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Parade of penguins at Hokkaido zoo

King penguins walk along a snow-covered 500-meter path on Dec. 17, 2025, at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, during a rehearsal for the popular parades starting the following day.

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Parade of penguins at Hokkaido zoo

King penguins walk along a snow-covered 500-meter path on Dec. 17, 2025, at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, during a rehearsal for the popular parades starting the following day.

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Parade of penguins at Hokkaido zoo

King penguins walk along a snow-covered 500-meter path on Dec. 17, 2025, at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, during a rehearsal for the popular parades starting the following day.

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Parade of penguins at Hokkaido zoo

King penguins walk along a snow-covered 500-meter path on Dec. 17, 2025, at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, during a rehearsal for the popular parades starting the following day.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yuta Hirose of Japan poses after winning men's 500-meter bronze at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Jordan Stolz (C) of the United States poses after winning men's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025, alongside silver medalist Damian Zurek (L) of Poland and bronze medalist Hirose Yuta of Japan.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Jordan Stolz of the United States competes en route to winning men's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Jordan Stolz of the United States competes en route to winning men's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yuta Hirose of Japan competes en route to winning men's 500-meter bronze at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yuta Hirose of Japan competes en route to winning men's 500-meter bronze at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yuta Hirose of Japan competes en route to winning men's 500-meter bronze at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yukino Yoshida of Japan competes en route to winning women's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yukino Yoshida of Japan competes en route to winning women's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yukino Yoshida (C) of Japan poses after winning women's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025, alongside silver medalist Kaja Ziomek-Nogal (L) of Poland and bronze medalist Kim Min Sun of South Korea.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yukino Yoshida of Japan smiles after winning women's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yukino Yoshida of Japan smiles after winning women's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yukino Yoshida of Japan competes en route to winning women's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Yukino Yoshida of Japan competes en route to winning women's 500-meter gold at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Femke Kok of the Netherlands reacts after winning the women's 500-meter event at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Femke Kok of the Netherlands competes in a women's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Femke Kok of the Netherlands competes in a women's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Jordan Stolz (R) of the United States and Wataru Morishige of Japan compete in a men's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Wataru Morishige of Japan competes in a men's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Wataru Morishige of Japan competes in a men's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Wataru Morishige of Japan competes in a men's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Wataru Morishige of Japan competes in a men's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Jordan Stolz (C) of the United States, alongside silver medalist Jenning De Boo (L) of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Wataru Morishige of Japan, poses after winning gold in the men's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Jordan Stolz of the United States competes in the men's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Jordan Stolz of the United States competes in the men's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Femke Kok of the Netherlands reacts after winning the women's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Heerenveen

Femke Kok of the Netherlands competes in the women's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating meet in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2025. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 480,000 LED lights, with about 2.5 million people expected to visit through Dec. 28.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2025. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 480,000 LED lights, with about 2.5 million people expected to visit through Dec. 28.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Femke Kok of the Netherlands celebrates after winning gold in the women's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Femke Kok of the Netherlands competes in the women's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Championships

Jordan Stolz of the United States competes en route to finishing second in the men's 500-meter event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan, Dec. 11 Kyodo - Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day. (Kyodo)

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day.

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day.

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day.

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day.

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-JINGDEZHEN-HUANGSHAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-TRACK LAYING (CN)

(230426) -- NANCHANG, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members lay the track at the construction site of the Fuliang east railway station along the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway in east China's Jiangxi Province, April 26, 2023. The last 500-meter-long track was laid on the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway on Wednesday, marking the completion of the track-laying work for the 290-kilometer-long railway, which links Nanchang, Shangrao, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Huangshan in east China's Anhui. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-JINGDEZHEN-HUANGSHAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-TRACK LAYING (CN)

(230426) -- NANCHANG, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members lay the track at the construction site of the Fuliang east railway station along the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway in east China's Jiangxi Province, April 26, 2023. The last 500-meter-long track was laid on the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway on Wednesday, marking the completion of the track-laying work for the 290-kilometer-long railway, which links Nanchang, Shangrao, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Huangshan in east China's Anhui. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-JINGDEZHEN-HUANGSHAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-TRACK LAYING (CN)

(230426) -- NANCHANG, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members lay the track at the construction site of the Fuliang east railway station along the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway in east China's Jiangxi Province, April 26, 2023. The last 500-meter-long track was laid on the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway on Wednesday, marking the completion of the track-laying work for the 290-kilometer-long railway, which links Nanchang, Shangrao, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Huangshan in east China's Anhui. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-JINGDEZHEN-HUANGSHAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-TRACK LAYING (CN)

(230426) -- NANCHANG, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members lay the track at the construction site of the Fuliang east railway station along the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway in east China's Jiangxi Province, April 26, 2023. The last 500-meter-long track was laid on the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway on Wednesday, marking the completion of the track-laying work for the 290-kilometer-long railway, which links Nanchang, Shangrao, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Huangshan in east China's Anhui. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-JINGDEZHEN-HUANGSHAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-TRACK LAYING (CN)

(230426) -- NANCHANG, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members lay the track at the construction site of the Fuliang east railway station along the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway in east China's Jiangxi Province, April 26, 2023. The last 500-meter-long track was laid on the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway on Wednesday, marking the completion of the track-laying work for the 290-kilometer-long railway, which links Nanchang, Shangrao, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Huangshan in east China's Anhui. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-JINGDEZHEN-HUANGSHAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-TRACK LAYING (CN)

(230426) -- NANCHANG, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 25, 2023 shows the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway in east China's Jiangxi Province. The last 500-meter-long track was laid on the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan high-speed railway on Wednesday, marking the completion of the track-laying work for the 290-kilometer-long railway, which links Nanchang, Shangrao, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Huangshan in east China's Anhui. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-HIGH SPEED RAILWAY-CONSTRUCTION

(240126) -- XI'AN, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 21, 2024 shows a train carrying 500-meter steel rails arriving at the track-laying base of the China Railway 11th Bureau Group in Yanliang District of Xi'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Shaanxi Province has weathered several rounds of cold waves so far this winter, with temperatures plummeting to minus 26 degrees Celsius in Yan'an City, but constructors are still beating the adverse weather with normal operations at the construction site along the Xi'an-Yan'an High-Speed Railway. Spanning over about 299 km, this railway is the first of its kind built for the old revolutionary base area in northern Shaanxi. Upon completion, it is expected to shorten the travel time between Xi'an and Yan'an from current 2.5 hours to around one hour. This holds significance in consolidating the achievements of poverty alleviation for old revolutionary base areas, advancing rural revitalization on all fronts, and fostering a new paradigm

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2023. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 500,000 LED lights, with about 2.4 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Asian Games: Canoe Sprint

Members of Japanese team celebrate after winning bronze in the men's kayak four 500-meter event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 3, 2023.