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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows Fukui Airport in Sakai in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui inundated following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows wide parts of Sakai, in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui, inundated following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows wide parts of Sakai, in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui, inundated following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows wide parts of Sakai, in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui, inundated following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 30, 2026, shows a submerged road in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 30, 2026, shows a submerged road in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows an inundated area in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows an inundated area in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows an inundated area in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows an inundated area in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows an inundated area in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows an inundated area in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 30, 2026, shows an inundated area in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken in Bidur, capital of Nepal's Nuwakot District, on Aug. 29, 2026, shows buildings submerged in mud after catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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1 month after powerful earthquake in Kumamoto

1 month after powerful earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2026, shows a dome-shaped accommodation facility developed as a makeshift house for people displaced by disasters in Hikawa, a Kumamoto Prefecture town devastated by a massive earthquake one month earlier.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows heavy machinery repairing a collapsed river embankment following torrential rain in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 28, 2026.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows heavy machinery repairing a collapsed river embankment following torrential rain in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 28, 2026.

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Aftermath of flash flood in Nepal

Aftermath of flash flood in Nepal

Photo taken at a hospital in Kathmandu on Aug. 28, 2026, shows people looking at a list of persons who had been admitted to the facility following a massive flash flood and mudslide in Nepal.

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Aftermath of flash flood in Nepal

Aftermath of flash flood in Nepal

Photo taken at a hospital in Kathmandu on Aug. 28, 2026, shows people looking at a list of persons who had been admitted to the facility following a massive flash flood and mudslide in Nepal.

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USJ eyes park expansion

USJ eyes park expansion

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan. The operator of the USJ is considering acquiring an additional 60,000-square-meter lot, the former site of a Nippon Steel Corp. plant (back), to expand the theme park amid booming inbound tourism.

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USJ eyes park expansion

USJ eyes park expansion

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan. The operator of the USJ is considering acquiring an additional 60,000-square-meter lot, the former site of a Nippon Steel Corp. plant (L), to expand the theme park amid booming inbound tourism.

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USJ eyes park expansion

USJ eyes park expansion

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan. The operator of the USJ is considering acquiring an additional 60,000-square-meter lot, the former site of a Nippon Steel Corp. plant (front), to expand the theme park amid booming inbound tourism.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 28, 2026, shows submerged houses in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 28, 2026, shows rescuers riding on a boat in a submerged area in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 28, 2026, shows a submerged road and a river in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 28, 2026, shows rescuers riding on a boat in a submerged area in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 28, 2026, shows a submerged area in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 28, 2026, shows a submerged area in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 28, 2026, shows a submerged area in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 28, 2026, shows a submerged area in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2026, shows a submerged residential area in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows submerged vehicles on a road in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 28, 2026, following torrential rain.

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1 month after Kumamoto quake

1 month after Kumamoto quake

Photo shows a collapsed house in Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 28, 2026, one month after a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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1 month after Kumamoto quake

1 month after Kumamoto quake

Photo shows a damaged chimney at Nippon Paper Industries Co.'s mill in Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture on the early morning of Aug. 28, 2026, one month after a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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1 month after Kumamoto quake

1 month after Kumamoto quake

Photo shows a collapsed house silhouetted against the rising sun in Hikawa in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 28, 2026, one month after a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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1 month after Kumamoto quake

1 month after Kumamoto quake

Photo shows a school gymnasium in Uki in Kumamoto Prefecture that has been used as an evacuation shelter on Aug. 28, 2026, one month after a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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1 month after Kumamoto quake

1 month after Kumamoto quake

Photo shows Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 28, 2026, one month after a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture. Seven people died at the shopping complex in an explosion following the earthquake.

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1 month after Kumamoto quake

1 month after Kumamoto quake

Photo shows Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 28, 2026, one month after a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture. Seven people died at the shopping complex in an explosion following the earthquake.

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1 month after Kumamoto quake

1 month after Kumamoto quake

Photo shows Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 28, 2026, one month after a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture. Seven people died at the shopping complex in an explosion following the earthquake.

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1 month after Kumamoto quake

1 month after Kumamoto quake

Photo shows Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 28, 2026, one month after a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture. Seven people died at the shopping complex in an explosion following the earthquake.

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