Little priest cools down in sizzling Kyoto temple

Little priest cools down in sizzling Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - A woman helps a child cool down during an initiation rite for children to become junior Buddhist priests at Higashi Hongan temple in Kyoto on Aug. 4, 2010, as the mercury soared around the western Japan region.

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