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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2025, shows temporary housing in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2025, shows temporary housing in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo shows temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2025, for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo shows temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2025, for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2025, shows temporary housing built in a coastal area of Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Baseball: Seibu Lions' Hirasawa

Taiga Hirasawa poses for photos at an introductory press conference in Tokorozawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama on Dec. 12, 2024, after joining the Seibu Lions from the Lotte Marines.

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Memorial service for ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji

A memorial service is held for former yokozuna Kitanofuji, a 10-time grand sumo tournament champion, whose real name was Katsuaki Takezawa, in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024. The former yokozuna, who mentored two grand champions including the legendary Chiyonofuji before becoming a popular TV sumo pundit, died on Nov. 12, 2024, at the age of 82.

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Landslide in Ehime Pref.

MATSUYAMA, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 12, 2024, shows the aftermath of a landslide on a mountainside beneath Matsuyama Castle (top) in Matsuyama in the western Japan prefecture of Ehime, following torrential rain. Three people died when a wooden house at the foot of the mountain was buried.

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Syria after Assad government collapse

Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2024, shows a private residence of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, apparently plundered by looters following the collapse of his government.

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Syria after Assad government collapse

Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2024, shows a private residence of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, apparently plundered by looters following the collapse of his government.

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Football: UEFA Conference League

Ryoya Morishita (L) of Legia Warsaw plays in a UEFA Conference League football match against Lugano in Warsaw, Poland, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Football: UEFA Europa League

Koki Machida (R) of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise dribbles the ball during a UEFA Europa League football match against Nice in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Football: UEFA Europa League

AZ Alkmaar's Seiya Maikuma (front, C) vies for the ball with Ludogorets players during a UEFA Europa League football match in Razgrad, Bulgaria, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Football: UEFA Europa League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (L) dribbles the ball in a UEFA Europa League football match against Dynamo Kyiv in San Sebastian, Spain, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Football: UEFA Europa League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (front) plays in a UEFA Europa League football match against Dynamo Kyiv in San Sebastian, Spain, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Syria after collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime

People gather at Umayyad Square in the Syrian capital Damascus on Dec. 12, 2024, to celebrate the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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A-bomb survivor Ogura in Norway

Keiko Ogura (front), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks about her experiences at a junior high school in a municipality in the greater Oslo region, Norway, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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A-bomb survivor Ogura in Norway

Keiko Ogura (L), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks about her experiences at a junior high school in a municipality in the greater Oslo region, Norway, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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A-bomb survivor Ogura in Norway

Keiko Ogura, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks about her experiences at a junior high school in a municipality in the greater Oslo region, Norway, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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A-bomb survivor Ogura in Norway

Keiko Ogura (C), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is welcomed as she visits a junior high school in a municipality in the greater Oslo region, Norway, on Dec. 12, 2024, to speak about her experiences.

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ECB President Lagarde

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde holds a press conference in Frankfurt on Dec. 12, 2024, following the ECB policy-setting committee's decision to lower its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point.

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto addresses attendees of the opening ceremony for a Tunnel of Friendship connecting Istiqlal Mosque with a cathedral in Jakarta on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Crossing border in Syria

A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen torn on the road to Lebanon near the border crossing in Masnaa, Syria, on Dec. 12, 2024, following the collapse of his government.

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Syria after Assad government's collapse

A tank is discarded on a road leading to Damascus on Dec. 12, 2024, following the collapse of the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Crossing border in Syria

A group of Syrians are seen stranded on the road to Lebanon near the border crossing in Masnaa, Syria, on Dec. 12, 2024, following the collapse of the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Crossing border in Syria

A group of Syrians are seen stranded on the road to Lebanon near the border crossing in Masnaa, Syria, on Dec. 12, 2024, following the collapse of the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Rally against S. Korea's Yoon

People call for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment while marching in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2024, as the president defends his short-lived martial law decree in a televised address the same day.

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Rally against S. Korea's Yoon

People call for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment while marching in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2024, as the president defends his short-lived martial law decree in a televised address the same day.

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Rally in support of S. Korea's Yoon

People rally in support of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2024, as the president defends his short-lived martial law decree in a televised address the same day.

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Emperor meets with disabled at Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako talk to disabled people at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, after they had received an award from the health minister for playing a noted role in society by overcoming their disability. (Pool photo)

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ANA plane to promote 2025 World Expo

All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichi Inoue (3rd from R) poses in front of a special Boeing 737-800 jetliner introduced to promote the 2025 Osaka Expo in Osaka at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, before its first flight to Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture. ANA plans to hold demonstration flights of its flying car near the venue of the Expo, which opens in April.

