A year ago today, in pictures: Hiroshima 75th anniversary and more moments you may remember
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Alexander Zemlianichenko
People wearing face masks and gloves to protect against coronavirus come through passages equipped with disinfectant sprays at a shopping mall entrance in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Moscow authorities require residents to wear mask on public transport, in stores and other confined public spaces. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Antonio Calanni
A rainbow shines over the new San Giorgio Bridge in Genoa, Italy, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Two years ago this month, a stretch of roadbed collapsed on Genoa's Morandi Bridge, sending cars and trucks plunging to dry riverbed below and ending 43 lives. On Monday, Italy's president journeys to Genoa for a ceremony to inaugurate a replacement bridge. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Rajesh Kumar Singh
A Hindu holy man looks at a decoration on the ghats of the river Saryu as part of preparations for the groundbreaking ceremony of a temple to the Hindu god Ram in Ayodhya, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. As Hindus prepare to celebrate the groundbreaking of a long-awaited temple at a disputed ground in northern India, Muslims say they have no firm plans yet to build a new mosque at an alternative site they were granted to replace the one torn down by Hindu hard-liners decades ago. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Francisco Seco
A couple, both wearing face masks to fight against the spread of the coronavirus, sit on a bench in downtown Brussels, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Belgian authorities say the number of coronavirus infections in the country continues to rise sharply and that it remains unclear just how strong a second wave of infections might be or how long it will last. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Michael Probst
A street artist makes bubbles in front of the town hall in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Frank Gunn
Carolina Hurricanes right wing Andrei Svechnikov (37) scores his third goal of the game past New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist (30) as defenseman Jacob Trouba (8) tries to help out durng the third period of an NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey game in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Thanassis Stavrakis
The moon rises behind the columns of the ancient marble Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, about 70 Km (45 miles) south of Athens, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Esteban Felix
Merchants wear masks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus while they chat in La Vega market in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Ashley Landis
Toronto Raptors' Fred VanVleet (23) shoots as Miami Heat's Goran Dragic tries to draw the offensive foul during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Raptors won 107-103. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)
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Dolores Ochoa
People wait to be tested for COVID-19 in the Gym of the Unidad Educativa Quitumbe school, which has been enabled by the municipality as a triage unit and to help hospitals that are operating at the limit of their capacity during the new coronavirus pandemic in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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Eraldo Peres
Health workers take a break near their ambulance after moving a patient suspected of being infected with COVID-19 to the HRAN Hospital, specialized in the care of new coronavirus cases, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Marco Ugarte
"El Fantasma," right, President of the Mexico City Lucha Libre Commission and fellow wrestler Canek chat before handing out food parcels donated by a local supermarket to other wrestlers who are facing hard times in Mexico City, Monday, August 3, 2020. The wrestlers have not been able to work for months because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has closed down the venues where they perform. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Nathan Denette
Montreal Canadiens left wing Artturi Lehkonen (62) fails on the wraparound as Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray (30) and teammate Marcus Pettersson (28) defend during the first period of an NHL hockey playoff game Monday, Aug. 3, 2020 in Toronto. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Rodrigo Abd
People carry the coffin of a loved one during a funeral in Los Sauces cemetery, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug.3, 2020. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Aaron Favila
A man rides his bicycle as traffic creeps though a checkpoint Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, outside Manila, Philippines, as the capital is placed on another lockdown in the hopes of controlling the surge of coronavirus cases. Commuter trains, buses and other public vehicles stayed off the main roads of the Philippine capital Tuesday and police were again staffing checkpoints to restrict public travel. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Lee Jin-man
Police officers wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus, stand guard in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Niranjan Shrestha
A Nepalese girl stands for a photograph in front of an idol of Swet Bhairav statue while participating in a procession to mark 'Gai Jatra', or cow festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The festival is celebrated by the Newar community in memory of deceased family members who died the preceding year, believing that the cow will guide them in their journey to heaven. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Eugene Hoshiko
A girl walks past a mosaic made of paper cranes for the victims of the 1945 Atomic bomb near Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The city of Hiroshima on Thursday, Aug. 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)