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Christmas tree lit up at tsunami-ruined school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Christmas tree set up by volunteer workers at the tsunami-ruined Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is illuminated on Dec. 10, 2014, in memory of the 84 pupils and staff members killed by the 2011 disaster caused by a devastating earthquake.

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Christmas tree illuminated at tsunami-ruined school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Christmas tree set up by volunteer workers at the tsunami-ruined Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is lit up on Dec. 10, 2014, in memory of the 84 pupils and staff members killed by the 2011 tsunami caused by a devastating earthquake.

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Nikkei hits 22-month high

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2013. It ended the day's session at 10,688.11, up 292.93 points from the previous session on Dec. 28 and its highest close since March 4, 2011. The U.S. dollar trading in the upper 87 yen range is also shown.

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Nikkei climbs back to level before March 2011 quake

TOKYO, Japan - A display in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on Dec. 27, 2012. It closed at 10,322.98, up 92.62 points from the previous day and its highest mark since March 10, 2011 -- the day before a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.

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Baghdad after Iraq War

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Areas of Baghdad are seen surrounded by concrete fences on Dec. 10, 2011, to counter bombing attacks. Taking photos of Iraqi soldiers or police officers is prohibited.

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Brazilian slum

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Children fly a kite in Santa Marta, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 13, 2011. The population of slum dwellers in Brazil stood at around 11.4 million in 2010, almost doubling over the previous 10 years, according to Brazilian authorities.

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Mourning period for Kim Jong Il

PAJU, South Korea - Photo taken in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2011, shows North Korea's flag being flown at half-mast in a village in North Korea, which is located about 10 kilometers away from where the photo was taken. Pyongyang announced Dec. 19 that the country's leader Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17.

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Brazilian slum

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo shows Santa Marta, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 13, 2011. The population of slum dwellers in Brazil stood at around 11.4 million in 2010, almost doubling over the previous 10 years, according to Brazilian authorities.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il waves while reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) walks off after reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. To the left is the leader's third son Kim Jong Un. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) walks off after reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. To the right is Kim's third son Kim Jong Un. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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Nadeshiko stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows special stamps commemorating the women's national soccer team ''Nadeshiko Japan'' winning the Women's World Cup in the summer of 2011 in Germany. Japan Post Holdings Co. said on Dec. 19, 2011, it will sell the 10 sticker-type stamps to come with six special postcards, each featuring pictures of the soccer players during the tournament. They will be sold for 3,980 yen, including shipping.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) and Kim Jong Un (R), a son of Jong Il, reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17, 2011, at the age of 69.

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Brewers win negotiating rights for Aoki

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 10, 2011, shows Yakult Swallows' outfielder Norichika Aoki. The Japanese baseball club said Dec. 18 that the Milwaukee Brewers have won the right to negotiate a contract with the three-time Central League batting champion under the posting system.

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Messi against Al Sadd

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Lionel Messi (10) takes a free kick during the second half of a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0.

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Illuminations in Yamanashi

MINOBU, Japan - Sightseers look at illuminated houses in Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 10, 2011. Residents of two houses in the mountainous town started the illuminations in December 2000 to entertain their grandchildren. The custom, which is observed every December, has spread to 38 houses, drawing visitors from as far away as Tokyo.

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Dried persimmon making in Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - Peeled persimmons are hung from ropes in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2011, before their shipment as dried persimmons, a local specialty.

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Swarovski crystal toilet at Lixil's showroom

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a glittering toilet covered with some 70,000 pieces of crystal from Swarovski AG of Austria at a Tokyo showroom of housing and building material maker Lixil Corp. on Dec. 12, 2011. The toilet is not for sale but its estimated price would be 10 million yen.

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Rally in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - People hold a massive rally in Moscow on Dec. 10, 2011, to protest against alleged fraud in the Russian parliamentary elections.

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Medal winners at GP Final

QUEBEC CITY, Canada - (from L) Japan's Akiko Suzuki with silver, Italy's Carolina Kostner with gold and Russia's Alena Leonova with bronze pose with their medals at the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada, on Dec. 10, 2011.

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Medal winners at GP Final

QUEBEC CITY, Canada - (from L) Japan's Daisuke Takahashi with silver, Canada's Patrick Chan with gold and Spain's Javier Fernandez with bronze pose with their medals at the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada, on Dec. 10, 2011.

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Italy's Kostner wins GP Final

QUEBEC CITY, Canada - Italy's Carolina Kostner performs in the women's free skate program at the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada, on Dec. 10, 2011. Kostner won the competition.

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Women in New York sell Fukushima children's drawings for charity

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese singer songwriter AK (R) sells gift wrapping paper with Fukushima Prefecture children's drawings printed on it. The special wrapping paper was being sold at a charity campaign event in New York on Dec. 10, 2011, for survivors of the devastating March earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Protest in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - A participant holds a signboard demanding recounting votes of Russian parliamentary elections during a rally in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 10, 2011.

