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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2026.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

Men posing as monk soldiers chop green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2026.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2026.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2026.

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[Breaking News]Ancient cherry tree in Japan

MIHARU, Japan, April 9 Kyodo - A full-bloomed cherry tree estimated to be over 1,000 years is illuminated in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2026. With its flowers spreading in all directions from the branches, the government-protected tree is known as the "waterfall cherry tree of Miharu." (Kyodo)

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Ancient cherry tree in Japan

A cherry tree estimated to be over 1,000 years old comes into full bloom in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2026. With its flowers spreading in all directions from the branches, the government-protected tree is known as the "waterfall cherry tree of Miharu."

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Ancient cherry tree in Japan

A full-bloomed cherry tree estimated to be over 1,000 years is illuminated in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2026. With its flowers spreading in all directions from the branches, the government-protected tree is known as the "waterfall cherry tree of Miharu."

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Ancient cherry tree in Japan

A cherry tree estimated to be over 1,000 years old comes into full bloom in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2026. With its flowers spreading in all directions from the branches, the government-protected tree is known as the "waterfall cherry tree of Miharu."

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Ancient cherry tree in Japan

A cherry tree estimated to be over 1,000 years old comes into full bloom in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2026. With its flowers spreading in all directions from the branches, the government-protected tree is known as the "waterfall cherry tree of Miharu."

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Fire festival in western Japan

A man wearing an ogre costume takes part in the annual "Dadaoshi" fire festival, dating back 1,000 years, at Hase temple in Sakurai in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2026.

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Fire festival in western Japan

A man wearing an ogre costume takes part in the annual "Dadaoshi" fire festival, dating back 1,000 years, at Hase temple in Sakurai in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2026.

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Australia: Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji Leaves Widespread Destruction in Queensland

The slow-moving system swept across the Central Highlands and Coalfield regions on Monday, January 12. Wind gusts reached 113 km/h on Hamilton Island. Early estimates suggest that more than 48,000 livestock have perished in the floods, which continue to inundate vast areas of Queensland—stretching from the coast at Mackay, 1,000 kilometres west to Cloncurry, and north to Townsville and Cairns. Central Queensland is the latest region to feel the impact of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji, with Clermont recently enduring its heaviest rainfall in 110 years.

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Esala Perahera Festival - Sri Lanka

A dancer performs during a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 4, 2025. Esala Perahera is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with a history of more than 1,000 years. This year's festival was held from July 30 to August 9. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Esala Perahera Festival - Sri Lanka

Dancers perform during a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 4, 2025. Esala Perahera is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with a history of more than 1,000 years. This year's festival was held from July 30 to August 9. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Esala Perahera Festival - Sri Lanka

Drummers perform during a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 4, 2025. Esala Perahera is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with a history of more than 1,000 years. This year's festival was held from July 30 to August 9. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Esala Perahera Festival - Sri Lanka

A decorated elephant participates in a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 4, 2025. Esala Perahera is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with a history of more than 1,000 years. This year's festival was held from July 30 to August 9. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Esala Perahera Festival - Sri Lanka

Drummers perform during a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 4, 2025. Esala Perahera is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with a history of more than 1,000 years. This year's festival was held from July 30 to August 9. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Esala Perahera Festival - Sri Lanka

Decorated elephants participate in a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 4, 2025. Esala Perahera is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with a history of more than 1,000 years. This year's festival was held from July 30 to August 9. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Esala Perahera Festival - Sri Lanka

Drummers perform during a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 4, 2025. Esala Perahera is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with a history of more than 1,000 years. This year's festival was held from July 30 to August 9. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Esala Perahera Festival - Sri Lanka

A fire dancer performs during a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 4, 2025. Esala Perahera is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with a history of more than 1,000 years. This year's festival was held from July 30 to August 9. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops a green bamboo stalk, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2025.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops a green bamboo stalk, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2025.

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A Trainee Practices Lion Dance - China

A trainee practices lion dance at a training base in Cangxian County, north China's Hebei Province, December 20, 2024. Cangxian Lion Dance is a unique folk art with a long history, which was inscribed into the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. Thanks to the policy and funding support of local authorities in recent years, the traditional art has been well passed on. There are nine registered lion dance teams and nearly 1,000 performers in the county. Photo by Mu Yu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant ginkgo tree in fall foliage

A giant ginkgo tree, over 1,000 years old, is in fall foliage at Sairen-ji temple in Namegata, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2024.

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Giant ginkgo tree in fall foliage

A giant ginkgo tree, over 1,000 years old, is in fall foliage at Sairen-ji temple in Namegata, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2024.

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Giant ginkgo tree in fall foliage

A giant ginkgo tree, over 1,000 years old, is in fall foliage at Sairen-ji temple in Namegata, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2024.

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[Breaking News]Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

FUKAURA, Japan, Nov. 25 Kyodo - A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters. (Kyodo)

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Green Onion Industry - China

A villager sorts green onions in Jueshan Village of Liujiang District in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 27, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Green Onion Industry - China

Villagers sort green onions in Jueshan Village of Liujiang District in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 20, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Green Onion Industry - China

Villagers sort green onions in Jueshan Village of Liujiang District in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 27, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Green Onion Industry - China

Villagers sort green onions in Jueshan Village of Liujiang District in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 27, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Green Onion Industry - China

Villagers harvest green onions in Jueshan Village of Liujiang District in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 27, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Green Onion Industry - China

An aerial drone photo shows Jueshan Village at dawn in Liujiang District of Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 3, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Green Onion Industry - China

Villagers sort green onions in Jueshan Village of Liujiang District in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 27, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Green Onion Industry - China

Villagers sort green onions in Jueshan Village of Liujiang District in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 27, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Green Onion Industry - China

Villagers sort green onions in Jueshan Village of Liujiang District in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 2, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Green Onion Industry - China

A villager shoulders harvested green onions in Jueshan Village of Liujiang District in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 27, 2024. Jueshan Village has in recent years committed to planting green onions, with a planting area of 8,000 mu (about 533 hectares). More than 1,000 households have been engaged in cultivating green onions, generating an annual output value of 150 million yuan (about 21.13 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM