Men hold tubes for fireworks display during central Japan festival

Men brave a rain of sparks falling on them from handheld tubes of fireworks during a summer festival performance in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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