
US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deliver remarks after laying wreaths at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. (AFP Photo)
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President Obama laid a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Barack Obama is the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima
He, however, didn't apologise for the atomic bombing that killed 140,000
"71 years ago, death fell from the sky and the world was changed," the president said after laying a wreath, as he became the first sitting US leader to visit the site.
Obama looked sombre as he offered the wreath, lowering his head and pausing for a moment with his eyes closed before withdrawing and watching Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lay his flowers.
The bomb "demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself".

President Barack Obama lays a wreath during a visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. (AFP Photo)
"Their souls speak to us, they ask us to look inward, take stock of who we are," he said.
"Technological progress without equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of the atom requires a moral revolution as well.

US President Barack Obama (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after laying wreaths at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. (AFP Photo)
"We force ourselves to feel the dread of children confused by what they see. We listen to a silent cry."
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