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Sumo wrestlers visit Hiroshima peace park

(From R) Ukrainian sumo wrestler ozeki Aonishiki, Mongolian yokozuna Hoshoryu and ozeki Kotozakura bow at the cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Dec. 10, 2025. About 10 sumo wrestlers visited the park during a winter promotional tour in the western Japan city.

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China: Siblings Bow to “Polite” Horse After Feeding It Carrot in Hebei

On September 23, 2025, in Chengde, Hebei, a boy carefully offered a carrot to a horse, and just as the animal began nodding and swaying its head, the boy mimicked the motion, bowing repeatedly. His younger sister soon joined in, copying her brother’s gestures.

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Emperor visits WWII victim memorial hall in Tokyo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, bow at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall on Oct. 23, 2025. It honors an estimated 100,000 people who were killed in a single night during U.S. air raids toward the end of World War II on March 10, 1945. (Pool photo)

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US: New York City Joins Nationwide “No Kings” Protest Against Trump 2

Tens of thousands gathered in New York City on October 18, 2025, as part of the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations opposing what participants called President Trump’s authoritarian rule. Marchers moved from Times Square to Union Square carrying signs like “We Don’t Bow to Billionaires.” The protest remained peaceful, with no major incidents reported. Organizers said over seven million people joined similar rallies across the U.S., making it one of the largest coordinated protests in recent years.

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US: New York City Joins Nationwide “No Kings” Protest Against Trump

Tens of thousands gathered in New York City on October 18, 2025, as part of the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations opposing what participants called President Trump’s authoritarian rule. Marchers moved from Times Square to Union Square carrying signs like “We Don’t Bow to Billionaires.” The protest remained peaceful, with no major incidents reported. Organizers said over seven million people joined similar rallies across the U.S., making it one of the largest coordinated protests in recent years.

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China: Penguin’s Lightning-Fast Dive Amazes Viewers in Jiangsu Zoo

On September 18, 2025, in Jiangsu, located in eastern China, a video showed a penguin leaping into the water. It darted across the pool like an arrow shot from a bow. The penguin swiftly turned around and swam back before jumping onto the shore in one quick motion. Its speed surprised many viewers. Chinese netizens said the chubby penguin proved that penguins are true swimming experts.

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Niinami resigns

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 2 Kyodo - Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobuhiro Torii and Vice President Kenji Yamada bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after announcing the resignation of the company's Chairman Takeshi Niinami, also chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. The 66-year-old was under police investigation over dietary supplements he allegedly purchased, according to the major Japanese brewer. (Kyodo)

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Remains Of 30 Chinese Martyrs From Korean War Buried In Homeland - Shenyang

People bow to the remains of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, on September 13, 2025. The remains of 30 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were laid to rest on Saturday in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province. The remains of the fallen soldiers were brought back to China from the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Friday. Photo by Yang Qing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Remains Of 30 Chinese Korean War Martyrs Returned To Homeland From ROK - China

People bow to the remains of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province on September 12, 2025. The remains of 30 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were returned to China on Friday from the Republic of Korea (ROK). Photo by Pan Yulong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

People bow at a mural depicting North Korea's former leaders -- founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il -- in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2025, the 77th anniversary of the country's founding.

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77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

People bow at a mural depicting North Korea's former leaders -- founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il -- in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2025, the 77th anniversary of the country's founding.

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Niinami resigns

Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobuhiro Torii (L) and Vice President Kenji Yamada bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after announcing the resignation of the company's Chairman Takeshi Niinami, also chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. The 66-year-old was under police investigation over dietary supplements he allegedly purchased, according to the major Japanese brewer.

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 26 Kyodo - Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata, deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Badminton: World championships

Japan's Chiharu Shida (L) and Nami Matsuyama bow after losing to Malaysia's Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan in the women's doubles semifinals at the world badminton championships in Paris, their last tournament together, on Aug. 30, 2025.

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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Yasukuni shrine

People bow at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Yasukuni shrine

People bow at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Japan Crown Prince, Crown Princess in Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko bow as they offer flowers in front of the cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on July 23, 2025.

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, UPPER WEST SIDE. CENTRAL PARK LAKE WITH BOW BRIDGE IN AUTUMN AND VIEW ON SAN REMO BUILDING Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, UPPER WEST SIDE. CENTRAL PARK LAKE WITH BOW BRIDGE IN AUTUMN AND VIEW ON SAN REMO BUILDING Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, UPPER WEST SIDE. CENTRAL PARK LAKE WITH BOW BRIDGE IN AUTUMN AND VIEW ON SAN REMO BUILDING Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, UPPER WEST SIDE. CENTRAL PARK WINTER SUNRISE ON THE FROZEN LAKE WITH THE BOW BRIDGE AND UPPER WEST SIDE BUILDINGS (SAN REMO) Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, UPPER WEST SIDE. PANORAMIC WINTER SUNRISE ON FROZEN CENTRAL PARK LAKE WITH BOW BRIDGE AND VIEW OF UPPER WEST SIDE BUILDINGS (INCLUDING THE SAN REMO AND THE MAJESTIC LUXURY BUILDINGS) Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN. HORIZONTAL PANORAMIC OF CENTRAL PARK IN FALL AT SUNRISE. VIEW FROM THE BOW BRIDGE OVER THE LAKE, TREES AND UPPER WEST SIDE BUILDINGS IN AUTUMN (INCLUDING THE THE MAJESTIC AND SAN REMO) Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, UPPER WEST SIDE. CENTRAL PARK LAKE WITH BOW BRIDGE IN AUTUMN AND VIEW ON SAN REMO BUILDING Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, UPPER WEST SIDE. CENTRAL PARK LAKE ON AUTUMN MORNING WITH BOW BRIDGE Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako bow after laying flowers at the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on June 19, 2025.

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako bow after laying flowers at the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on June 19, 2025.

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako bow after laying flowers at the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on June 19, 2025. Standing next to him is Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui.

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Football: Club World Cup

Players of Japan's Urawa Reds bow after losing a Club World Cup Group E match against River Plate from Argentina in Seattle on June 17, 2025.

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BET Awards 2025 - LA

Bow Wow and Terrence J arrive at the BET Awards 2025 (25th Annual BET Awards) held at Peacock Theater at L.A. Live on June 9, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BET Awards 2025 - LA

Bow Wow arrives at the BET Awards 2025 (25th Annual BET Awards) held at Peacock Theater at L.A. Live on June 9, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BET Awards 2025 - LA

Bow Wow arrives at the BET Awards 2025 (25th Annual BET Awards) held at Peacock Theater at L.A. Live on June 9, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R), Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Princess Aiko (not seen in picture) bow after offering flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Players of Japan's Kawasaki Frontale bow to the crowd after losing to Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli in the AFC Champions League Elite final in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 3, 2025.

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Tribute to Victims After Festival Attack - Vancouver

People bow their heads during a moment of silence during a vigil for the victims of an attack that killed 11 people at a Filipino heritage festival Saturday evening, in Vancouver, on Sunday, April 27, 2025. A man in a vehicle raced along a street lined with food trucks in an attack the interim police chief called the "darkest day" in the city's history. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Players of Japanese football club Yokohama F Marinos bow after losing to Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr in an AFC Champions League Elite quarterfinal match in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 26, 2025.

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Japan emperor, empress visit Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bow after laying flowers at the Peace Cemetery Park on Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean on April 7, 2025, to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle on the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, during the final year of World War II. (Pool photo)

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Event ahead of International Womens Day in Uzhhorod

A smiling woman wears a lilac bow on her head and sunglasses during an event held under the slogan "Every Woman Has the Right to Safety!" in Teatralna Square ahead of International Womens Day in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on March 7, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

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Graduation Ceremony - Seoul

Graduates wearing traditional Korean clothes bow during their graduation ceremony at the Dongmyung Girls High School in Seoul, South Korea, February 11, 2025. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Graduation Ceremony - Seoul

Graduates wearing traditional Korean clothes bow during their graduation ceremony at the Dongmyung Girls High School in Seoul, South Korea, February 11, 2025. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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HMS CARLSKRONA BALTIC SENTRY

KARLSKRONA 2025-02-04 Bofors 40 mm automatic cannon in the bow of HMS Carlskrona. The patrol ship HMS Carlskrona (P04) set sail from the naval port in Karlskrona on Tuesday to become part of NATO's Baltic Sentry operation as one of several Swedish ships that are part of Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1). This is the first time the ship has hoisted the NATO flag on board. The purpose of NATO's Baltic Sentry operation is to demonstrate presence and monitor critical underwater infrastructure. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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HMS CARLSKRONA BALTIC SENTRY

KARLSKRONA 2025-02-04 King Carl XVI Gustaf's signature under the ship's name in the bow. The patrol ship HMS Carlskrona (P04) set sail from the naval port in Karlskrona on Tuesday to become part of NATO's Operation Baltic Sentry as one of several Swedish ships that are part of Standing NATO Maritime Group One ( SNMG1 ). This is the first time the ship has hoisted the NATO flag on board. The purpose of NATO's Operation Baltic Sentry is to demonstrate presence and monitor critical underwater infrastructure. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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The Rose Tattoo press viewing in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31, 2025 - Actors bow after a press viewing of The Rose Tattoo play by Tennessee Williams directed by Dmytro Bohomazov and Andrii Saminin at the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Drama Theatre, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Eugen Kotenko/Ukrinform)

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The Rose Tattoo press viewing in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31, 2025 - Actors bow after a press viewing of The Rose Tattoo play by Tennessee Williams directed by Dmytro Bohomazov and Andrii Saminin at the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Drama Theatre, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Eugen Kotenko/Ukrinform)

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Fuji TV press conference

Koichi Minato (C) and Shuji Kano (R) bow at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2025, after their resignations as president and chairman, respectively, of Fuji Television Network Inc. were announced following allegations that an official of the broadcaster played a role in the sexual misconduct scandal involving TV host Masahiro Nakai.

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Fuji TV press conference

Koichi Minato (L) and Shuji Kano bow at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2025, after their resignations as president and chairman, respectively, of Fuji Television Network Inc. were announced following allegations that an official of the broadcaster played a role in the sexual misconduct scandal involving TV host Masahiro Nakai.

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Christopher Macchio Performs National Anthem At Trump Inauguration - DC

(L-R) Former US President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris bow their heads during a benediction after President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Photo by Saul Loeb / Pool/AABACAPRESS.COM

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Guests At Donald Trump Presidential Inauguration - USA

(L-R) U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor bow their heads during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/POOL/ABACAPRESS.COM