Smiles on umbrellas

KOBE, Japan - Participants hold umbrellas with photos of smiling children printed on them in an art event in Kobe on Jan. 9, 2011. Art director Koji Mizutani organized the ''Merry Umbrella Project,'' mainly using photos of children he has taken in quake-stricken areas around the world including Kobe, which was hit by the Jan. 17, 1995, Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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