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China: Chicken Seen Swimming in Sichuan

On November 2, 2025, a video from Sichuan, southwestern China, showed a chicken effortlessly swimming in a pond, while a duck looked on curiously from a blue platform. Normally, chickens flounder and sink in water, but this one moved easily across the surface.

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"Blue pond" in northern Japan

The "blue pond," a popular sightseeing spot, in Biei in Hokkaido, northern Japan, is lit up on Nov. 15, 2025, to allow visitors to view the larch trees and the snow-covered surface glowing in the dark.

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"Blue pond" in northern Japan

The "blue pond," a popular sightseeing spot, in Biei in Hokkaido, northern Japan, is lit up on Nov. 15, 2025, to allow visitors to view the larch trees and the snow-covered surface glowing in the dark.

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Illustration - Occitanie

FRANCE. AUDE (11) AERIAL VIEW OF OYSTER BEDS ON THE LEUCATE POND Photo by Frederic Hedelin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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[Breaking News]"Blue pond" in northern Japan

BIEI, Japan, Nov. 13 Kyodo - The "blue pond" in Biei in Hokkaido, northern Japan, is lit up on Nov. 13, 2024. (Kyodo)

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"Blue pond" in northern Japan

The "blue pond" in Biei in Hokkaido, northern Japan, is lit up on Nov. 13, 2024.

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"Blue pond" in northern Japan

The "blue pond" in Biei in Hokkaido, northern Japan, is lit up on Nov. 13, 2024.

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"Blue pond" in northern Japan

The "blue pond" in Biei in Hokkaido, northern Japan, is lit up on Nov. 13, 2024.

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UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

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UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession 2

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

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"Blue pond" in northern Japan

The "blue pond" in Biei in Hokkaido, northern Japan, is lit up on Nov. 11, 2023.

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"Blue pond" in northern Japan

The "blue pond" in Biei in Hokkaido, northern Japan, is lit up on Nov. 11, 2023.

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

BIEI, Japan, Nov. 12 Kyodo - Photo shows the so-called Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido, lit up with light-emitting diode lights on Nov. 13, 2018.

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

BIEI, Japan, Nov. 12 Kyodo - Photo shows the so-called Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido, lit up with light-emitting diode lights on Nov. 13, 2018.

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Couple checks photos of 'Blue Pond' after snowfall

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - A young couple checks photos of the "Blue Pond" after snowfall in Biei in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 4, 2014.

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'Blue Pond' in Biei, Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - People take photos at the "Blue Pond," a tourist attraction in Biei, Hokkaido Prefecture, on July 17, 2014.

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'Blue Pond' in Biei, Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows the "Blue Pond," a tourist attraction in Biei, Hokkaido Prefecture, on July 17, 2014.

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Blue pond in Biei

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken June 4, 2012, shows what is known among locals as a blue pond in the town of Biei, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

The Blue Pond, a tourist attraction in Biei on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, is lit up during an event on Nov. 14, 2022.

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

The so-called Blue Pond in Biei on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido is lit up on Nov. 18, 2021.

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

The so-called Blue Pond in Biei on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido is lit up on Nov. 18, 2021.

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

The so-called Blue Pond in Biei on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido is lit up on Nov. 18, 2021.

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

Photo shows the so-called Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido, lit up with light-emitting diode lights on Nov. 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

Photo shows the so-called Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido, lit up with light-emitting diode lights on Nov. 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Couple checks photos of 'Blue Pond' after snowfall

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - A young couple checks photos of the "Blue Pond" after snowfall in Biei in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 4, 2014. (Kyodo)

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'Blue Pond' in Biei, Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - People take photos at the "Blue Pond," a tourist attraction in Biei, Hokkaido Prefecture, on July 17, 2014. (Kyodo)

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1st weekend since freedom of travel restored across Japan

Visitors take a stroll around Sea Hell, a pond of boiling blue water, in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, on June 20, 2020, the first weekend since Japan lifted its final advisories on inter-prefecture travel, based on the belief that the spread of the novel coronavirus has been kept in check. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

People visit the so-called Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido, lit up with light-emitting diode lights on Nov. 4, 2020.

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

People visit the so-called Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido, lit up with light-emitting diode lights on Nov. 4, 2020.

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Summer vacation in Japan amid coronavirus worries

Fewer people than usual take a stroll around Sea Hell, a pond of boiling blue water, in the hot spring resort city of Beppu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2020, during the Bon summer holiday season amid the continued spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Blue Pond in Hokkaido

Photo shows the so-called Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido, lit up with light-emitting diode lights on Nov. 12, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo