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Giant panda at Chinese research center

Giant panda at Chinese research center

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023, shows a giant panda eating bamboo shoots at a research center for the animal in Sichuan Province, China.

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Giant panda at Chinese research center

Giant panda at Chinese research center

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023, shows a giant panda eating bamboo shoots at a research center for the animal in Sichuan Province, China.

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Baseball: MLB Spring Training

Baseball: MLB Spring Training

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar does fielding practice during the team's spring training in Jupiter, Florida, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Spring Training

Baseball: MLB Spring Training

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar meets the press during the team's spring training in Jupiter, Florida, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Spring Training

Baseball: MLB Spring Training

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar does batting practice during the team's spring training in Jupiter, Florida, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani takes batting practice during the team's spring training in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani takes batting practice during the team's spring training in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani (R) warms up during the team's spring training in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani takes batting practice during the team's spring training in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs responds to autograph requests from fans at the team's spring training in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: Ohtani's agent Nez Balelo

Baseball: Ohtani's agent Nez Balelo

Nez Balelo, an agent who represents Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani, speaks to reporters in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs takes batting practice during the team's spring training in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Panda center in China

Panda center in China

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023, shows Bifengxia Giant Panda Base, a giant panda conservation and research facility in the city of Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, where Japan-born Xiang Xiang will be sent.

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Panda center in China

Panda center in China

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023, shows Bifengxia Giant Panda Base, a giant panda conservation and research facility in the city of Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, where Japan-born Xiang Xiang will be sent.

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Scene in Turkey after new M6.3 earthquake

Scene in Turkey after new M6.3 earthquake

Guests at a hotel in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, stay at the lobby after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake shakes the Turkey-Syria border on Feb. 20, 2023, two weeks after the region was devastated by a M7.8 quake.

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U.S. President Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine

U.S. President Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden (C) walks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Feb. 20, 2023, after making a surprise visit to the city ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

Photo taken on Feb, 20, 2023, shows a manhole cover with an illustration of Maetel, a lead character in Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto's famous "Galaxy Express 999" comic series, in the Fukuoka prefectural city of Kitakyushu, his hometown in southwestern Japan. Matsumoto died of acute heart failure on Feb. 13, 2023, at age 85.

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U.S. President Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine

U.S. President Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden (C) walks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Feb. 20, 2023, after making a surprise visit to the city ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's war against Ukraine.

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U.S. President Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine

U.S. President Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden (C) walks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Feb. 20, 2023, after making a surprise visit to the city ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

People walk by piles of rubble in Turkey's southern province of Kahramanmaras on Feb. 20, 2023, after an earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023, shows pictures of people posted on a tree trunk next to piles of rubble, after an earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

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Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

A man and a child sit near a statue of Maetel, a lead character in renowned Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto's famous "Galaxy Express 999" comic series, in front of JR Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on Feb. 20, 2023. Matsumoto died of acute heart failure on Feb. 13, 2023, at age 85, his production studio said.

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Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

A man and a child sit near a statue of Maetel, a lead character in renowned Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto's famous "Galaxy Express 999" comic series, in front of JR Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on Feb. 20, 2023. Matsumoto died of acute heart failure on Feb. 13, 2023, at age 85, his production studio said.

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

Giant panda Xiang Xiang

Fans visit a department store near Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens hosting an exhibition featuring photos of giant panda Xiang Xiang on Feb. 20, 2023, the day before she leaves for China.

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

Giant panda Xiang Xiang

Fans visit a department store near Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens hosting an exhibition featuring photos of giant panda Xiang Xiang on Feb. 20, 2023, the day before she leaves for China.

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Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

File photo taken in May 2016 shows Leiji Matsumoto, a Japanese cartoonist. Matsumoto, known for his works "Galaxy Express 999" and "Space Battleship Yamato," has died of acute heart failure, his production studio said Feb. 20, 2023. He was 85.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2023, about the two North Korean ballistic missiles launched toward the Sea of Japan earlier the same day.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2023, about the two North Korean ballistic missiles launched toward the Sea of Japan earlier the same day.

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CORRECTED: BOJ Gov. Kuroda and next governor nominee Ueda

CORRECTED: BOJ Gov. Kuroda and next governor nominee Ueda

Incumbent Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda (L) and Kazuo Ueda (R) attend a symposium on May 20, 2016, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Ueda, former BOJ Policy Board member, is being eyed as the central bank's next governor, a source familiar with the matter said Feb. 10, 2023.

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Setsubun lucky charms in Japan

Setsubun lucky charms in Japan

Making of "kiccho" lucky willow branch decorations for Setsubun on Feb. 3 reaches its peak at Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 20, 2023.

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Setsubun lucky charms in Japan

Setsubun lucky charms in Japan

Making of "kiccho" lucky willow branch decorations for Setsubun on Feb. 3 reaches its peak at Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 20, 2023.

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