Aug 6, 2012

August 6 Photo Brief: Hiroshima marks 67th anniversary of atomic bomb, Curiosity on Mars, Olympics Day 10 and an underwater wedding

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Hiroshima marks 67th anniversary of atomic bomb, NASA lands Curiosity on Mars, Day 10 at the Olympics, and more in today’s daily brief.

: Japanese people pray in front of a monument for atomic bomb vicitims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Parkon August 6, 2012 in Hiroshima, Japan. Japan marks the 67th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima by the United States on August 6, 1945, killing an estimated 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

: A general view of Hiroshima Peace Memorial, commonly called the Atomic Bomb Dome at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

: A woman prays for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima August 6, 2012, on the 67th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing on the city. (Kyodo/Reuters)

: A girl prays after releasing a paper lantern on the Motoyasu river facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on the 67th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 6, 2012. (Kyodo/Reuters)

: A first generation immigrant from Japan holds a lantern to remember the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, at Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo August 5, 2012. Sao Paulo has the world’s largest Japanese neighborhood outside of Japan. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

: Indian students paint their faces with anti-nuclear messages for a rally marking the 67th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing over Hiroshima by the U.S., in Mumbai on August 6, 2012. (Punit Paranje/AFP/Getty Images)

: Steve Collins waits during the “Seven Minutes of Terror” as the rover approaches the surface of mars at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on August 5, 2012 in Pasadena, California. (Brian van der Brug-Pool/Getty Images)

: About two hours after landing on Mars and beaming back its first image, NASA’s Curiosity rover transmitted a higher-resolution image of its new Martian home, Gale Crater as seen in this photograph released by NASA August 6, 2012. (NASA handout/Reuters)

: A member of the Miwaukee area Sikh community weeps as he listens to information about the shooting spree of Wade Michael Page August 6, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Page opened fire with a 9mm pistol at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin killing six people before being killed by police in a shootout. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Indian Sikh devotees pay their respects at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on August 6, 2012. Indian Sikhs, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, voiced shock and anger August 6 at the killing of worshippers at a Sikh temple in the U.S., with some suggesting American Muslims may have been the intended target. (NArinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)

: An aerial view shows Muslim pilgrims walking around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque of the holy city of Mecca on August 6, 2012. All over the world Muslims are performing one of the five pillars of Islam as they fast from dawn to dusk during the holy month of Ramadan. (Amer Hilabi/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Bosnian Muslim woman prays along a corridor with rooms where inmates were tortured, during the 20th anniversary of the closure of the Omarska detention camp in Omarska, August 6, 2012. Hundreds of former inmates released balloons with names of missing persons into the air during a ceremony marking its closure, commemorating around 800 people who died in the camp which housed approximately 5,000 people during the 1992 Bosnian war. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

: A visitor stands next to balloons in a building where inmates were tortured, during the 20th anniversary of the closure of the Omarska detention camp in Omarska, August 6, 2012. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

: A picture shows blood from a member of the Ivory Coast Republican Force (FRCI) that was killed at the Akouedo military camp in Abidjan on August 6, 2012. A raid on the army base left at least six dead in the latest of a string of attacks targeting the military in the Ivory Coast economic capital. (Sia Kambousia/AFP/Getty Images)

: A patrol of the Ivory Coast Republican Force (FRCI) ride to a search operation on August 6, 2012 in Bingerville, a town near Abidjan. A raid on an army base in Abidjan left at least six dead in the latest of a string of attacks targeting the military in the Ivory Coast economic capital. (Issouf Sango/AFP/Getty Images)

: Syrian rebels prepare to advance into the Salaheddin district in the northern city of Aleppo to fight against forces loyal to the government on August 4, 2012. Syrian regime warplanes pounded rebel positions in second city Aleppo ahead of a threatened ground assault by more than 20,000 troops assembled around the commercial capital. (Achilleas Zavallis/AFP/Getty Images)

: A photo taken on August 6, 2012 shows the town of Igualero inside of the National Park of Garajonay after it was devastated by a forest fire on the Spanish Canary Island of La Gomera. (Desiree Martin/AFP/Getty Images)

: Fran Calvo (L) and Monica Fraile (R) celebrate their wedding in a Sea Life Aquarium on August 6, 2012 in Benalmadena, where two couples took the opportunity to get into the pool to get married. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)

: Fran Calvo (L) and Monica Fraile (R) celebrate their wedding in a Sea Life Aquarium on August 6, 2012 in Benalmadena, where two couples took the opportunity to get into the pool to get married. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)

: African elephant calf Tuluba (C), its mother Numbi (L) and its brother Kibo eat a vegetable cake on Tuluba’s second birthday at its enclosure in Schoenbrunn Zoo, Vienna August 6, 2012. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)

: A seagull passes a girl preparing to refresh herself during +35C heat in Black Sea village of Zatoka, some 60 km from the Ukrainian city of Odessa on August 5, 2012. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)

: Street entertainers perform on the Royal Mile to promote their shows during in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 6, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festivals in the world, it was established as an alternative to the International Festival also held in August, and celebrates it’s 66th anniversary this year. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

: Members of the InSTEP theatre group take part in a photocall on Calton Hill to promote their show at the Edinburgh Fringe, ‘Departure Lounge,’ on August 6, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festivals in the world, it was established as an alternative to the International Festival also held in August, and celebrates it’s 66th anniversary this year. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

: The Olympic flame burns in the Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games, August 6, 2012. (Paul Hackett/Reuters)

: A general view of the hall at the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Shooting Final on Day 10 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Royal Artillery Barracks on August 6, 2012 in London, England. (Lars Baron/Getty Images)

: China’s Ding Ning eyes the ball as she competes against South Korea’s Kim Kyungah in the Women’s Semifinal between China and South Korea of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on August 6, 2012. (Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images)

: Germany’s Josephine Terlecki competes in the women’s shot put qualifications at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 6, 2012 in London. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)

: Rowers start competing in one of the kayak single (K1) 1000m men’s semifinals during the London 2012 Olympic Games, at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Eton, west of London, on August 6, 2012. (Francisco Leong/AFP/Getty Images)

: Australia’s Sally Pearson (L) competes with Kazakhstan’s Anastasiya Soprunova during their women’s 100m hurdles round 1 heat during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 6, 2012. (David Gray/Reuters)

: US’ Jennifer Simpson (L) Britain’s Lisa Dobriskey (C) and Morocco’s Siham Hilali compete in the women’s 1500m heats at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 6, 2012 in London. (Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images)

: Charles Edward Betts of U.S. (in blue) fights with Micronesia’a Keitani Grahamon the Men’s 84Kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 6, 2012. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

: Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba reacts in pain after finishing her women’s 1500m heat at the athletics event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 6, 2012 in London. (Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images)

: Lithuania’s Renaldas Seibutis (C) tries to score against Tunisia’s players during their men’s preliminary round Group A basketball match at the Basketball Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 6, 2012. (Sergio Perez/Reuters)

: Senegal’s Ndiatte Gueye competes in the men’s canoe single (K1) 1000m semifinal at the Eton Dorney during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 6, 2012. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: Brazil’s Ronald Juliao competes in the men’s discus qualification during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 6, 2012. (Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters)