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Pyeongchang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 18 Kyodo - A bus stop is crowded with people in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018, after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic opening ceremony. ==Kyodo (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

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Pyeongchang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 14 Kyodo - Shoma Uno of Japan performs in the men's short program of the figure skating team competition at the Pyeongchang Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 9 Kyodo - Flag bearer Noriaki Kasai leads the Japanese team during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 9 Kyodo - Shoma Uno of Japan performs in the men's short program of the figure skating team competition at the Pyeongchang Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 9 Kyodo - A South Korean flag is hoisted during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 9 Kyodo - Hyon Song Wol, head of the North Korean Samjiyon art troupe, enters a concert hall in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 8, 2018.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2018 shows the Olympic Park under construction in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Freestyle skiing

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 9 Kyodo - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2017, shows Mikael Kingsbury of Canada, who won the men's moguls at a freestyle skiing World Cup event in Pyeongchang. The competition was also a test event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

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China Communist Party official Han

BEIJING, China, Feb. 2 Kyodo - File photo taken on Oct. 25, 2017, shows Han Zheng, the seventh-highest ranking official in the Communist Party of China who the country's official media said will attend the Feb. 9, 2018, opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea.

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Netherlands' Kramer wins men's 5000-meter speed skating

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 9 Kyodo - Sven Kramer of the Netherlands acknowledges the crowd after his victory in the men's 5000 meters at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on Feb. 9, 2017, in the South Korean coastal town of Gangneung, one of the venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

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Bach, Kim dance at Pyeongchang Olympics countdown event

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) and Pyeongchang 2018 Organising Committee President Kim Jin Sun(C) dance South Korea's megahit song ''Gangnam Style'' during the four-year countdown ceremony held at Pyeongchang House in the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014.

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Xinhua Headlines: China beefs up wetlands conservation to enhance people's well-being

(221109) -- CHANGSHA/XINING, Nov. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Little swans and bean geese are seen at the Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 26, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

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CHINA-ANHUI-NPC DEPUTY-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer passes a strawberry she planted to Wang Mengmeng (R) in Wuwei Township of Dingyuan County, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 22, 2022. Wang Mengmeng, a village official in east China's Anhui Province since 2013 when she began serving in her post after graduating from university, led the village in developing specialty agriculture to cash in on the region's transport and location advantages. After taking on her duties as a deputy to the National People's Congress in 2018, Wang has carried out multiple surveys on the methods of rural vitalization. The suggestions Wang put forward at China's ongoing "two sessions" focus on the long-term development pattern of rural collective economy. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-NPC DEPUTY-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mengmeng (L) visits a farmer in Wuwei Township of Dingyuan County, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 22, 2022. Wang Mengmeng, a village official in east China's Anhui Province since 2013 when she began serving in her post after graduating from university, led the village in developing specialty agriculture to cash in on the region's transport and location advantages. After taking on her duties as a deputy to the National People's Congress in 2018, Wang has carried out multiple surveys on the methods of rural vitalization. The suggestions Wang put forward at China's ongoing "two sessions" focus on the long-term development pattern of rural collective economy. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-NPC DEPUTY-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mengmeng (L) packs newly-picked strawberries with a farmer in Dingyuan County, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 27, 2018. Wang Mengmeng, a village official in east China's Anhui Province since 2013 when she began serving in her post after graduating from university, led the village in developing specialty agriculture to cash in on the region's transport and location advantages. After taking on her duties as a deputy to the National People's Congress in 2018, Wang has carried out multiple surveys on the methods of rural vitalization. The suggestions Wang put forward at China's ongoing "two sessions" focus on the long-term development pattern of rural collective economy. (Photo by Feng Zailei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-ANHUI-NPC DEPUTY-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mengmeng poses for a photo in a strawberry greenhouse in Wuwei Township of Dingyuan County, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 22, 2022. Wang Mengmeng, a village official in east China's Anhui Province since 2013 when she began serving in her post after graduating from university, led the village in developing specialty agriculture to cash in on the region's transport and location advantages. After taking on her duties as a deputy to the National People's Congress in 2018, Wang has carried out multiple surveys on the methods of rural vitalization. The suggestions Wang put forward at China's ongoing "two sessions" focus on the long-term development pattern of rural collective economy. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-NPC DEPUTY-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mengmeng (R) talks with a farmer in Wuwei Township of Dingyuan County, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 22, 2022. Wang Mengmeng, a village official in east China's Anhui Province since 2013 when she began serving in her post after graduating from university, led the village in developing specialty agriculture to cash in on the region's transport and location advantages. After taking on her duties as a deputy to the National People's Congress in 2018, Wang has carried out multiple surveys on the methods of rural vitalization. The suggestions Wang put forward at China's ongoing "two sessions" focus on the long-term development pattern of rural collective economy. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-NPC DEPUTY-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mengmeng works in her office in Dingyuan County, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 22, 2022. Wang Mengmeng, a village official in east China's Anhui Province since 2013 when she began serving in her post after graduating from university, led the village in developing specialty agriculture to cash in on the region's transport and location advantages. After taking on her duties as a deputy to the National People's Congress in 2018, Wang has carried out multiple surveys on the methods of rural vitalization. The suggestions Wang put forward at China's ongoing "two sessions" focus on the long-term development pattern of rural collective economy. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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Pyeongchang Olympics

