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75 years since the last atomic bombing, let us remain committed to ensuring Nagasaki is the last place on Earth to suffer such devastation.

— @antonioguterres on #Nagasaki75 https://t.co/SGd8B18RGP pic.twitter.com/inXXVsT5IK

— United Nations (@UN) August 9, 2020

https://twitter.com/UN_Disarmament/status/1292334341964562434

75 since the last atomic bombing, let us remain committed to ensuring Nagasaki is the last place on Earth to suffer such devastation.

The total elimination of nuclear weapons is the only absolute guarantee against their use.

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) August 9, 2020

Dutch ambassador Peter van der Vliet attended solemn and impressive Nagasaki Peace Ceremony to commemorate the victims of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki 75 years ago. pic.twitter.com/VZeZk7RTZX

— Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan (@NLinJapan) August 9, 2020

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. Amb Court attended the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony, a commemoration to the victims of the atomic bombing. Australia stands with Japan in working towards realising a world without nuclear weapons.@nagasakishikoho pic.twitter.com/Ic0ntfLHzw

— オーストラリア大使館 Australia in Japan (@AustraliaInJPN) August 9, 2020

Honored to meet mayor of Nagasaki Taue. Extremely important to continue promoting peace among nations and to continue telling the story of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors (hibakusha). Young should learn what suffering war and hatred might cause. #Nagasaki @nagasakishikoho pic.twitter.com/vxgce5DTXo

— Ana Polak Petrič (@AnaPPetric) August 8, 2020

This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

In order to remember all victims of nuclear weapons, please join the Silent Minute at 11:02am on Sunday 9 August 2020. pic.twitter.com/r57vG6g2ff

— South Ayrshire Council (@southayrshire) August 7, 2020

https://twitter.com/BelgiumMFA/status/1291245792540471298

The City has proclaimed today (Aug 6) is Hiroshima Day and Sunday (Aug 9) is Nagasaki Day. These proclamations express solidarity and commitment to the global effort to carry forward the legacy of Hibakusha, the atomic bomb survivors who demand the abolition of nuclear weapons. pic.twitter.com/fp1ioPif4G

— City of Lawrence KS (@lawrenceks) August 6, 2020

Hope to remain 'last atomic-bombed city' https://t.co/AjeoMKZ6eh

— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) August 9, 2020

Remembering atomic bomb victims in Nagasaki https://t.co/F9r6lbEaw9

— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) August 9, 2020

Water prepared for Nagasaki atomic bomb victims https://t.co/dgsIEzG8fR

— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) August 8, 2020

Nagasaki marks 75th A-bomb anniversary with call for Japan to sign nuke ban as new arms race looms https://t.co/X6c1nDvtD6

— The Japan Times (@japantimes) August 9, 2020

At this exact minute 75 years ago, the city of Nagasaki was hit by an atomic bomb, resulting in an estimated 74,000 deaths. As the average age of survivors is now 83, leaders are urging more action toward a world free of nuclear weapons. https://t.co/WODyWXAtWq

— The Japan Times (@japantimes) August 9, 2020

#Nagasaki native MAIGUMA Nanae reproduced with 3D scanning & printing tech. vases, deformed by atomic bomb heat and stored at #NagasakiAtomicBombMuseum with care. Her #VaseToPray Project lets people experience the past by "touching" these artifacts: https://t.co/IlsiO2L4pS pic.twitter.com/g1jl8r4vT7

— japan (@japan) August 9, 2020

https://twitter.com/Japan_fnh/status/1292318809202671617

Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor Terumi Tanaka recounts what happened after the US attacked on August 9, 1945 pic.twitter.com/Kt80Eyj7nY

— TRT World (@trtworld) August 9, 2020

The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing.

