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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis called for reconciliation in Syria as he led a mass peace vigil on St Peter's square at the Vatican on September 7, 2013 in front of tens of thousands of people in the evening of a day of fasting and prayer in the name of peace. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei displays her books at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2013, Jiang's arti

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei writes before dawn at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 24, 2019. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2013, Jiang's art

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Lucie Lucas Drops A Bomb About Victoria Abril

File photo dated April 10, 2013 shows Lucie Lucas and Victoria Abril attending the Nicolas Feuillatte party in Paris, France. Since Thursday December 7, 2023 and the broadcast of Further investigation dedicated to Gerard Depardieu, France is divided. Some are shocked and repelled by the images broadcast in the documentary while another supports the actor and denounces a “cabal” against him. In fact, the personalities who support the 74-year-old actor decided to let him know by signing a column published on the website of the Figaro this Monday, December 25. Among the signatories is Victoria Abril. Abril actress in the series Clem broadcast on TF1 has just been destroyed by his ex-partner in the series: Lucy Lucas. The latter said she was shocked when she learned of the signing of the woman who plays her mother in the fiction of the first channel. “@victoria.abril.officiel that’s not true?? … I’m in shock… tell me you didn’t do that?!”dropped Lucy Lucas in comment on the publication posted by Charlotte Arnould

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Lucie Lucas Drops A Bomb About Victoria Abril

File photo dated April 10, 2013 shows Lucie Lucas and Victoria Abril attending the Nicolas Feuillatte party in Paris, France. Since Thursday December 7, 2023 and the broadcast of Further investigation dedicated to Gerard Depardieu, France is divided. Some are shocked and repelled by the images broadcast in the documentary while another supports the actor and denounces a “cabal” against him. In fact, the personalities who support the 74-year-old actor decided to let him know by signing a column published on the website of the Figaro this Monday, December 25. Among the signatories is Victoria Abril. Abril actress in the series Clem broadcast on TF1 has just been destroyed by his ex-partner in the series: Lucy Lucas. The latter said she was shocked when she learned of the signing of the woman who plays her mother in the fiction of the first channel. “@victoria.abril.officiel that’s not true?? … I’m in shock… tell me you didn’t do that?!”dropped Lucy Lucas in comment on the publication posted by Charlotte Arnould

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Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections

STORY: Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 16, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of polling centers in Baghdad STORYLINE: Iraqi security personnel cast their votes on Saturday in 15 of the country's 18 provinces ahead of the provincial elections slated for Monday following a 10-year hiatus. The voting began after 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when soldiers and policemen lined up to cast their ballots at polling centers in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and several other cities in the 15 provinces of the country, excluding the three provinces of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. According to figures from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, more than 1 million voters from the security personnel are expected to cast ballots in 565 polling centers in the 15 provinces. The last provincial elections in Iraq were held in April 2013. Xinhua News Agency correspondents repo

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Mother of autistic child extends love to children with autism

STORY: Mother of autistic child extends love to children with autism DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lan Linxiang 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Lan Linxiang's son 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG 5. various of the rehabilitation institution in Fuzhou 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): Parent of an autistic child 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG 8. various of the children training STORYLINE: Lan Linxiang, a mother of an autistic child from Fuzhou city, south China's Fujian province, has extended her love to more children with autism. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG "What do you want to play?" SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Lan Linxiang's son "It's fallen down." SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG "It doesn't matter. Let's just pick it up." In 2013, Lan's one-year-old son was diagnosed with a developmental disorder. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG "There were some symptoms in the beginning, b

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Mitsubishi Regional Jet

NAGOYA, Japan - Part of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first small commercial airliner under development, is shown to reporters in Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2013. The aircraft's developer Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said the previous month that the first delivery will be delayed by over a year to around the April-June period in 2017.

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Nagoya basho 1st day

NAGOYA, Japan - Makuuchi division debutant Tokushoryu (L) pushes Chinese wrestler Sokokurai out of the ring on July 7, 2013, the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Sokokurai was fired due to accusations of bout rigging in 2011 but reinstated in April 2013 after a court ruled his dismissal invalid.

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Nikkei ends above 14,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows Japan's key Nikkei Stock Average above 14,000, up more than 500 points from May 2, the preceding business day, on the afternoon of May 7, 2013. The index finished at 14,180.24, its highest close since June 18, 2008, as sentiment was buoyed following robust U.S. jobs data for April and the yen's weak tone against the U.S. dollar.

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Opposition seeks LDP lawmaker's dismissal as Diet panel chief

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmakers are surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on May 7, 2013, after submitting a resolution to the House of Councillors calling for Yoriko Kawaguchi, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to be dismissed as chair of the upper chamber's Environment Committee. Kawaguchi extended her visit to China in April without permission from parliament, leading the panel to cancel a session.

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Japan-Taiwan fisheries talks

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Officials of Japan (L) and Taiwan shake hands in Taipei on May 7, 2013, as the two parties hold the first meeting of their joint fishing committee. The committee is stipulated in a bilateral fisheries pact signed in April 2013 on fishing rights around the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands, claimed by Taiwan and China, which call them Tiaoyutai and Diaoyu, respectively.

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Ichiro has three-hit game

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to right during the eighth inning of a game against the Houston Astros, his third hit in the game, at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 30, 2013. Yankees won 7-4.

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Yankees Kuroda gets 4th straight win

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 30, 2013. Kuroda pitched seven shutout innings to win his fourth straight start in the Yankees' 7-4 win.

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Yankees Kuroda gets 4th straight win

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 30, 2013. Kuroda pitched seven shutout innings to win his fourth straight start in the Yankees' 7-4 win.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish (L) is congratulated by team manager Ron Washington after finishing pitching in a game against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish strikes out Seattle Mariners leadoff man Endy Chavez during the first inning of a game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013, to make it 1,500 strikeouts for his career in Japan and the major leagues. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Beijing confirms capital's 1st case of H7N9 infection

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing, China, where a 7-year-old girl is being treated for H7N9 infection, on April 13, 2013. She is the first confirmed case of infection with the H7N9 strain of bird flu in the Chinese capital, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

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Beijing confirms capital's 1st case of H7N9 infection

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing, China, where a 7-year-old girl is being treated for H7N9 infection, on April 13, 2013. She is the first confirmed case of infection with the H7N9 strain of bird flu in the Chinese capital, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

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Star Tours at Tokyo Disneyland

CHIBA, Japan - Photo taken April 11, 2013, shows the outside of the building for Star Tours, a space-trip-themed attraction at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, which was shown to the media ahead of its reopening set for May 7 following renovation.

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Rohingyas rescued in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo shows people rescued aboard a boat that drifted off Aceh Province in Indonesia's Sumatra Island on April 7, 2013. The 76 people on the vessel are believed to be members of the Rohingya Muslim minority group in Myanmar.

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Darvish guts out 2nd victory

ARLINGTON, United States - Photo shows Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitching against Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 7, 2013. Darvish walked Pujols. The right hander earned his second win of the season, allowing three runs in five innings before leaving with a blister on his right ring finger, as the Rangers defeated the Angels 7-3.

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Park wins Kraft Nabisco Championship

RANCHO MIRAGE, United States - Park Inbee of South Korea (R back) celebrates her victory after jumping into a pond at the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 7, 2013.

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Darvish guts out 2nd victory

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish returns to the dugout after the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 7, 2013. The right hander earned his second win of the season, allowing three runs in five innings before leaving with a blister on his right ring finger, as the Rangers defeated the Angels 7-3.

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Darvish guts out 2nd victory

ARLINGTON, United States - Photo shows the right hand of Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 7, 2013. The right hander earned his second win of the season, allowing three runs in five innings before leaving with a blister on his right ring finger, as the Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Angels 7-3.

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Darvish guts out 2nd victory

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Los Angeles Angels at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 7, 2013. The right hander earned his second win of the season, allowing three runs in five innings before leaving with a blister on his right ring finger, as the Rangers defeated the Angels 7-3.

