Updated: May 27, 2016 at 10:54 AM
President Obama makes historic visit to Hiroshima (17 images)
President Barack Obama traveled to Hiroshima, Japan, on Friday, May 27, 2016, marking the first time a sitting American president has visited the site of the world's first nuclear attack, carried out more than 70 years ago.
U.S. President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 27, 2016. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima to pay respects to the 140,000 people killed by the world's first nuclear atomic bomb in 1945 that brought World War II to a close. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI
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U.S. President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 27, 2016. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima to pay respects to the 140,000 people killed by the world's first nuclear atomic bomb in 1945 that brought World War II to a close. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI
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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talk withHiroshima atomic bomb survivors after laying a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 27, 2016. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima to pay respects to the 140,000 people killed by the world's first nuclear atomic bomb in 1945 that brought World War II to a close. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) with U.S. President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 27, 2016. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima to pay respects to the 140,000 people killed by the world's first nuclear atomic bomb in 1945 that brought World War II to a close. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI
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