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Japanese tea ceremony master dies

Japanese tea ceremony master dies

File photo taken in April 2023 shows Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, giving a lecture in Osaka, western Japan. He died on Aug. 14, 2025, at age 102.

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Japanese tea ceremony master dies

Japanese tea ceremony master dies

File photo taken in Tokyo in October 2023 shows Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school. He died on Aug. 14, 2025, at age 102.

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Hawaii Gov. Green speaks over Maui wildfires

Hawaii Gov. Green speaks over Maui wildfires

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green speaks at a press conference in Wailuku on the island of Maui, Hawaii, on Aug. 14, 2023, about deadly wildfires that swept the island.

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Battleship Island in Japan

Battleship Island in Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 14, 2023, shows the World Heritage-listed Hashima Island, better known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan.

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Battleship Island in Japan

Battleship Island in Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 14, 2023, shows the World Heritage-listed Hashima Island, better known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan.

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Scene of Cairo

Scene of Cairo

People walk in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Scene of Cairo

Scene of Cairo

People walk on a bridge over the Nile River in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Taliban mark 2 years since return to power in Afghanistan

Taliban mark 2 years since return to power in Afghanistan

Women wearing head-to-toe clothing walk on a street in Kabul on Aug. 14, 2023, the day before the second anniversary of the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan following the toppling of a government backed by the United States.

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Hawaii Gov. Green

Hawaii Gov. Green

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (C) attends a press conference in Wailuku on the island of Maui, Hawaii State, on Aug. 14, 2023

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels is pictured after his third hitless at-bat, popping out to third during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels walks to the plate for his at-bat during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish throws against the Baltimore Orioles during a baseball game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish throws against the Baltimore Orioles during a baseball game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish lets out a roar after recording his sixth strikeout during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish lets out a roar after recording his sixth strikeout during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish throws against the Baltimore Orioles during a baseball game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish throws against the Baltimore Orioles during a baseball game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Max Scherzer throws against the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish reacts after striking out Cedric Mullins of the Baltimore Orioles during the fourth inning of a baseball game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 14, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

Baseball: Orioles vs. Padres

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish reacts after striking out Cedric Mullins of the Baltimore Orioles during the fourth inning of a baseball game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Max Scherzer throws against the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels pops out to third during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels strikes out swinging against Texas Rangers starting pitcher Max Scherzer during the fourth inning of a baseball game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels strikes out swinging against Texas Rangers starting pitcher Max Scherzer during the first inning of a baseball game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Dance festival in Tottori

Dance festival in Tottori

Dancers holding colorful umbrellas with bells attached perform during the Shan-Shan festival in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2023. The annual summer festival was held on a public road for the first time in four years as COVID-related restrictions were fully lifted earlier in the year.

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Dance festival in Tottori

Dance festival in Tottori

Dancers holding colorful umbrellas with bells attached perform during the Shan-Shan festival in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2023. The annual summer festival was held on a public road for the first time in four years as COVID-related restrictions were fully lifted earlier in the year.

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Dance festival in Tottori

Dance festival in Tottori

Dancers holding colorful umbrellas with bells attached perform during the Shan-Shan festival in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2023. The annual summer festival was held on a public road for the first time in four years as COVID-related restrictions were fully lifted earlier in the year.

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Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery

Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery

People visit the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo for unidentified war dead on Aug. 14, 2023, a day before the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on Aug. 15.

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Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery

Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery

People visit the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo for unidentified war dead on Aug. 14, 2023, a day before the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on Aug. 15.

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Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery

Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery

People visit the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo for unidentified war dead on Aug. 14, 2023, a day before the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on Aug. 15.

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Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Large waves are generated by Typhoon Lan along a beach in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Large waves are generated by Typhoon Lan along a beach in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Large waves are generated by Typhoon Lan along a beach in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Large waves are generated by Typhoon Lan along a beach in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan on Aug. 14, 2023.

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Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Typhoon Lan brings stormy weather in western Japan

Large waves are generated by Typhoon Lan along a beach in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan on Aug. 14, 2023.

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U.S. State Department senior official in Tokyo

U.S. State Department senior official in Tokyo

Camille Dawson, the U.S. State Department's deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2023.

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PM Kishida at University of Tokyo

PM Kishida at University of Tokyo

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) takes part in a class on generative artificial intelligence at the University of Tokyo in Japan's capital on Aug. 14, 2023. (Pool photo)

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PM Kishida at University of Tokyo

PM Kishida at University of Tokyo

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) takes part in a class on generative artificial intelligence at the University of Tokyo in Japan's capital on Aug. 14, 2023. (Pool photo)

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PM Kishida at University of Tokyo

PM Kishida at University of Tokyo

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to the press after taking part in a class on generative artificial intelligence at the University of Tokyo in Japan's capital on Aug. 14, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Light plane crash lands at Oita airport

Light plane crash lands at Oita airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 14, 2023, shows a small trainer aircraft that crash landed at Oita Airport in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan. None of the three people aboard the twin-propeller Beechcraft Baron G58 was injured but the runway had to be closed briefly.

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Light plane crash lands at Oita airport

Light plane crash lands at Oita airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 14, 2023, shows a small trainer aircraft that crash landed at Oita Airport in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan. None of the three people aboard the twin-propeller Beechcraft Baron G58 was injured but the runway had to be closed briefly.

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Light plane crash lands at Oita airport

Light plane crash lands at Oita airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 14, 2023, shows a small trainer aircraft that crash landed at Oita Airport in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan. None of the three people aboard the twin-propeller Beechcraft Baron G58 was injured but the runway had to be closed briefly.

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78th anniv. of U.S. air raid on Kyobashi Station

78th anniv. of U.S. air raid on Kyobashi Station

A memorial ceremony is held at JR Kyobashi Station in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 14, 2023, to honor the hundreds of civilians who died when U.S. forces dropped bombs on the station on the same day 78 years earlier.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin is pictured sitting on a pile of artificial snow on her fifth birthday at Adventure World zoo in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2023. Saihin was given 100 round-shaped pieces of ice forming the number "5" as a gift.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin is pictured next to a pile of artificial snow on her fifth birthday at Adventure World zoo in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2023. Saihin was given 100 round-shaped pieces of ice forming the number "5" as a gift.

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Perseid meteor shower

Perseid meteor shower

A shooting star lights up the night sky in Ojiya in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 14, 2023, as the annual summer Perseid meteor shower peaks.

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Perseid meteor shower

Perseid meteor shower

A shooting star lights up the night sky in Ojiya in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 14, 2023, as the annual summer Perseid meteor shower peaks.

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