Carp streamers for refugee children

Carp streamers for refugee children

Carp streamers in blue -- the color of the United Nations' emblem -- are on display at Okayama Castle in Okayama, western Japan, on June 9, 2023, to wish for the happiness of child refugees ahead of the U.N.-designated World Refugee Day on June 20. Carp streamers are usually hoisted in May for Children's Day in Japan in celebration of the festival.

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  • 2023/6/15 00:00:00
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  • 2023 Kyodo News
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        Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.
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                  Carp streamers in western Japan

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