out to shake hands with a student after laying a wreath and giving a speech.
Bomb survivor Kinuyo Ikegami offers prayers at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, May 27, 2016.
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U.S. President Barack Obama stands after laying a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, on May 27, 2016.
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