contacted the hiroshima peace memorial museum they told us we sincerely hope that every interested party could join us in conveying the destruction in an accurate way. 75 years on if you remain who witnessed the devastation of heroes shima and nagasaki to tell the story to future generations it's important to many in japan that the facts in the images are correct. and as difficult that report together joins me now in the studio how did you know all that the image was being used for decades across television and documentary films the way i came across at it is i was doing research for a story in the archives for the 75th anniversary of hiroshima back in early august and noticed that some of the cloud formations around the mushroom cloud looked the same in photos i was able to hear shimon and photos that was labeled nagasaki now for the context my job here is very often to do research on social media so i'm part of a team that verifies images that we get over social media to make sure that they are what they say they are and what was interesting as i was using some of the same tools of ver

agreed to show me around the hiroshima peace memorial museum for brings back mixed emotions terrible memories of the bomb but also happy ones from her wedding which was held in the grounds. the hiroshima city governments to suggest that removing some of the exhibits over concerns that children find them frightening. but yoko doesn't think they're realistic enough. to know stone to move. on or. scott. me on the back. everything. is. cool you think this had some. questions in there finish. up so. do i regret the atomic pression i regret we had to do it but i think we had to do it nordic and the war with a minimum loss of life if the same situation existed again exactly as then as it had back in 1945 yes i would go on it i would volunteer for about so by the fact i don't want to go to war. yeah a memoir where. it is it's a personal it's sort of the change from i you know i like most americans born in that time growing up after the war the bombs were a great thing they ended the war they say hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides and that's what my grandfather always said was his re

contacted the hiroshima peace memorial museum they told us we sincerely hope that every interested party could join us in conveying the destruction in an accurate way. 75 years on if you remain who witnessed the devastation of hiroshima and nagasaki to tell the story to future generations it's important to many in japan that the facts and the images are correct. reports produced by i mean a sci fi joins we now welcome i mean so what made you suspect the wrong image was being used i was doing research for port in the archives that we have access to d w and i was looking for images of hiroshima and when i found them i could not say beyond a shadow of a doubt that i was looking at hiroshima i wanted to make sure i wasn't using nagasaki there were some things that tipped me off like the ambient clouds the kind of what the weather looked like that day and the time of day that it looked like the sun and things like this and these are actually tools that i use in the capacity of a digital reporter so when i do analyses of social media when i look for videos on twitter facebook and so on and try

contacted the hiroshima peace memorial museum they told us we sincerely hope that every interested party can join us in conveying the destruction in an accurate way . 75 years on if you remain who witnessed the devastation of hiroshima and nagasaki to tell the story to future generations it's important to many in japan that the facts and the images are correct. report produced by i mean i see joins me now welcome i mean so what made you suspect the wrong image was being a huge boost i was doing research for port in the archives that we have access to d w and i was looking for images of hiroshima and when i found them i could not say beyond a shadow of a doubt that i was looking at hiroshima i wanted to make sure i wasn't using nagasaki there were some things that tipped me off like the ambient clouds the kind of what the weather looked like that day and the time of day that it looked like the sun and things like this and these are actually tools that i use in the capacity of a digital reporter so when i do analyses of social media when i look for videos on twitter facebook and so on and

contacted the hiroshima peace memorial museum they told us we sincerely hope that every interested party could join us in conveying the destruction in an accurate way 75 years on if you remain who witnessed the devastation a few ashima and nagasaki to tell the story to future generations it's important to many in japan that the facts in the images are correct. let's get an update now on the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic india has recorded another record number of new infections with almost 70000 new cases reported on thursday the country is now went up testing to more than 900000 a day germany has seen just over 1700 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours that is the highest daily figure since april when the pet that mick was considered to be at its peak italy has also posted its highest new caseload since may when the country emerged from one of the longest lockdowns in the world authorities there reported $642.00 new infections on wednesday and south korea has warned a recent outbreak from a church in the capital seoul could spread nationwide the government has wa

hiroshima since 2016 and works as a guide at the atomic bomb site. now she's leading the first ever online tour of the peace memorial museum. >> his uniform was actuallyned to his skin, so his mother had to cut it off using scissors. >> reporter: with international travel disrupted by the covid-19 pandemic, the online tour was created by the noble prize winning ngo ican for people around the world. popeo's own views on nuclear weapons changed greatly after she heard first hand accounts from survivors of the atomic bombings. now, she wants to explpln the devastation to visitors. >> the aim of the online tour is to reach young people around the world. over the past few years, many of them have changed their views on nuclear weapons significantly. in 2015, in a poll by a u.s. think tank, 47% of young americans sasaid they felt the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki were justified. by contrast, an nhk poll of young americans this year found only 31% of respondents thought the bombings were necessary, while 42% said they were unforgivable. at the same time, more than 70% said they feel nuclear weapons are unnecessary. emily y rubino works witith a n york-b