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Defense Minister Koizumi in quake-hit Kumamoto

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (far R) meets with Kumamoto Gov. Takashi Kimura (front, L) at the prefectural government headquarters in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 23, 2026, during his visit following a powerful earthquake that hit the region on July 28.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani prepares for his at-bat in front of the dugout during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 22, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Afghanistan' anti-Taliban group leader

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, gives an interview in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Aug. 19, 2026.

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Afghanistan' anti-Taliban group leader

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, gives an interview in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Aug. 19, 2026.

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Afghanistan' anti-Taliban group leader

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, gives an interview in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Aug. 19, 2026.

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Afghanistan' anti-Taliban group leader

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, gives an interview in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Aug. 19, 2026.

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China: Lighter Bursts Into Flames During Birthday Candle Lighting

A mother in Xi'an, Shaanxi, was lighting candles on her son's birthday cake on June 12, 2023, when her lighter suddenly burst into a large fireball in front of her face. She pulled back in shock as the flames briefly flared before dying out. The mother said the fire singed her eyebrows and hair but caused no serious injury.

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Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko (3rd from L) poses for a photo in front of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring at an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, a day ahead of its opening to the general public. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko poses for a photo in front of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring at an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, a day ahead of its opening to the general public. (Pool photo)

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Japanese Environment Minister Hirotaka Ishihara (front) visits a makeshift garbage-collecting site in Uki in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 20, 2026, following a powerful earthquake in the region on July 28.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (front, 2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko talk with members of the JICA Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers on Aug. 19, 2026, near Asuncion during their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese emigration to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (front row, 2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko visit the Pantheon of Heroes in Asuncion on Aug. 19, 2026, during their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese emigration to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (front row, 2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko visit the Pantheon of Heroes in Asuncion on Aug. 19, 2026, during their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese emigration to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (front row, 2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko visit the Pantheon of Heroes in Asuncion on Aug. 19, 2026, during their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese emigration to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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[Breaking News]Torrential rain pounds eastern Japan

CHIBA, Japan, Aug. 14 Kyodo - People wait for buses and other transportation in front of JR Chiba Station in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on the morning of Aug. 14, 2026, as train services remain suspended following torrential rain overnight. Japan's weather agency issued its highest Level 5 warning for downpours in parts of Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM meets with governor of quake-hit Kumamoto Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, 4th from L) receives a host of demands -- including financial support -- from Kumamoto Gov. Takashi Kimura (front, 3rd from L) at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2026, after some regions in the southwestern Japan prefecture were devastated by a powerful earthquake on July 28.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (front) rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano in the fifth inning of a baseball game at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on Aug. 17, 2026.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (front) rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano in the fifth inning of a baseball game at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on Aug. 17, 2026.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) scores a run after Colorado Rockies pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano (front) allowed an RBI single to Andy Pages in the third inning of a baseball game at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on Aug. 17, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

(From L, front) Japan's Shoon Mitsunaga, Shin Ohashi, Shuichi Takehara and Tatsuya Murasa are pictured after the men's 4x100-meter medley relay timed final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Tigers

Munetaka Murakami (front, R) of the Chicago White Sox celebrates with teammates after a victory over the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game at Comerica Park in Detroit on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Yasukuni shrine on 81st anniv. of Japan's WWII surrender

Ichiro Aisawa (front, R) of the Liberal Democratic Party, who heads a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, and its members visit the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2026, the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Yasukuni shrine on 81st anniv. of Japan's WWII surrender

Economic and fiscal policy minister Minoru Kiuchi (front) visits Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Aug. 15, 2026, the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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"Comfort women" protest in Manila

Members of a citizen's group protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Aug. 14, 2026, demanding the "recovery of justice" for former Filipino "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels.

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"Comfort women" protest in Manila

Members of a citizen's group protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Aug. 14, 2026, demanding the "recovery of justice" for former Filipino "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels. ==Kyodo

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Torrential rain pounds eastern Japan

People wait for buses and other transportation in front of JR Chiba Station in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on the morning of Aug. 14, 2026, as train services remain suspended following torrential rain overnight. Japan's weather agency issued its highest Level 5 warning for downpours in parts of Chiba Prefecture.

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41st anniversary of JAL passenger jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori lays flowers on Aug. 12, 2026, the 41st anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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41st anniversary of JAL passenger jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori (R) prays on Aug. 12, 2026, the 41st anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu dies at 97

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R, front) and his wife, Lao An, take a ride on a high-speed maglev train on an experimental track in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Oct. 16, 2000, during his official visit to Japan. Zhu, who played a key role in China's economic reforms as premier from 1998 to 2003 under President Jiang Zemin, died on Aug. 12, 2026, at the age of 97.

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Military drill in Taiwan

A Taiwanese Coast Guard patrol vessel (back) and a Navy missile ship (front L), take part in an annual military exercise in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, on Aug. 8, 2026, simulating an attempted amphibious landing by Chinese forces.

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Military drill in Taiwan

A Taiwanese Coast Guard patrol vessel (back) and a Navy missile ship (front L), take part in an annual military exercise in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, on Aug. 8, 2026, simulating an attempted amphibious landing by Chinese forces.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japan men's football team head coach Hajime Moriyasu prays in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japan men's football team head coach Hajime Moriyasu prays in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People queue in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People queue in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People queue in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

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Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front, L) is taught how to saw a log during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front) saws a log during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front) prepares breakfast with boy scouts during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front) prepares breakfast with boy scouts during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Rugby: Japan vs. Australia

Japan players (front) shake hands with Australia players following a 35-32 loss in a rugby test match at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2026.

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US: Fast-Moving Storm Floods Roads in Treasure Island, Florida

A fast-moving thunderstorm brought heavy rain to Treasure Island, near St. Petersburg, Florida, on August 6, causing flash flooding on local roads.

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Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front) sets up a tent during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2026, shows Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki (front, L) being briefed about damage to a pear farm in Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture, caused by a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture on July 28. Many Japanese pears were shaken from the trees by the quake ahead of the harvest season.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2026, shows Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki (front, L) being briefed about damage to a pear farm in Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture, caused by a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture on July 28. Many Japanese pears were shaken from the trees by the quake ahead of the harvest season.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2026, shows Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki (front, L) being briefed about damage to a pear farm in Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture, caused by a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture on July 28. Many Japanese pears were shaken from the trees by the quake ahead of the harvest season.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Flowers are placed in front of the Aeon Mall Kumamoto shopping complex in the town of Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2026, after a July 28 gas explosion there triggered by a powerful earthquake left seven people dead.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Flowers are placed in front of the Aeon Mall Kumamoto shopping complex in the town of Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2026, after a July 28 gas explosion there triggered by a powerful earthquake left seven people dead.

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81st anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, L) visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

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UK: Air Ambulance Lands in Trafalgar Square After Covent Garden Stabbing

Four men were stabbed in London's Covent Garden district on Endell Street on Wednesday, August 5, prompting a major emergency response. A 47-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the incident. A London Air Ambulance helicopter was filmed in Trafalgar Square, where a temporary landing zone had been set up in front of Nelson's Column, though all victims were ultimately transported to hospital by road.