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Key Piece Of Debris Removed From One Of Damaged Fukushima Reactors

FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN - AUG. 2: A key piece of debris was successfully removed Sunday from a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, clearing the way for the removal of over 500 spent fuel rods sitting inside the unit's cooling pool more than four years after the 2011 crisis. An official of plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. called the removal of fuel handing equipment from the pool "major progress" in the debris clearing process and a step forward to the reactor's eventual decommissioning. The fuel handing device, used to put fuel rods in and out of the No. 3 reactor and located above its spent fuel pool, fell into the pit when a hydrogen explosion rocked the structure housing the reactor on March 14, 2011.

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'Umbrella dance' Guinness record set in Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - A total of 1,688 colorful umbrella-holding people perform a "simultaneous umbrella dance" during a traditional festival in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2014, eclipsing the previous Guinness world record of 1,461 dancers established in the Romanian capital of Bucharest in September 2011.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Coming-of-age ceremony in Fukushima

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Young women smile after a ceremony for young people coming of age this fiscal year in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Kawauchi on Aug. 14, 2012. Some villagers returned home earlier this year after all the villagers were forced to evacuate in the wake of the nuclear crisis in 2011.

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Coming-of-age ceremony in Fukushima

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Kawauchi Mayor Yuko Endo (R) hands a certificate to a young woman during a ceremony for young people coming of age this fiscal year in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Kawauchi on Aug. 14, 2012. Some villagers returned home earlier this year after all the villagers were forced to evacuate in the wake of the nuclear crisis in 2011.

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Suzuki's Indian operation

MUMBAI, India - Senior officers of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., an Indian subsidiary of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., stand by a new model of the Swift compact car during a rollout in Mumbai, India, on Aug. 17, 2011. Suzuki, which now commands nearly half of the passenger car market in the country, is making final arrangements to build a new passenger car plant in Gujarat, western India, sources close to the matter said Sept. 14, 2011.

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Abandoned tank in Somalia

TOKYO, Japan - A burned tank believed to belong to the African Union peacekeeping forces is left abandoned near Bakara market, which used to be a stronghold of the Islamist militia al-Shabaab, in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Aug. 14, 2011.

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People in Mogadishu

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows tents of refugees who came to Mogadishu to obtain food in an area destroyed by warfare in Somalia's capital on Aug. 14, 2011.

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Demonstrations in Dalian

DALIAN, China - Protesters hold a national flag during a demonstration in Dalian, China, on Aug. 14, 2011.

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Demonstrations in Dalian

DALIAN, China - Protesters hold an anticorruption banner during a demonstration in Dalian, China, on Aug. 14, 2011.

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Kawashima at Belgian 1st division

MECHELEN, Belgium - Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (L) of Lierse SK catches a ball in a game against KV Mechelen in Mechelen on Aug. 14, 2011. Lierse SK was defeated 1-2, handing a first loss of the season to Kawashima, who played the entire game.

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Ikeda finishes 45th at PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Japan's Yuta Ikeda makes an approach shot on the 18th hole of the final round at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Ikeda finished in a tie for 45th at 5 over.

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Ikeda finishes 45th at PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Japan's Yuta Ikeda makes a bunker shot on the 15th hole of the final round at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Ikeda finished in a tie for 45th at 5 over.

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Kawashima at Belgian 1st division

MECHELEN, Belgium - Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima of Lierse SK saves a shot in a game against KV Mechelen in Mechelen on Aug. 14, 2011. Lierse SK was defeated 1-2, handing a first loss of the season to Kawashima, who played the entire game.

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Fireworks in Miyajima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Silhouettes of a high gate and pavilion of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage site, appear against the backdrop of fireworks during the Miyajima Water Fireworks Display in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2011.

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Bradley wins PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Keegan Bradley of the United States pumps his fist with joy after winning his first major at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Bradley defeated compatriot Jason Dufner by one stroke in a three-hole playoff after they finished regulation play at 8-under 272.

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Bradley wins PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Keegan Bradley of the United States holds the trophy after winning his first major at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Bradley defeated compatriot Jason Dufner by one stroke in a three-hole playoff after they finished regulation play at 8-under 272.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi begins political tour

BAGO, Myanmar - Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks before her supporters in Bago, 80 kilometers north of Yangon, Myanmar, on Aug. 14, 2011, as she kicked off her first political tour outside Yangon since her release from over seven years' house arrest the previous year.

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Fireworks in Miyajima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Silhouettes of a high gate and pavilion of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage site, appear against the backdrop of fireworks during the Miyajima Water Fireworks Display in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2011.

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Bradley wins PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Keegan Bradley of the United States pumps his fist with joy after winning his first major at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Bradley defeated compatriot Jason Dufner by one stroke in a three-hole playoff after they finished regulation play at 8-under 272.

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Ahn wins NEC Karuizawa 72

KARUIZAWA, Japan - South Korean golfer Ahn Sun Ju holds the trophy in Nagano Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2011, after winning the NEC Karuizawa 72 in a playoff against Japan's Akiko Fukushima.

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Ikeda finishes 45th at PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Japan's Yuta Ikeda droops after finishing in a tie for 45th at 5 over at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011.

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Anti-China demonstration in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - People march in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, on Aug. 14, 2011, in protest against China over a bilateral territorial dispute over the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Demonstrations have been staged since early June.

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China's 1st aircraft carrier returns to port

DALIAN, China - China's first aircraft carrier, the Soviet-built Varyag refurbished by China, returns to Dalian port in Liaoning Province on Aug. 14, 2011, after the first sea-trial.

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Police stand guard city building in Dalian

DALIAN, China - Chinese police officers stand guard in front of the city government building of Dalian, northeastern China, on Aug. 14, 2011. Thousands of people protested against a petrochemical plant in the port city the same day over pollution concerns.

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China's 1st aircraft carrier returns to port

DALIAN, China - China's first aircraft carrier, the Soviet-built Varyag refurbished by China, returns to Dalian port in Liaoning Province on Aug. 14, 2011, after the first sea-trial.

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Protest against chemical plant in Dalian

DALIAN, China - Demonstrators seek closure of a petrochemical plant in the northeastern Chinese port city of Dalian on Aug. 14, 2011, over pollution concerns. Authorities in the city ordered the immediate shutdown of the plant following the protest, according to China's state media.

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Protest against chemical plant in Dalian

DALIAN, China - Demonstrators seek closure of a petrochemical plant in the northeastern Chinese port city of Dalian on Aug. 14, 2011, over pollution concerns. Authorities in the city ordered the immediate shutdown of the plant following the protest, according to China's state media.

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China's 1st aircraft carrier returns to port

DALIAN, China - China's first aircraft carrier, the Soviet-built Varyag refurbished by China, returns to Dalian port in Liaoning Province on Aug. 14, 2011, after the first sea-trial.