Nagasaki survivors and other participants stood in a minute of silence to honor more than 70,000 dead. More @business: https://t.co/zNInbpw4fo pic.twitter.com/xhtsWUBKI7

— Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) August 9, 2020

Nagasaki marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders to call for a nuclear weapons ban, @AP reports https://t.co/HnSr0Edvq2

— Bloomberg (@business) August 9, 2020

BREAKING: With dwindling survivors, Nagasaki marks 75th anniversary of US atomic bombing that killed more than 70,000 people. https://t.co/cH6xQFiTJz

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 9, 2020

Today Nagasaki marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing. Last year I had the opportunity to talk to survivors there. Mr Hayashida, a Catholic, was just 7 and he suffered severe burns. When he touched his head, there was blood all over his hand. https://t.co/k6ApdAkw1i pic.twitter.com/qSE0IxA0HO

— Natsuko Fukue (@natfukue) August 9, 2020

Let us not forget: the U.S. dropped two bombs on Japan. Today is the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. I visited four years ago, when the city was not on the itinerary as President Obama visited Hiroshima https://t.co/xzhrllAoiW

— Motoko Rich (@motokorich) August 9, 2020

https://twitter.com/BBCWales/status/1291812119390883840

The Japanese city of Nagasaki has marked its 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a nuclear weapons ban.https://t.co/ju5TSTE5qu

— News18.com (@news18dotcom) August 9, 2020

Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US atomic bombing https://t.co/ygowuKvRqx

— FOX61 (@FOX61News) August 9, 2020

LANTERNS FOR PEACE: It’s been 75 years since atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Lanterns made by the public were launched at Tenney Park in Madison tonight to honor the lives of those we have lost in wars. pic.twitter.com/rlXUbMvzAY

— News 3 Now / Channel 3000 (@WISCTV_News3) August 7, 2020

The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world’s first ever nuclear attack. https://t.co/aNmMDwBcYQ

— WGRZ (@WGRZ) August 9, 2020

Nagasaki's mayor urged lawmakers to quickly sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, saying the threat of nuclear arms is growing more than ever. https://t.co/9zbCUyU0yH

— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) August 9, 2020

Nagasaki urges nuclear weapons ban as it marks 75th anniversary of atomic bombing https://t.co/lPaBwdh2Xy

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) August 9, 2020

#TodayInHistory | 1945: US drops second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki pic.twitter.com/pTetc1NPSx

— WION (@WIONews) August 9, 2020

Aug. 9 is the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. https://t.co/dsM8Nhzh6Y

— Catholic News Service (@CatholicNewsSvc) August 9, 2020

Images of the Pontifical Mass in 1949 in honor of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of St. Francis Xavier and Christianity in Japan, in the ruins of Nagasaki Cathedral, devastated by an atomic bomb. pic.twitter.com/JNZBqSetIq

— Old Macau Archives (@mfm_0624) August 9, 2020

Today marks 75 years since US unleashed world’s second atomic bomb attack on #Nagasakihttps://t.co/YDbRj7tO91

— Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) August 9, 2020

Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue read a peace declaration in which he raised concern about a growing global opinion supportive of nuclear deterrence. https://t.co/o3oxMf9YG6

— Business Line (@businessline) August 9, 2020

#OnThisDay US dropped 2nd atomic bomb "#FatMan" on Japan that destroyed part of #Nagasaki (1945).

Birth Anniversary of Amedeo Avogadro (1776) – Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory known as Avogadro's law.https://t.co/JGq49KV6xq pic.twitter.com/IOheuubIUq

— Knowledge Zone (@KnowledgeZoneIn) August 9, 2020

To honour the victims and survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki 75 years ago today, the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis just ratified the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. #Nagasaki75 #nuclearban @skngov @pmharriskn @markbrantley3 pic.twitter.com/xbcwNqG3kc

— ICAN (@nuclearban) August 9, 2020

https://twitter.com/nuclearban/status/1291871501453422592

Nagasaki was added to the target list—Hiroshima, Kokura, and Niigita—one day before it was finalized, replacing Kyoto. It was bombed only because ground haze and smoke obscured Kokura, the primary target. Nagasaki almost wasn’t destroyed because it was mostly obscured by clouds. pic.twitter.com/OJA9Wzq3xX

— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) August 9, 2020

Almost every home within 1.5 miles of ground zero was destroyed. Of the 52,000 homes in Nagasaki that day, 14,000 (27%) were destroyed and another 5,400 were significantly damaged. Combustible materials like paper were instantly ignited by the thermal pulse up to 1.9 miles away. pic.twitter.com/GkdGIGV7PA

— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) August 9, 2020

At this moment 75 years ago—11:02am August 9, local time, "Fat Man”—a 21-kiloton implosion-type atomic bomb—exploded ~1,650 feet over Nagasaki, missing its intended aim point by 1.3 miles but killing an estimated 70,000 men, women, and children and injuring some 60,000 more. pic.twitter.com/v6xnxHheIC

— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) August 9, 2020

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki. It is a time for prayer and remembrance, but also to raise awareness.#nagasaki #peace #neveragain pic.twitter.com/7xmxJdXOtD

— Nagasaki Blue & Orange (@V_Varen_EN) August 9, 2020

At two minutes past 11 o'clock in the morning of the 9th of August 1945, an atomic bomb exploded over the Japanese city of Nagasaki with around 129,000 – 226,000 killed from the atomic bomb and aftereffects. pic.twitter.com/lK9KpEtR3K

— Photos of war (@20th_21st) August 8, 2020

Unlike other Japanese cities, Nagasaki didn't get warning leaflets until a day after the US dropped Fat Man. It was likely due to the confusion created by the United States’ rush to write, print, and distribute leaflets before the second atomic bomb was dropped over Japan. #WWII pic.twitter.com/l0XIEU906d

— Manhattan Project (@MnhtnProjectNPS) August 8, 2020

9 Aug 1945: The U.S. drops an #tomic bomb, nicknamed Fat Man, on #Nagasaki, Japan, near the end of World War II. This followed the first #atomic bomb, which the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima on August 6. #WW2 #WWII #history #ad https://t.co/qT2jM1Ir9o pic.twitter.com/TX6fT6wfo2

— Today In History (@URDailyHistory) August 9, 2020

The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago. Almost a quarter of a million people died.

Was it a war crime? pic.twitter.com/FAAcpu0B7G

— AJ+ (@ajplus) August 8, 2020

Leaders who refuse to support the UN nuclear weapon treaty are failing to heed the warnings of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

They are putting present and future generations at risk.

We must honour the victims with action.#nuclearban #Nagasaki75 pic.twitter.com/T6rWOPDVuI

— ICAN (@nuclearban) August 9, 2020

The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world’s first ever nuclear attack that killed 140,000. On Aug. 15, Japan surrendered, ending World War II. https://t.co/F4TGSTDWCK

— myRepública (@RepublicaNepal) August 9, 2020

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD released over 100,000 times the thermal energy of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The volcano last erupted in March 1944, making its present lull in activity the longest in almost 500 years. pic.twitter.com/2Irkoi3DsE

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) August 8, 2020

Bulletin co-founder Eugene Rabinowitch warned in June 1945 against dropping the bombs on Japan. What would he say about Hiroshima and Nagasaki today? https://t.co/tALN2Q4q1t pic.twitter.com/oI7LhkCiZQ

— Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (@BulletinAtomic) August 8, 2020

"At the 75th anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we stand in another moment of global chaos and profound loss," writes @tedlieu. https://t.co/wAPsE4S5ea pic.twitter.com/wHyNgd0Fmd

— Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (@BulletinAtomic) August 7, 2020

"[M]any of the central claims on which the official story about Hiroshima and Nagasaki is founded…appear to rest on shaky ground…But have people caught up with the historiography?" https://t.co/zEAcxzrnFC pic.twitter.com/KrlNNdfH5U

— Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (@BulletinAtomic) August 5, 2020

Elaine Scarry connects the racism of the past to that of the present in "Memorial Days: the racial underpinnings of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings." Read it as part of our special coverage this week commemorating the 75th anniversary of the bombings: https://t.co/gVKYAAF3kN pic.twitter.com/OFLWsHlyFl

— Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (@BulletinAtomic) August 3, 2020

U.S. leaders knew we didn't have to drop atomic bombs on Japan to win the war. We did it anyway. https://t.co/XdPo82jinK

— Common Dreams (@commondreams) August 6, 2020

"Hiroshima" has become shorthand for the atomic bombings, as Nagasaki survivors have struggled to get equal attention for the trauma of their experience https://t.co/1iuVJ5lha4

— TIME (@TIME) August 8, 2020

"Hiroshima" has become shorthand for the atomic bombings, as Nagasaki survivors have struggled to get equal attention for the trauma of their experience https://t.co/JKKz7EJOoO

— TIME (@TIME) August 7, 2020

"Hiroshima" has become shorthand for the atomic bombings, as Nagasaki survivors have struggled to get equal attention for the trauma of their experience https://t.co/5IhKkjetkI

— TIME (@TIME) August 6, 2020

The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are recruiting “legacy successors” who will inherit the stories of atom-bomb survivors https://t.co/KdAnkwLNZC

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 3, 2020

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75th anniversary of atomic bombings https://t.co/R8qBu5dXeX

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 8, 2020

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Women survivors of the atomic bombs https://t.co/lcQGLQqjAQ

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 3, 2020

In the wake of unimaginable horrors — endless wars, the Holocaust, Chernobyl, Fukushima … not to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki — humankind has constantly confronted the problem of the continuity of memory. https://t.co/vw75eGMemC

— NYT At War (@NYTimesAtWar) August 6, 2020

Japan set to mark 75 years since the United States unleashed the world’s first atomic bomb attack on the city of Hiroshima, followed three days later by the second and last on Nagasaki https://t.co/hxCR1zCmrw pic.twitter.com/pBavPKk4h8

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 4, 2020

August 6 marks 75 years since the United States unleashed the world's first atomic bomb attack on the city of Hiroshima, followed three days later by a second on Nagasaki, vaporizing lives, buildings and Japan's capacity for war. Images of the devastation: https://t.co/dQqbcbYl9t pic.twitter.com/lyICSpg1ul

— Reuters Pictures (@reuterspictures) August 6, 2020

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki capped six years of top-secret work by scientists from Europe and North America. @AFP provides an overview of how that process unfolded https://t.co/GJAQuu0dcE pic.twitter.com/eYAjgMecZU

— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 4, 2020

"There is a sense of impending crisis that we don't have much longer to live."

Michiko Kodama is a hibakusha, an atomic bomb survivor. This year, she and other survivors took to an online gathering to share their stories on Japan's #Hiroshima75 and Nagasaki anniversary #被爆75年 pic.twitter.com/5mDkQYVg2i

— Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) August 4, 2020

"There is a sense of impending crisis that we don't have much longer to live."

Michiko Kodama is a hibakusha, an atomic bomb survivor. This year, she and other survivors took to an online gathering to share their stories on Hiroshima and Nagasaki's 75th anniversary. pic.twitter.com/ZdfS86IKD0

— BloombergQuint (@BloombergQuint) August 6, 2020

This weekend marks 75 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. @HarrySmith spoke with Howard Kakita, an American who looks back on surviving the Hiroshima bombing when he was 7. pic.twitter.com/Adn5Gaq5Xe

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 7, 2020

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the US attack by atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. #hiroshima75 https://t.co/7H4CJ5rUzs

— Evening Standard (@standardnews) August 6, 2020

The United States' plans for unleashing its atomic bombs went beyond Hiroshima and Nagasaki https://t.co/eDv36tYh0U

— National Geographic (@NatGeo) August 6, 2020

Just 2 days after the destructive blast in Hiroshima, another dropped on Nagasaki.

Over 74,000 people died from this atomic bomb.

Just imagine 10 times the damage nuclear weapons can cause today — and we have 14,000 of them around the world.

Isn't it time for #NuclearBan? pic.twitter.com/zw5tn4Zuf5

— ICRC Asia-Pacific (@ICRC_AsiaPac) August 7, 2020

6th of August.

The first atomic bomb on a populated are was dropped on the 6th of August 1945 on Hiroshima. The bomb almost completely destroyed the city.

''Hiroshima and Nagasaki'' pic.twitter.com/6q9WCeIG0D

— This Day In History (@anthony_adejumo) August 5, 2020

On March 9, 1945, napalm bombs dropped by B-29s whipped up a firestorm that destroyed much of central Tokyo and killed some 100,000 people — fewer than at Hiroshima (roughly 130,000 dead) but more than at Nagasaki (more than 60,000 dead).@PostOpinions https://t.co/GhZL3iaFAX

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) August 8, 2020

75 years ago after the bombing of Hiroshima, Black poet Langston Hughes asked, “How come we did not try them [atomic bombs] on Germany…They just did not want to use them on white folks.” ⁦@BulletinAtomic⁩ explores the racism of the Atomic Bomb. https://t.co/1ByVA3XIUH

— Joe Cirincione (@Cirincione) August 3, 2020

NEW ARTICLE: I was asked to write an article for National Geographic History about the plans to use more atomic bombs after Hiroshima and Nagasaki — it's now available online. https://t.co/FTsuNzjYIk

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 5, 2020

#tdih 1945 U.S. dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Shinichi Tetsutani (3 yrs old) was riding his tricycle. He was among hundreds of thousands of civilians murdered that day and 3 days later in Nagasaki. Read⬇️https://t.co/dnwwCUMajs

