2018 Asian Games preparation

2018 Asian Games preparation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Photo taken Aug. 4, 2017, shows Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, a venue for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

2018 Asian Games preparation

2018 Asian Games preparation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Renovation work is under way at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Aug. 4, 2017, for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

2018 Asian Games preparation

2018 Asian Games preparation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Photo taken Aug. 4, 2017, shows Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, a venue for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

2018 Asian Games preparation

2018 Asian Games preparation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Renovation work is under way at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Aug. 4, 2017, for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

Iran-Iraq earthquake

Iran-Iraq earthquake

SARPOL E ZAHAB, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - An old man and a child stand at a relief camp near Sarpol e Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah on Dec. 4, 2017, following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

Iran-Iraq earthquake

Iran-Iraq earthquake

QUIK E SEYFOORI, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Chenar (L) holds a child in Quik e Seyfoori in western Iran on Dec. 4, 2017. Chenar lost her father in the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

Iran-Iraq earthquake

Iran-Iraq earthquake

SARPOL E ZAHAB, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2017, shows public housing in Sarpol e Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah that was destroyed after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

Figure skating: Alina Zagitova

Figure skating: Alina Zagitova

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 7 Kyodo - Alina Zagitova (C) shows off her medal on the podium after winning the Cup of China figure skating competition in Beijing on Nov. 4, 2017, alongside runner-up Wakaba Higuchi (L) of Japan and third-place finisher Elena Radionova of Russia.

(1)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

(1)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - A worker locks the valves of the pipes between the nuclear reactor and heat exchangers at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station in the village of Tokaimura in Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2001 in preparation for the demolition of Japan's first commercial nuclear reactor built in 1966. The 92.7 billion yen plan for dismantling and decommissioning the reactor is slated for completion in fiscal 2017.