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Scene from Tehran

Scene from Tehran

Black smoke rises in Tehran on April 3, 2026.

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Scene from Tehran

Scene from Tehran

Black smoke rises in eastern Tehran on April 3, 2026.

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Scene from Tehran

Scene from Tehran

Black smoke rises in eastern Tehran on April 3, 2026.

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Scene from Tehran

Scene from Tehran

Smoke rises over a residential area in Tehran on April 3, 2026.

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Scene from Tehran

Scene from Tehran

Smoke rises over a residential area in Tehran on April 3, 2026.

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Scene from Tehran

Scene from Tehran

Smoke rises over a residential area in Tehran on April 3, 2026.

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Scene from Tehran

Scene from Tehran

Smoke rises over a residential area in Tehran on April 3, 2026.

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EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib (front, R) visits on April 3, 2026, the former site of a morning market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, gutted by fire following a massive earthquake that devastated central Japan's Noto Peninsula area in January 2024.

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EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib (back, L) visits on April 3, 2026, a temple in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, damaged by a massive earthquake that devastated central Japan's Noto Peninsula area in January 2024.

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EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib (back, L) visits on April 3, 2026, a temple in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, damaged by a massive earthquake that devastated central Japan's Noto Peninsula area in January 2024.

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Last Japan-bound crude oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Last Japan-bound crude oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crude oil tanker from the Middle East arriving in Tokyo Bay on April 3, 2026, after passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Feb. 26, two days before the U.S. and Israeli militaries started strikes on Iran. No Japan-bound tanker has been confirmed to have passed the strait since.

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Last Japan-bound crude oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Last Japan-bound crude oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crude oil tanker from the Middle East arriving in Tokyo Bay on April 3, 2026, after passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Feb. 26, two days before the U.S. and Israeli militaries started strikes on Iran. No Japan-bound tanker has been confirmed to have passed the strait since.

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Last Japan-bound crude oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Last Japan-bound crude oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crude oil tanker from the Middle East arriving in Tokyo Bay on April 3, 2026, after passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Feb. 26, two days before the U.S. and Israeli militaries started strikes on Iran. No Japan-bound tanker has been confirmed to have passed the strait since.

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Last Japan-bound crude oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Last Japan-bound crude oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crude oil tanker from the Middle East arriving in Tokyo Bay on April 3, 2026, after passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Feb. 26, two days before the U.S. and Israeli militaries started strikes on Iran. No Japan-bound tanker has been confirmed to have passed the strait since.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets Microsoft President Smith

Japan PM Takaichi meets Microsoft President Smith

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from L) and Microsoft Corp. Vice Chair and President Brad Smith (2nd from L) pose for a photo at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets Microsoft President Smith

Japan PM Takaichi meets Microsoft President Smith

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from R) meets with Microsoft Corp. Vice Chair and President Brad Smith (2nd from L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets Microsoft President Smith

Japan PM Takaichi meets Microsoft President Smith

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from R) meets with Microsoft Corp. Vice Chair and President Brad Smith (2nd from L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2026.

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Japanese trade minister Akazawa

Japanese trade minister Akazawa

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa (standing) speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on April 3, 2026.

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Japanese trade minister Akazawa

Japanese trade minister Akazawa

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on April 3, 2026.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi

Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on April 3, 2026.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi

Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (standing) speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on April 3, 2026.

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White shrimp harvest season begins in Toyama

White shrimp harvest season begins in Toyama

Photo taken on April 3, 2026, shows the season's first catch of white shrimp landed at a port in Imizu in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama.

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White shrimp harvest season begins in Toyama

White shrimp harvest season begins in Toyama

Photo taken on April 3, 2026, shows the season's first catch of white shrimp landed at a port in Imizu in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama.

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White shrimp harvest season begins in Toyama

White shrimp harvest season begins in Toyama

Photo taken on April 3, 2026, shows the season's first catch of white shrimp landed at a port in Imizu in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama.

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White shrimp harvest season begins in Toyama

White shrimp harvest season begins in Toyama

Photo taken on April 3, 2026, shows the season's first catch of white shrimp landed at a port in Imizu in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama.

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Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2026. The country's Cabinet approved the same day a shift in its rice policy, moving toward a demand-aligned output strategy and introducing new measures to prevent shortages.

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Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2026. The country's Cabinet approved the same day a shift in its rice policy, moving toward a demand-aligned output strategy and introducing new measures to prevent shortages.

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Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2026. The country's Cabinet approved the same day a shift in its rice policy, moving toward a demand-aligned output strategy and introducing new measures to prevent shortages.