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Japan's Takahashi 2nd at GP Final

QUEBEC CITY, Canada - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs in the men's free skate program at the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada, on Dec. 10, 2011. Takahashi placed second in the competition.

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Lunar eclipse

OKAYAMA, Japan - A combination photo shows (from L to R) the beginning at 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011, to the end at 1:18 a.m. on Dec. 11, of a lunar eclipse with the total eclipse at the center observed in Okayama, western Japan.

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Pujols, Williams joining Angels

ANAHEIM, United States - Albert Pujols (L) and C.J. Wilson (R) pose during a press conference in Anaheim, California, on Dec. 10, 2011, on their joining the Los Angeles Angels.

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Chan wins GP Final

QUEBEC CITY, Canada - Canada's Patrick Chan performs in the men's free skate program at the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada, on Dec. 10, 2011. Chan won the competition.

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Japan's Suzuki 2nd at GP Final

QUEBEC CITY, Canada - Japan's Akiko Suzuki performs in the women's free skate program at the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada, on Dec. 10, 2011. Suzuki placed second in the competition.

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Lunar eclipse

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A total lunar eclipse is observed in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, at 11:38 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011. On the left is the framework of a disaster management building of the Minamisanriku town government wrecked by the March tsunami.

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Lunar eclipse

TOKYO, Japan - A total lunar eclipse is observed in Tokyo's Higashishimbashi area at 11:10 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011.

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Lunar eclipse observed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo captured in Tokyo's Sumida Ward at 11:08 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011, shows an orange moon over Tokyo Sky Tree during a total lunar eclipse. A total eclipse of the moon is observed when the sun, Earth and moon are aligned.

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Lunar eclipse observed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo captured in Tokyo's Sumida Ward at 11:14 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011, shows an orange moon over Tokyo Sky Tree during a total lunar eclipse. A total eclipse of the moon is observed when the sun, Earth and moon are aligned.

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Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway - (on far right, seated, from L to R) Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen listen to the speech of Nobel committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland (L) during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2011.

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Lunar eclipse observed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo at 9:50 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011, shows the moon in an early stage of a total lunar eclipse. The phenomenon is observed when the Earth passes between the sun and moon, casting its shadow over the moon.

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Nobel laureate Oe at antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, speaks at a rally against nuclear power in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Dec. 10, 2011.

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Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway - (from L) Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen attend the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2011.

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FIFA President Blatter in Matsushima

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - FIFA President Sepp Blatter (3rd from R, front) and Japan Football Association President Junji Ogura (2nd from L, front) pose with child soccer players at the FIFA-funded Matsushima football center in the town of Matsushima, affected by the March 11 disaster, in Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 10, 2011.

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FIFA President Blatter in Matsushima

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - FIFA President Sepp Blatter meets child soccer players at the FIFA-funded Matsushima football center in the town of Matsushima, affected by the March 11 disaster, in Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 10, 2011.

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Protest in Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Men hold, during a rally in Vladivostok, Russia, on Dec. 10, 2011, a signboard claiming a foul in the vote counting of Russian parliamentary elections and criticizing Prime Minster Vladimir Putin.

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South African foreign minister Nkoana-Mashabane

DURBAN, South Africa - South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (L) attends an informal meeting at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 10, 2011.

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Tenjindaira ski resort in Gunma Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a skier gliding down a slope at the Tenjindaira ski resort in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 10, 2011. The resort opened the same day, about two weeks later than usual.

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Quake debris from Miyagi Pref. arrives in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A truckload of debris from the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, arrives at a waste disposal facility in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Dec. 10, 2011.

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War-displaced man departs Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Du Chunquan (L), one of the Japanese left behind in China in the aftermath of World War II, and his wife are on the way to leave Japan from Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2011, after an unsuccessful bid to find his relatives in Japan.

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Gov't, DPJ agree to lower car weight tax

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) speaks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo early on Dec. 10, 2011, after receiving a set of tax policy change proposals for fiscal 2012. The government and the ruling Democratic Party of Japan agreed to lower the car weight tax.

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Protest in Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A man, at a rally in Vladivostok, Russia, on Dec. 10, 2011, holds a signboard claiming a foul in the vote counting of Russian parliamentary elections.

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March of penguins at Asahiyama Zoo

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - People watch penguins taking a stroll at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Dec. 10, 2011. Zookeepers let the penguins walk on snow through mid-March to keep them healthy as they do not actively swim in their pool during winter.

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Finance Minister Azumi at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2011, after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet approved an outline of tax policy changes for fiscal 2012.

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Tsunami monument

KAMAISHI, Japan - A stone monument is set up in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2011, to commemorate the March quake and tsunami. The cenotaph is the first of the 500 projected monuments to be set up by the stone industry over 10 years along the Pacific coast in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures struck by the tsunami.

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Costa Rican President Chinchilla in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011, during her official visit to Japan from Dec. 6 to 10.