— Zinn Ed Project (@ZinnEdProject) August 6, 2020

The Organising Committee for the Atomic Bomb Exhibitions in Nairobi, since 2015, has been organising a poster exhibition each year to raise awareness of what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.#orizuru75 pic.twitter.com/sbYSGnSVwJ

— Orizuru75 Campaign (@orizuru75) August 6, 2020

https://twitter.com/IanMaher7/status/1291273584883662849

The two churches that survived the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki https://t.co/gbYADbRSmm

— Sr. Veronica Paul (@sistervpaul_) August 6, 2020

75 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, survivors are #StillHere speaking truth to power. Unfortunately, nuclear weapons are also #StillHere. That’s why @GeorgeTakei, UCS, and many more are marking the anniversary on August 6 & 9: https://t.co/1EFpUAq5ex pic.twitter.com/2oFmXyY18e

— Union of Concerned Scientists (@UCSUSA) August 4, 2020

On the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, read about Sanae Ogino, an Obama Leader and a native of Hiroshima, who is working to achieve lasting world peace through nuclear abolition: https://t.co/rXtQt6T25i pic.twitter.com/OgijUJET8J

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) August 6, 2020

The Photographers Who Captured the Toll of Hiroshima and Nagasaki https://t.co/8L50T6mWb3

— The Center for Photographers of Color (@photogsofcolor) August 6, 2020

Let's not forget the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They are #StillHere and their stories matter. We need to call on leaders to ensure these weapons are never used again. https://t.co/XktC7bw4oZ

— NTI (@NTI_WMD) August 8, 2020

On the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, @ClydeHaberman reflects on his time as a foreign correspondent in Japan reporting on the lives of the survivors – known as hibakusha. #Hiroshima75https://t.co/oAWo7lgWuO

— Retro Report (@RetroReport) August 6, 2020

August 6, 1945, 8:15 A.M.

75 years ago today, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb used in combat on the Japanese city of Hiroshima — forever changing the world we live in. #Hiroshima75 https://t.co/6ged9vTKaO

— Diefenbunker Museum (@Diefenbunker) August 6, 2020

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Women survivors of the atomic bombs.
On 6 and 9 August, it will be 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki towards the end of World War Two.
https://t.co/nAj9CmziHx pic.twitter.com/j8YqRx8B4J

— Grays of Westminster (@NikonatGrays) August 5, 2020

But accounts like Yasui's tell us what nuclear weapons ACTUALLY do.

They burn and blind. They devastate cities + kill indiscriminately. A strong case can be made that the way nuclear weapons were used against Hiroshima/Nagasaki would be a war crime today. https://t.co/f3RfJThkYB

— FCNL (Quakers) (@FCNL) August 6, 2020

“The last great challenge we face is to ban and eliminate these weapons. Face it with us. We're nearly there."

– Hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bombs#Hiroshima75 https://t.co/cNJ5HtBt4m

— Quakers in Britain (@BritishQuakers) August 6, 2020

As we observe the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki, we consider this speech given in 1955 by Bertrand Russell. In a new age of atomic fear, he told the world: 'Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.' #Hiroshima75 #Nagasaki75 pic.twitter.com/rGDfTSXmr1

— Humanists UK (@Humanists_UK) August 9, 2020

On August 9th 1945, the USA dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 340,000 people overall.

As years go by, memory fades, but we will not forget. Pause with us for the Peace Wave at 11:02 tomorrow to say never again. #Hiroshima75https://t.co/WdK2EoYmEe pic.twitter.com/TXkk1RHwow

— CND (@CNDuk) August 8, 2020

75th anniversary of US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -READ MORE – https://t.co/FQJMopzuVK pic.twitter.com/nyPdPjBJD4

— Committee for a workers' International (@CwiSocialist) August 6, 2020

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soka Gakkai Buddhist organization has put out a statement… Read more here: https://t.co/Iz806XSWko

— @OfficialSGIUSA (@OfficialSGIUSA) August 7, 2020

https://twitter.com/RdmRevista/status/1290834941736099842

"It looks like what happened in Japan, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.That's what it reminds me of. I have never seen destruction on this scale in my life.
-Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud cries as he explains to a journalist the scene of the destruction due to the explosion.#Beirut pic.twitter.com/pgNdCCAefv

— Haseeb (@haseeb_425) August 4, 2020