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Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2026. The country's Cabinet approved the same day a shift in its rice policy, moving toward a demand-aligned output strategy and introducing new measures to prevent shortages.

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Baseball: Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki's career highlights

Baseball: Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki's career highlights

File photo shows Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki's first plate appearance during his major league debut in a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington, on April 3, 2001. Ichiro became the first Asian player inducted to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025.

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Baseball: Buffaloes vs. Marines

Baseball: Buffaloes vs. Marines

Orix Buffaloes closer Yoshihisa Hirano pitches in the ninth inning of a game against the Lotte Marines at Zozo Marine Stadium in the city of Chiba, near Tokyo, on April 3, 2025, en route to earning the 250th save of his Nippon Professional Baseball career.

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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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Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2

File photo taken in Tokyo on April 3, 2025, shows Nintendo Co.'s Switch 2 game console. The new console was released on June 5.

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2025 World Exposition in Osaka

2025 World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 3, 2025, shows a Signature Pavilion section called "Better Co-Being" created by Keio University Professor Hiroaki Miyata at the site of the 2025 World Exhibition in Osaka starting April 13.

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PM Ishiba attends World Exposition PR event in Tokyo

PM Ishiba attends World Exposition PR event in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at an event to promote the 2025 World Exposition at his Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 3, 2025, ahead of the event's start on April 13 in Osaka.

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PM Ishiba attends World Exposition PR event in Tokyo

PM Ishiba attends World Exposition PR event in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at an event to promote the 2025 World Exposition at his Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 3, 2025, ahead of the event's start on April 13 in Osaka.

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Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Co. holds an event in Tokyo on April 3, 2025, enabling journalists to play its Switch 2 console ahead of its sale on June 5.

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Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Co. holds an event in Tokyo on April 3, 2025, enabling journalists to play its Switch 2 console ahead of its sale on June 5.

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Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Co. holds an event in Tokyo on April 3, 2025, enabling journalists to play its Switch 2 console ahead of its sale on June 5.

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Japan-NATO talks

Japan-NATO talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (L) chats with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte before their talks in Brussels on April 3, 2025.

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Yoon ousted as S. Korea's president by Constitutional Court

Yoon ousted as S. Korea's president by Constitutional Court

A TV screen at Seoul Station in the South Korean capital shows a news report on April 4, 2025, that the Constitutional Court has upheld a parliamentary impeachment motion over President Yoon Suk Yeol's Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration.

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Yoon ousted as S. Korea's president by Constitutional Court

Yoon ousted as S. Korea's president by Constitutional Court

A TV screen at Seoul Station in the South Korean capital shows a news report on April 4, 2025, that the Constitutional Court has upheld a parliamentary impeachment motion over President Yoon Suk Yeol's Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration.

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Yoon ousted as S. Korea's president by Constitutional Court

Yoon ousted as S. Korea's president by Constitutional Court

A TV screen at Seoul Station in the South Korean capital shows a news report on April 4, 2025, that the Constitutional Court has upheld a parliamentary impeachment motion over President Yoon Suk Yeol's Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration.

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Yoon ousted as S. Korea's president by Constitutional Court

Yoon ousted as S. Korea's president by Constitutional Court

Photo shows a courtroom at South Korea's Constitutional Court in Seoul on April 4, 2025, before a ruling that upheld parliament's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration.

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U.N. Human Rights Council session in Geneva

U.N. Human Rights Council session in Geneva

A meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on April 3, 2025, discusses the human rights situation in North Korea. The council later passed a resolution urging North Korea to improve its rights situation and stop its involvement in conflicts abroad, using a phrase that apparently references its participation in Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Rally near Constitutional Court in Seoul

Rally near Constitutional Court in Seoul

Opponents of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol celebrate in Seoul on April 4, 2025, after the Constitutional Court upholds a parliamentary impeachment motion over his Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration.

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Rally near Constitutional Court in Seoul

Rally near Constitutional Court in Seoul

Opponents of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol celebrate in Seoul on April 4, 2025, after the Constitutional Court upholds a parliamentary impeachment motion over his Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration.

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Rally near presidential office in Seoul

Rally near presidential office in Seoul

Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gather near the presidential residence in Seoul on April 4, 2025, before a Constitutional Court ruling that upheld a parliamentary impeachment motion over his Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration.

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Rally near presidential office in Seoul

Rally near presidential office in Seoul

Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gather near the presidential residence in Seoul on April 4, 2025, before a Constitutional Court ruling that upheld a parliamentary impeachment motion over his Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration.

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Rally near presidential office in Seoul

Rally near presidential office in Seoul

Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gather near the presidential residence in Seoul on April 4, 2025, before a Constitutional Court ruling that upheld a parliamentary impeachment motion over his Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration.

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