In Photos: Nagasaki marks 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing

Peace Statue is seen at Nagasaki's Peace Park early on the morning of Aug. 9, 2018, as Nagasaki marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Mainichi)

People pray for atomic bomb victims and peace at an early morning mass at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2018, as the city marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Mainichi)

A man prays at Nagasaki's Peace Park early on Aug. 9, 2018, as the city marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Mainichi)

A man prays for atomic bomb victims at Nagasaki's Peace Park early on Aug. 9, 2018, as the city marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Mainichi)

High school students and other visitors offer prayers to atomic bomb victims at Bakushinchi (Hypocenter) Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

High school students prepare to lay flowers next to a photo of the late Sumiteru Taniguchi, an atomic bomb survivor from Nagasaki who dedicated his life to the abolition of nuclear weapons, in front of the Hypocenter Cenotaph at Bakushinchi (Hypocenter) Park on Aug. 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

A high school student offers a prayer at Bakushinchi (Hypocenter) Park on Aug. 9, 2018, as the city marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Mainichi)

Atomic bomb survivors sing "Mou Nido to (Never again)" at Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony at Nagasaki's Peace Park on Aug. 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, center, smiles as he shows a paper crane he made with local children at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on Aug. 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue reads out the Peace Declaration at Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony, as the city marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, at Nagasaki's Peace Park, on Aug. 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

Terumi Tanaka, representative of hibakusha and a senior member of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, reads out the pledge for peace at Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony, as the city marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, at Nagasaki's Peace Park, on Aug. 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

An A-bombed statue of the Virgin Mary is carried by religious followers and other participants with torch flames from Urakami Cathedral to Nagasaki Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki, on Aug. 9, 2018. (Mainichi)