Hiroshima after the bomb fell, and what it looks like now

President Barack Obama is in Hiroshima, Japan Friday, the first sitting president to visit the site of the first wartime use of an atomic weapon. Speaking at the city's Peace Memorial Park, Obama encouraged listeners find the “force ourselves to imagine the moment the bomb fell,” and to listen to the “silent cry” of those who were lost in the explosion.

Getty Images photographer Jean Chung retraced locations and topics of archival photos by Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper to showcase how the city has rebuilt itself and moved on more than 70 years after the attack, while still remembering its singular place in history.

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall right after the atomic bombing in Aug., 1945. After the war the building was preserved and turned into the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. Credit: HAJIME MIYATAKE/THE ASAHI SHIMBUN/Getty, Jean Chung/Getty

A view of a tram car destroyed after the nuclear blast in 1945; a tram car on May 26, 2016. Credit: HAJIME MIYATAKE/THE ASAHI SHIMBUN/Getty, Jean Chung/Getty

Hiroshima Station right after the atomic bombing in Aug, 1945 and on May 26, 2016. Credit: HAJIME MIYATAKE/THE ASAHI SHIMBUN/Getty, Jean Chung/Getty

The Inaribashi Bridge right after the atomic bombing in Aug., 1945 and the same bridge of May 26, 2016. Credit: HAJIME MIYATAKE/THE ASAHI SHIMBUN/Getty, Jean Chung/Getty

Trees in Hiroshima after the bombing in 1945 and in 2016. Credit: THE ASAHI SHIMBUN/Getty, Jean Chung/Getty

Teikoku Bank following the bombing in August 1945 and the building's current status as a bakery in 2016. Credit: HAJIME MIYATAKE/THE ASAHI SHIMBUN/Getty, Jean Chung/Getty