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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a shop window broken due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a shop window broken due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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Guam rampage

GUAM, United States - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, shows Guam Memorial Hospital where some people injured in a recent vehicle and knife attack in Guam are being treated. The Feb. 12 rampage left three Japanese dead and 11 others injured.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans pay tribute before bronze statues of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women wearing traditional Korean attire visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, to pay tribute to bronze statues of Kim and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An exhibit of paintings depicting North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il is held in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, his birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans dance in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to celebrate the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow before bronze statues of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans dance in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to celebrate the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children roller-skate in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People visit bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Guam rampage

GUAM, United States - Kenneth Santos (R), vice mayor of the area in Guam where the suspect in a recent vehicle and knife attack resides, meets the press on Feb. 16, 2013. Santos said the family of Chad Ryan Desoto is remorseful for the tragedy. The Feb. 12 rampage left three Japanese dead and 11 others injured.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow before a huge portrait of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, his birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, to pay tribute to bronze statues of Kim and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel holding flowers approach bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow before bronze statues of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Wrestling world body president ousted

PHUKET, Thailand - Raphael Martinetti, president of FILA, attends a bureau meeting of the world wrestling governing body in Phuket, Thailand, on Feb. 16, 2013. The organization ousted the Swiss from his post later in the day following the International Olympic Committee's axing of wrestling as a core sport for the 2020 Summer Games.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women wearing traditional Korean attire visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, to lay flowers to bronze statues of Kim and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel salute before bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Japanese girl wins award at Russia's top music school

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo shows Kanon Matsuda, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, who studies the piano at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music. Matsuda was given the best student award on Feb. 15, 2013, becoming the first foreigner to win the honor at the institution that has trained gifted children since the late 19th century.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A child offers flowers before bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a destroyed wall of a factory due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a destroyed wall of a factory due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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Japanese girl wins award at Russia's top music school

MOSCOW, Russia - Kanon Matsuda, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, plays the piano during a ceremony at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, Russia's top music school, on Feb. 15, 2013. Matsuda was given the best student award, becoming the first foreigner to win the honor at the institution that has trained gifted children since the late 19th century.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a building with shattered windowpanes, covered with plastic sheets, due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Memorial for victims of Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo taken Feb. 24, 2013, shows a monument built at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, for the victims of a hostage crisis that occurred on Jan. 16 and caused at least 40 deaths. The Algerian government held a memorial service at the facility on Feb. 24 for the victims.

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Memorial for victims of Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Employees of a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Feb. 24, 2013, pose in front of a monument for the victims of a hostage crisis that occurred on Jan. 16, causing at least 40 deaths. The Algerian government held a memorial service at the facility on Feb. 24 for the victims.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, shows a hole about 8 meters in diameter on the ice of Chebarkul Lake in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk, with news crews making reports. The hole is believed to have been made by one of the meteor fragments that fell on the region the previous day, which left around 1,200 people injured.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, shows a hole about 8 meters in diameter on the ice of Chebarkul Lake in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk. The hole is believed to have been made by one of the meteor fragments that fell on the region the previous day, which left around 1,200 people injured.

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Takanashi claims 7th World Cup win of season

LJUBNO, Slovenia - Japanese teenager Sara Takanashi (C) stands on the podium after securing her third consecutive victory and seventh of the season by winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Ljubno, Slovenia, on Feb. 16, 2013. American Sarah Hendrickson (L) was second and Frenchwoman Coline Mattel (R) was third.

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Takanashi claims 7th World Cup win of season

LJUBNO, Slovenia - Japanese teenager Sara Takanashi (C) stands on the podium after securing her third consecutive victory and seventh of the season by winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Ljubno, Slovenia, on Feb. 16, 2013. American Sarah Hendrickson (L) was second and Frenchwoman Coline Mattel (R) was third.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An exhibit of paintings depicting North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il is held in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, his birthday.

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G-20 meeting

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a press conference in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2013, after a meeting of the Group of 20 finance chiefs.

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Wrestling world body president ousted

PHUKET, Thailand - Nenad Lalovic of Serbia holds a press conference in Phuket, Thailand, on Feb. 16, 2013, after being appointed acting president of FILA. At a bureau meeting of the world wrestling governing body in the Thai resort, Raphael Martinetti was ousted from the post of president following the International Olympic Committee's axing of wrestling as a core sport for the 2020 Summer Games.

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G-20 meeting

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a press conference in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2013, after a meeting of the Group of 20 finance chiefs.

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Guam rampage

GUAM, United States - People pray on Feb. 16, 2013 at the site of the incident for the victims of a recent vehicle and knife attack that took place in Guam. The Feb. 12 rampage left three Japanese dead and 11 others injured.

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Cooking contest in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A cooking contest is held in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 7, 2013. The three-day contest that began the previous day was held to commemorate the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, which falls on Feb. 16.

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Cooking contest in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A cooking contest is held in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 7, 2013. The three-day contest that began the previous day was held to commemorate the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, which falls on Feb. 16.

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Conductor Ozawa's recording wins Grammy award

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa is seen during a rehearsal of "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat) composed by Johan Strauss II in Kyoto on Feb. 16, 2016. Ozawa on Feb. 15 received the Best Opera Recording award at the Grammys for his recording of Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges" (The Child and the Spells) performed in August 2013 in Japan by the Saito Kinen Orchestra. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Conductor Ozawa's recording wins Grammy award

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (C front) is congratulated in Kyoto on Feb. 16, 2016, for receiving the Best Opera Recording award at the Grammys. Ozawa was awarded for his recording of Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges" (The Child and the Spells) performed in August 2013 in Japan by the Saito Kinen Orchestra. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Conductor Ozawa's recording wins Grammy award

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa greets reporters before a rehearsal in Kyoto on Feb. 16, 2016. Ozawa received the Best Opera Recording award at the Grammys for his recording of Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges" (The Child and the Spells) performed in August 2013 in Japan by the Saito Kinen Orchestra. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New head of Japan's LDP Suga

Photo taken Feb. 12, 2013, shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attending a press conference in Tokyo. Suga won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Sept. 14, 2020, and is set to be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.