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Nelson Mandela memorial

QUNU, South Africa - Photo shows a vehicle carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa, on Dec. 14, 2013.

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Mourning for Mandela

QUNU, South Africa - The motorcade escorting the hearse carrying the casket of former South African President Nelson Mandela nears the venue for the burial ceremony for Mandela in his hometown Qunu, South Africa, on Dec. 14, 2013.

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Mourning for Mandela

MTHATHA, South Africa - People gather along a road in Mthatha, South Africa, on Dec. 14, 2013, to watch the motorcade escorting the hearse carrying the casket of former South African President Nelson Mandela.

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Stadium for 2014 World Cup

CURITIBA, Brazil - Photo taken Dec. 14, 2013, shows a stadium under construction in Curitiba, Brazil, which will be one of the venues for the 2014 soccer World Cup.

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Demonstration in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Antigovernment demonstrators continue protests at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 14, 2013.

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Abe uses prompter for the first time

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe uses a prompter for the first time at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, after summit talks among leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Mourning for Mandela

MTHATHA, South Africa - People greet the hearse carrying the casket of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Mthatha, South Africa, on Dec. 14, 2013.

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Japan-ASEAN summit

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japanese pop group EXILE perform during a banquet for leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 14, 2013. The ASEAN leaders attended a summit with Japan in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, after the summit talks among leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. They agreed at the summit to work together to ensure "freedom of overflight" in an implicit reference to China's newly declared air defense zone in the East China Sea.

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Japan-ASEAN summit

TOKYO, Japan - Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (2nd from L in front) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands during a banquet for leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 14, 2013. The ASEAN leaders attended a summit with Japan in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - Children prepare to head for a slope in a ski area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, after the summit talks among leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. They agreed at the summit to work together to ensure "freedom of overflight" in an implicit reference to China's newly declared air defense zone in the East China Sea.

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah hold a joint press conference after a plenary session of the summit of leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013. Abe and Bolkiah served as co-chairs of the summit. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japanese pop idol group AKB48 perform during a banquet for leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 14, 2013. The ASEAN leaders attended a summit with Japan in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe proposes a toast during a dinner party at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, after summit talks among leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah hold a joint press conference after a plenary session of the summit of leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013. Abe and Bolkiah served as co-chairs of the summit. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gather at the State Guest House in Tokyo for a plenary session of their summit on Dec. 14, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Gov't to buy land around damaged Fukushima plant for waste storage

TOKYO, Japan - This aerial photo taken by a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 14, 2013, shows a coastal area in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, around the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. The government plans to acquire about 19 square kilometers of land chiefly around the plant to build facilities for the long-term storage of radioactive and other waste piling up in the decontamination process.

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, after the summit talks among leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. They agreed at the summit to work together to ensure "freedom of overflight" in an implicit reference to China's newly declared air defense zone in the East China Sea.

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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - People ski on a slope in Sochi in an area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Gov't to buy land around damaged Fukushima plant for waste storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (L, standing) speaks at a meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (3rd from R) and four other local town mayors in Fukushima on Dec. 14, 2013. Ishihara asked the local leaders to accept a government plan to acquire about 19 square kilometers of land around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant and to build facilities for the long-term storage of radioactive and other waste there.

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) makes a toast during a luncheon hosted by Japanese business lobbies for leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Philippines decorates JICA's Ogata for helping Mindanao peace talks

TOKYO, Japan - Philippine President Benigno Aquino (L) and Sadako Ogata, former head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the U.N. refugee agency, pose for a photo at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, after Ogata received the Order of Sikatuna from Aquino for her contribution to peace talks between the Philippine government and rebel leaders in Mindanao. The order is given to individuals who have provided exceptional service to the Philippines. Aquino is in Tokyo to attend a Japan-ASEAN summit.

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Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and five Mekong basin countries -- (from L to R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan -- pose for a group photo before their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013. The Mekong-Japan summit was held on the sidelines of the summit of leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of ASEAN countries and Japan (from L to R) - Myanmar's President Thein Sein, Philippine President Benigno Aquino, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan - join hands for a group photo at the State Guest House in Tokyo before their summit on Dec. 14, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (R) speaks at a summit of leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) sitting next to him. (Pool photo)

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Japanese-style spa 'Hana' opens in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran - Akhavan Hossein (L), owner of the recently opened Japanese-style spa "Hana" (flower) in Tehran, is shown at the spa with two staff members on Dec. 14, 2013.

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Tehran's Japanese spa owner in private 'tatami' room

TEHRAN, Iran - Akhavan Hossein (R), owner of the recently opened Japanese-style spa "Hana" (flower) in Tehran, sits at a table with a staff member in a private "tatami" mat room in the spa's restaurant on Dec. 14, 2013.