Steeplejack performs stunt on ladder to pray for work safety

A steeplejack performs a stunt on a ladder during an annual ceremony to pray for work safety in the northeastern Japan city of Minamisoma on Jan. 4, 2017. The city was affected by the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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