The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 devastated the city and led to Imperial Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. (Source)
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Jakarta was listed as the most vulnerable city to climate change in a 2021 Verisk Maplecroft study.[203] (Source)
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Hamburg, Germany, is a large city that has experienced multiple droughts throughout the years, which has led to decreased economic productivity.[213] (Source)
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Traffic congestion in Bandung in Indonesia (Source)
Gautrain at O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg (Source)
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TransJakarta in Indonesia is the longest bus rapid transit system in the world. (Source)
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Baana, a shared-path rail trail in Helsinki (Source)
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Horbury Terrace, a terrace housing in Sydney, c.1836 (Source)
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An urban scene in Paramaribo featuring a few plants growing amidst solid waste and rubble behind some houses (Source)
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Nepalese dancers at Edmonton Heritage Festival, in Alberta, Canada, an example of the cultural diversity of a city (Source)
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St Stephen's Green, an urban park in Dublin, Ireland (Source)
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Stock exchanges, characteristic features of the top global cities, are interconnected hubs for capital. Here, a delegation from Australia visits the London Stock Exchange. (Source)
The World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Source)
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The World Assembly of Mayors at the Habitat III conference in Quito (Source)
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The Fall of Babylon, an 1831 portrait by John Martin, depicts chaos with the Persian army occupying Babylon, symbolizing the ruin of a decadent civilization. The lightning striking the Babylonian ziggurat represents the Tower of Babel and God's judgment against Babylon. (Source)
The Free imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire in 1648 (Source)
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Downtown Pittsburgh at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, which flow into the Ohio River (Source)
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Kluuvi, a city centre in Helsinki, Finland (Source)
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Trafalgar Square, a public meeting place in central London (Source)
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Aerial view of the Gush Dan metropolitan area in Israel, showing the geometrically planned[45] city of Tel Aviv (upper left), Givatayim to the east, and some of Bat Yam to the south[46] (Source)
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An arch from the ancient Sumerian city Ur, which flourished in the third millennium BC, can be seen at present-day Tell el-Mukayyar in Iraq. (Source)
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Mohenjo-daro, a city of the Indus Valley civilization in Pakistan, which was rebuilt six or more times, using bricks of standard size, and adhering to the same grid layoutalso in the third millennium BC (Source)
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Aerial view of what was once downtown Teotihuacan showing the Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon, and the processional avenue serving as the spine of the city's street system (Source)
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A modern depiction of Ancient Rome, the first city in the world to reach one million inhabitants (Source)
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Vyborg in Leningrad Oblast has existed since the 13th century. (Source)
Palitana represents the city's symbolic role of devotion to the Jain temples.[16][clarification needed] (Source)
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A map of Haarlem in the Netherlands, created around 1550, shows the city completely surrounded by a city wall and defensive canal, with its square shape inspired by the shape of Jerusalem. (Source)
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Graph showing urbanization from 1950 projected to 2050[113] (Source)
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Map showing urban areas with at least one million inhabitants in 2020 (Source)
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The city council of Tehran meets in September 2015 (Source)
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The Dublin Fire Brigade in Dublin, Ireland, extinguishing a severe fire at a hardware store in 1970 (Source)
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The Ripon Building, the headquarters of Greater Chennai Corporation in Chennai, is one of the oldest city governing corporations in Asia. (Source)
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La Plata in Argentina is based on a perfect square with 5196-meter sides, and was designed in the 1880s as the new capital of Buenos Aires Province.[157] (Source)
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Clusters of skyscrapers in Xinyi Planning District, the centre of commerce and finance of Taipei, the capital of Taiwan (Source)
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Paris is one of the best-known cities in the world.[173] (Source)