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A-bomb survivor Sasamori

A-bomb survivor Sasamori

Photo taken on July 29, 2022, shows a portrait of Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her scars in the United States. The New York Times reported on Jan. 2, 2025, that she died on Dec. 15, 2024, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 92.

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Okinawa governor meets defense minister

Okinawa governor meets defense minister

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) meets Defense Minister Gen Nakatani at the prefectural government office in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

A damaged home remains unattended in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula region on Jan. 1.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

People gather around a bonfire as a junior high school building (back) is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary on Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement ceremony in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement ceremony in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (upper R) poses for a photo during a retirement ceremony held after an exhibition match for him featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement ceremony in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement ceremony in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (C) speaks during a retirement ceremony held after an exhibition match for him featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement ceremony in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement ceremony in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta speaks during a retirement ceremony held after an exhibition match for him featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement ceremony in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement ceremony in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta receives a bouquet during a retirement ceremony held after an exhibition match for him featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Former Italy defender Fabio Cannavaro (C) passes the ball during a retirement exhibition match for Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (L), featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars, at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Former Argentina forward Javier Saviola (R) scores during a retirement exhibition match for Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta, featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars, at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Former Brazil midfielder and forward Rivaldo (C) plays during a retirement exhibition match for Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta, featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars, at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Former Spain midfielder Xavi (L) plays during a retirement exhibition match for Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta, featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars, at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (front, L) plays during his retirement exhibition match featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (L) plays during his retirement exhibition match featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (2nd from R) plays during his retirement exhibition match featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (C) plays during his retirement exhibition match featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (R) plays during his retirement exhibition match featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (far L) plays during his retirement exhibition match featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Football: Iniesta's retirement match in Tokyo

Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta (front) plays during his retirement exhibition match featuring former Barcelona and Real Madrid stars at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, eastern Japan, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, eastern Japan, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, eastern Japan, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, eastern Japan, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a temporary bathing facility set up by the Japan Self-Defense Forces for people affected by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1 in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. The facility will be closed the following day ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster that hit Suzu and other Noto Peninsula cities and towns.

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Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a temporary bathing facility set up by the Japan Self-Defense Forces for people affected by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1 in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. The facility will be closed the following day ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster that hit Suzu and other Noto Peninsula cities and towns.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken in the small hours of Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant (back) in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken in the small hours of Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken in the small hours of Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Football: Scottish League Cup

Football: Scottish League Cup

Celtic players celebrate after the team won the Scottish League Cup with a victory over Rangers on Dec. 15, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Scottish League Cup

Football: Scottish League Cup

Celtic players celebrate after the team won the Scottish League Cup with a victory over Rangers on Dec. 15, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Scottish League Cup

Football: Scottish League Cup

Celtic players (from L) Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate pose after the team won the Scottish League Cup with a victory over Rangers on Dec. 15, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Scottish League Cup

Football: Scottish League Cup

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (R) scores in the second half of a Scottish League Cup football match against Rangers on Dec. 15, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

People call for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from office in Seoul on Dec. 15, 2024, following parliamentary passage of an impeachment motion against him.

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Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

People call for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from office in Seoul on Dec. 15, 2024, following parliamentary passage of an impeachment motion against him.

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Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

People call for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from office near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Dec. 15, 2024, following parliamentary passage of an impeachment motion against him.

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Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

People call for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from office near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Dec. 15, 2024, following parliamentary passage of an impeachment motion against him.

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Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

Seoul after passage of impeachment motion against Yoon

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows the Constitutional Court in Seoul following parliamentary passage of an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol.

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Japanese Princess Yuriko

Japanese Princess Yuriko

Japan's Princess Yuriko attends a party to celebrate her 80th birthday and the 88th birthday of her husband Prince Mikasa (L) at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 6, 2003. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Giant votive plaque at western Japan shrine

Giant votive plaque at western Japan shrine

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a dragon is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2023, ahead of the start of the Year of the Dragon in 2024.

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Giant votive plaque at western Japan shrine

Giant votive plaque at western Japan shrine

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a dragon is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2023, ahead of the start of the Year of the Dragon in 2024

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Giant votive plaque at western Japan shrine

Giant votive plaque at western Japan shrine

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a dragon is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2023, ahead of the start of the Year of the Dragon in 2024.

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