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympic opening ceremony gets under way at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Moon talk in Pyeongchang

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae In hold talks in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Moon talk in Pyeongchang

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae In hold talks in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Moon talk in Pyeongchang

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and South Korean President Moon Jae In (L) meet for talks in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China Communist Party official Han

File photo taken on Oct. 25, 2017, shows Han Zheng, the seventh-highest ranking official in the Communist Party of China who the country's official media said will attend the Feb. 9, 2018, opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe, S. Korea Pres. Moon

Combined file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae In. The two countries are arranging for the leaders to hold summit talks just before the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Feb. 9, 2018, according to diplomatic sources. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympic opening ceremony gets under way at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wild animals at nuclear disaster sites

A wild boar crosses the railway in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town affected by the 2011 nuclear crisis, on Feb. 9, 2018. Wild animals are making more appearance in an evacuation zone of the town following the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

A bus stop is crowded with people in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018, after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic opening ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Digital art festival in western Japan

A woman looks at a hologram shown at the Tokushima LED Digital Art Festival in Tokushima, western Japan, on Feb. 8, 2018. The art festival will open on Feb. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

North Korean cheerleaders fly Korean unification flags at the Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

The Olympic cauldron is lit at the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Tourists from the United States pose for photos in front of a structure showing the Olympic rings near the Pyongchang Olympic Stadium ahead of the opening ceremony of the Games on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Lee Hee Beom, president of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, gives tips on combating the cold at a press conference in Pyeongchang on Feb. 6, 2018 ahead of the Feb. 9 opening ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

The Olympic cauldron is lit at the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year to Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

A countdown clock for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is revealed in Seoul on Feb. 8, 2017. The Olympics will begin on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year to Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang

Children pose for a photo in front of Olympic rings in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb. 8, 2017. The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will begin on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kazu Hiro

Undated photo shows makeup artist Kazu Hiro, who won his second Academy Award at the Oscars for best makeup and hairstyling in Hollywood, California, on Feb. 9, 2020. The Japan-born American artist won the same award in 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

The Paralympic cauldron is lit at the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympic opening ceremony gets under way at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Nigerian athletes walk in the stadium during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Singaporean athletes walk in the stadium during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Malaysian athletes walk in the stadium during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Tosu-Kobe 2018 J-League opener

Mike Havenaar (9) of Vissel Kobe scores the equalizer during the second half of the team's 1-1 draw with Sagan Tosu in a J-League first division football match in Tosu, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2018, shows the pavilion of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group at the venue of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2018, shows Chris Tung (R), chief marketing officer of Alibaba Group, explaining the group's pavilion to visitors at the venue of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

A bus stop is crowded with people in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018, after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic opening ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remnant of Sarajevo Olympics

Students participate in a ski lesson on Mt. Igman in Sarajevo on Feb. 9, 2018, near a ski jump (background) used at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, which is no longer in use. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remnant of Sarajevo Olympics

Photo taken in Sarajevo on Feb. 9, 2018, shows a ski jump on Mt. Igman used at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, which is no longer in use. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remnant of Sarajevo Olympics

Photo taken in Sarajevo on Feb. 9, 2018, shows graffiti on the bobsled track used at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remnant of Sarajevo Olympics

Senad Omanovic, the luge coach for Bosnia and Herzegovina, stands on Feb. 9, 2018, at the bobsled track used at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics. Omanovic has been trying to find funding to reconstruct the track. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Tongan cross-country skier Pita Taufatofua (C) leads his country's delegation as the flag bearer during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo