Fire festival in Wakayama

Fire festival in Wakayama

Local high school archery club members shoot flaming arrows to ignite a fire on a 100,000 square-meter turf-covered field during a fire festival on a cape facing the Pacific Ocean in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

Fire festival in Wakayama

Fire festival in Wakayama

A 100,000 square-meter turf-covered field on a cape facing the Pacific Ocean is burned as a fire festival is held in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

Fire festival in Wakayama

Fire festival in Wakayama

Local high school archery club members shoot flaming arrows to ignite a fire on a 100,000 square-meter turf-covered field during a fire festival on a cape facing the Pacific Ocean in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

Fire festival in Wakayama

Fire festival in Wakayama

A 100,000 square-meter turf-covered field on a cape facing the Pacific Ocean is burned as a fire festival is held in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

Fire festival at cape facing Pacific Ocean

Fire festival at cape facing Pacific Ocean

High school archery club members shoot flaming arrows to ignite a 100,000 square-meter turf-covered field during a fire festival on a cape facing the Pacific Ocean in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2025.

Fire festival at cape facing Pacific Ocean

Fire festival at cape facing Pacific Ocean

High school archery club members shoot flaming arrows to burn a 100,000 square-meter turf-covered field as an annual fire festival begins at a cape facing the Pacific Ocean in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2024.

Fire festival at cape facing Pacific Ocean

Fire festival at cape facing Pacific Ocean

A 100,000 square-meter turf-covered field at a cape facing the Pacific Ocean is burned as an annual fire festival is held in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2024.

Fire festival at cape facing Pacific Ocean

Fire festival at cape facing Pacific Ocean

A 100,000 square-meter turf-covered field at a cape facing the Pacific Ocean is burned as an annual fire festival is held in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2024.

Fire festival in western Japan

Fire festival in western Japan

A 100,000 square turf-covered field at a cape facing the Pacific Ocean is burned as an annual fire festival resumes in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 21, 2023, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fire festival in western Japan

Fire festival in western Japan

A 100,000 square turf-covered field at a cape facing the Pacific Ocean is burned as an annual fire festival resumes in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 21, 2023, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Huge rally in Pyongyang

Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

Huge rally in Pyongyang

Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

Huge rally in Pyongyang

Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

Huge rally in Pyongyang

Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

Huge rally in Pyongyang

Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

100th day since Kim Jong Il's death

100th day since Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An estimated 100,000 military officers and citizens attend a memorial service held at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 25, 2012, the 100th day since the death of former leader Kim Jong Il, marking the end of the national period of mourning.

N. Korea New Year rally

N. Korea New Year rally

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans march through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang during a rally on Jan. 3, 2011, to show their resolve to implement a series of policy objectives for the year. About 100,000 people took part in the event.

N. Korea New Year rally

N. Korea New Year rally

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans march through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang during a rally on Jan. 3, 2011, to show their resolve to implement a series of policy objectives for the year. About 100,000 people took part in the event.

N. Korea New Year rally

N. Korea New Year rally

PYONGYANG, North Korea - About 100,000 North Koreans gather for a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Jan. 3, 2011, to show their resolve to implement of a series of policy objectives for the year.

100,000 N. Koreans rally over ship sinking

100,000 N. Koreans rally over ship sinking

PYONGYANG, North Korea - About 100,000 people rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on May 30, 2010, for the overthrow of the South Korean government in the wake of its sanctions on the North over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.

Recruitment for Shanghai Expo volunteers begins

Recruitment for Shanghai Expo volunteers begins

SHANGHAI, China - A ceremony marking the start of the recruitment of volunteers for the 2010 international exposition in Shanghai is held at the Oriental Pearl Tower square on May 1, one year before the opening of the Expo. About 70,000 volunteers at the Expo site and about 100,000 volunteers outside the site, such as at stations and hotels, will be recruited by the end of this year.

Over 100,000 rally against Bush ahead of Republican convention

Over 100,000 rally against Bush ahead of Republican convention

NEW YORK, United States - More than 100,000 people converged on downtown Manhattan and marched in front of Madison Square Garden on Aug. 29, the eve of the Republican National Convention, to protest against President George W. Bush and his policies.

Okinawa citizens protest U.S. military presence following rape

Okinawa citizens protest U.S. military presence following rape

URASOE, Japan - Residents in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, tie about 100,000 handkerchiefs decorated with antimilitary messages to fences surrounding a local U.S. military base on July 20 in protest at the recent rape of an Okinawa woman allegedly by a U.S. serviceman. About 100 protesters tied the handkerchiefs, sent from several parts of Japan and blazoned with messages such as ''No to the bases!,'' ''Never tolerate violence against women'' and ''Peace'' to fences surrounding the U.S. Marine Corps' Makiminato Service Area, a 2,750,000-square-meter storage facility.