HIROSHIMA, JAPAN:  END OF THE WAR/HIROSHIMA PHOTO PACKAGE  (FILES) This file photo dated 1948 shows the devastated city of Hiroshima some three years after the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city, 06 August 1945, at the end of World War II.  Around 140,000 people, or more than half of Hiroshima's population at the time, died in the first atomic bombing 06 August 1945, with another 70,000 people perishing in the bomb dropped over Nagasaki 09 August 1945.  Following the bombings, Japan surrendered 02 September 1945 to Allied forces, officially ending World War II, bringing down the curtain on the costliest conflict in history. The 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima will take place with ceremonies in the Japanese city on 06 August 2005.    AFP PHOTO/FILES  (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)