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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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Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist monks dust down statues at World Heritage-listed Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2024, in an annual event to prepare for New Year.

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Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist monks dust down statues at World Heritage-listed Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2024, in an annual event to prepare for New Year.

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Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

A Buddhist monk dusts down a statue at World Heritage-listed Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2024, in an annual event to prepare for New Year.

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Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

A Buddhist monk dusts down a statue at World Heritage-listed Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2024, in an annual event to prepare for New Year.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi reacts after scoring in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (front) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (front) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (3rd from R) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (C) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (C) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

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Year-end shopping in Tokyo's Ueno district

Year-end shopping in Tokyo's Ueno district

Ameyoko shopping street in Tokyo's Ueno district is crowded on Dec. 29, 2024, with shoppers buying food and other items ahead of New Year.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Year-end shopping in Tokyo's Ueno district

Year-end shopping in Tokyo's Ueno district

Ameyoko shopping street in Tokyo's Ueno district is crowded on Dec. 29, 2024, with shoppers buying food and other items ahead of New Year.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Japanese Princess Kako turns 30

Japanese Princess Kako turns 30

Japanese Princess Kako, Emperor Naruhito's niece, waves on her way to meet Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2024, her 30th birthday.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Jeju Air CEO Kim E Bae (L) speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2024, after one of the airline's passenger planes crashed and burst into flames the same day, killing 179 people on board, at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Family members and acquaintances of those who were aboard a passenger jet that crashed at Muan International Airport gather to hear South Jeolla Province Gov. Kim Yong Rok (L) speak in an airport lobby in Muan County in the province of South Korea on Dec. 29, 2024. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

South Korean soldiers work near the wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29, 2024, in Muan County in South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

People watch a monitor at Gimpo airport in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2024, showing the news of a passenger plane crash that killed 179 people at Muan International Airport in Muan County in South Korea the same day.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo shows a wavy road in Uchinada in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 29, 2024 (top), following soil liquefaction caused by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, and the same site on Dec. 21, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama practices in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the Grand Prix Final competition in Grenoble, France, staring on Dec. 5.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama practices in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the Grand Prix Final competition in Grenoble, France, staring on Dec. 5.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama practices in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the Grand Prix Final competition in Grenoble, France, staring on Dec. 5.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama practices in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the Grand Prix Final competition in Grenoble, France, staring on Dec. 5.

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