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ANA plane to promote 2025 World Expo

All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichi Inoue (L) poses in front of a special Boeing 737-800 jetliner at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, unveiled to the media to promote the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. ANA plans to hold demonstration flights of its flying car near the venue of the Expo, which opens in April.

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ANA plane to promote 2025 World Expo

All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichi Inoue (C, L) attends an unveiling ceremony for a special Boeing 737-800 jetliner at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, to promote the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. ANA plans to hold demonstration flights of its flying car near the venue of the Expo, which opens in April.

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ANA plane to promote 2025 World Expo

All Nippon Airways Co. unveils a special Boeing 737-800 jetliner to the media at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, to promote the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. ANA plans to hold demonstration flights of its flying car near the venue of the Expo, which opens in April.

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ANA plane to promote 2025 World Expo

All Nippon Airways Co. unveils a special Boeing 737-800 jetliner to the media at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, to promote the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. ANA plans to hold demonstration flights of its flying car near the venue of the Expo, which opens in April.

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S. Korea's Yoon's televised address

People watch a television screen at Seoul Station in the South Korean capital showing President Yoon Suk Yeol's televised address on Dec. 12, 2024. Yoon defended his short-lived martial law decree on Dec. 3 and refused to resign, vowing to stand against impeachment attempts and investigations.

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S. Korea's Yoon's televised address

People watch a television screen at Seoul Station in the South Korean capital showing President Yoon Suk Yeol's televised address on Dec. 12, 2024. Yoon defended his short-lived martial law decree on Dec. 3 and refused to resign, vowing to stand against impeachment attempts and investigations.

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Kanji for "kin," meaning gold or money, chosen as best to characterize 2024

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kin," meaning gold or money, with a calligraphy brush on Dec. 12, 2024. The character was selected as the best single kanji to symbolize the national mood for the year as Japanese athletes had their second-best ever performance at the Olympics with 20 gold medals in Paris, while a money scandal rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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Japan lower house panel OKs extra budget for FY 2024

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (left row, front) bows at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, after the lower house committee approved the fiscal 2024 supplementary budget.

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Japan lower house panel OKs extra budget for FY 2024

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, R) bows at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, after the lower house committee approved the fiscal 2024 supplementary budget.

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

Toshiyuki Mimaki (2nd from L), Shigemitsu Tanaka (3rd from L) and Terumi Tanaka (4th from L, front), all representatives of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, look at an exhibit at the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition about the group at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

Terumi Tanaka (C), a representative of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at the opening ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition about the group at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo on Dec. 12, 2024. Seen on the left is Kjersti Flogstad, executive director of the center.

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

(From L) Terumi Tanaka, Shigemitsu Tanaka and Toshiyuki Mimaki, representatives of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, attend the opening of the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition about the group at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo on Dec. 12, 2024, with Kjersti Flogstad (far R), executive director of the center.

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Japan No. 2 opposition party leadership race

House of Representatives lawmaker Ryuna Kanemura of the Japan Innovation Party meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2024, to announce his intention to run in the Dec. 1 leadership race of Japan's second-largest opposition party, which suffered a significant loss of seats in the Oct. 27 general election.

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Japan No. 2 opposition party leadership race

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2024, to announce his candidacy in the Dec. 1 leadership race of Japan's second-largest opposition party, the Japan Innovation Party. Yoshimura is the co-leader of the party, which suffered a significant loss of seats in the Oct. 27 general election.

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Japan No. 2 opposition party leadership race

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2024, to announce his candidacy in the Dec. 1 leadership race of Japan's second-largest opposition party, the Japan Innovation Party. Yoshimura is the co-leader of the party, which suffered a significant loss of seats in the Oct. 27 general election.

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USJ to open new area themed on Nintendo game in Dec.

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2024, shows part of Donkey Kong Country, a new area at Universal Studios Japan in the western Japan city of Osaka, unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 11. The new area was merged into USJ's existing area, Super Nintendo World.

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USJ to open new area themed on Nintendo game in Dec.

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2024, shows part of Donkey Kong Country, a new area at Universal Studios Japan in the western Japan city of Osaka, unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 11. The new area was merged into USJ's existing area, Super Nintendo World.

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USJ to open new area themed on Nintendo game in Dec.

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2024, shows part of Donkey Kong Country, a new area at Universal Studios Japan in the western Japan city of Osaka, unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 11. The new area was merged into USJ's existing area, Super Nintendo World.