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Park wins Kraft Nabisco Championship

RANCHO MIRAGE, United States - Park Inbee of South Korea celebrates after earning a victory at the Kraft Nabisco Championship with a 15-under-par 273 total at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 7, 2013.

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Park wins Kraft Nabisco Championship

RANCHO MIRAGE, United States - Park Inbee of South Korea holds the victor's trophy after winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship with a 15-under-par 273 total at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 7, 2013.

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Darvish guts out 2nd victory

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Los Angeles Angels at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 7, 2013. The right hander earned his second win of the season, allowing three runs in five innings before leaving with a blister on his right ring finger, as the Rangers defeated the Angels 7-3.

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Spring in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's ambassador to the United States, speaks in Washington on April 7, 2013, before a groundbreaking ceremony for a Japanese-style promenade to be constructed around the Tidal Basin in the capital, where cherry trees are in bloom.

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Spring in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - People walk under cherry trees in Washington on April 7, 2013, which have started blooming.

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Boao Forum for Asia

BEIJING, China - Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, gives a speech at the Boao Forum for Asia in Boao, Hainan province, southern China, on April 7, 2013.

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Boao Forum for Asia

BOAO, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote address at the Boao Forum for Asia in Boao, Hainan province, southern China, on April 7, 2013.

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Kameda defends WBA bantamweight title

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda (L) of Japan and challenger Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym of Thailand during the 12th round of a bout in Osaka on April 7, 2013. Kameda successfully defended the crown for the sixth time, winning a split decision over Panomroonglek.

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Bird flu in China

SHANGHAI, China - Photo taken on April 7, 2013, shows a counter that deals with live birds for food in Shanghai, which was closed after the city banned sales of live birds following cases of humans infected with bird flu.

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Kameda defends WBA bantamweight title

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda (front, 2nd from L) of Japan after successfully defending the crown for the sixth time in Osaka on April 7, 2013. Kameda won a split decision over Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym (R back) of Thailand.

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Whaling fleet returns from Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japan's three-ship whaling fleet -- (from front) the mother ship Nisshin Maru, the Yushin Maru No. 2 and the Yushin Maru. The fleet returned to the port of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 7, 2013, after completing the season's research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Former Japanese PM Fukuda meets China's Xi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Fukuda said April 7, 2013, that he spoke with Xi at a regional forum in Boao, southern China, but there were no substantive discussions on bilateral issues.

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Whaling fleet returns from Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Photo shows the Yushin Maru, one of three ships in Japan's whaling fleet that returned to the port of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 7, 2013, after completing the season's research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Whaling fleet returns from Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at the port of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 7, 2013, at a welcoming ceremony for Japan's three-ship whaling fleet. The fleet returned to the port the same day after completing the season's research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Whaling fleet returns from Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Photo shows the mother ship Nisshin Maru of Japan's three-ship whaling fleet, which returned to the port of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 7, 2013, after completing the season's research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Gov't orders SDF to shoot down any incoming N. Korea missile

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a weapon believed to be the intermediate-range ballistic missile Musudan at a military parade in Pyongyang in October 2010. Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on April 7, 2013, ordered the Self-Defense Forces to prepare for the shooting down of North Korean ballistic missiles in the event that any are launched, government sources said.

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Whaling fleet returns from Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Photo shows the bow of the mother ship Nisshin Maru of Japan's three-ship whaling fleet, which returned to the port of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 7, 2013, after completing the season's research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. Marks are seen on the bow of the Nisshin Maru, which was rammed by vessels of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

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Prince Hisahito attends school enrollment ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito (C) and his parents Prince Akishino (L) and Princess Kiko (R), arrive at an elementary school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo to attend the enrollment ceremony on April 7, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Prince Hisahito attends school enrollment ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito (C) and his parents Prince Akishino (L) and Princess Kiko (R), head for an elementary school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo to attend the enrollment ceremony on April 7, 2013. (Pool photo)