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Unidentified metal sphere on Japan beach

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 21, 2023, shows a metal ball, measuring about 1.5 meters in diameter, that washed up on a local beach in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan.

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Unidentified metal sphere on Japan beach

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 21, 2023, shows a metal ball, measuring about 1.5 meters in diameter, that washed up on a local beach in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan.

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Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China

Photo taken Feb. 21, 2023, shows the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan Province, China.

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Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China

Photo taken Feb. 21, 2023, shows the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan Province, China.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken on Feb. 21, 2023, shows tombs of the unknown in Bucha, near Kyiv.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken on Feb. 21, 2023, shows tombs of the unknown in Bucha, near Kyiv.

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Baseball: Angels' Shohei Ohtani

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani poses during a photo session at the team's spring training venue in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels' Shohei Ohtani

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani poses during a photo session at the team's spring training venue in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels' Shohei Ohtani

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani poses during a photo session at the team's spring training venue in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels' Shohei Ohtani

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani poses during a photo session at the team's spring training venue in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, enjoys his bamboo meal on his final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, enjoys his bamboo meal on his final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to snap photos of giant panda Eimei, making his final public appearance before flying to China with his Japanese-born twin daughters.

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Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami takes batting practice during the Japanese national baseball team's training camp in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki on Feb. 21, 2023, in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Qin

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang gives a speech at a forum in Beijing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Qin

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang prepares to attend a forum in Beijing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Qin

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang gives a speech at a forum in Beijing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Qin

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang gives a speech at a forum in Beijing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan's WBC training

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish throws batting practice during the Japanese national baseball team's training camp in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki on Feb. 21, 2023, in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.

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Baseball: Japan's WBC training

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish flashes a smile in the bullpen during the Japanese national baseball team's training camp in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki on Feb. 21, 2023, in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.

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Baseball: Japan's WBC training

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish throws batting practice during the Japanese national baseball team's training camp in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki on Feb. 21, 2023, in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.

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Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Japanese national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama signs an autograph for a fan on Feb. 21, 2023, at the team's training camp in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki for the World Baseball Classic.

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Plane carrying giant panda Xiang Xiang

A charter plane carrying Japanese-born giant panda Xiang Xiang prepares to land at China's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Another quake hits Turkey-Syria border region

A street in Antakya, southern Turkey, is covered in rubble on Feb. 21, 2023, after an earthquake the previous day, two weeks after a massive quake left tens of thousands of people dead in the border region of Turkey and Syria.

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Another quake hits Turkey-Syria border region

Rescue workers search a house in Antakya, southern Turkey, on Feb. 21, 2023, after it was damaged in an earthquake the previous day, two weeks after a massive quake left tens of thousands of people dead in the border region of Turkey and Syria.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, enjoys his bamboo meal on his final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, enjoys his bamboo meal on his final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to snap photos of giant panda Eimei, making his final public appearance before flying to China with his Japanese-born twin daughters.

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Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to snap photos of Eimei (L) and his daughter Touhin, making their final public appearances before flying to China.

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Japan zoo holds farewell party for pandas

A farewell ceremony for three China-bound giant pandas is held at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Japan zoo holds farewell party for pandas

A farewell ceremony for three China-bound giant pandas is held at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to bid farewell to Touhin, one of three giant pandas at the theme park making their final public appearances before flying to China.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Touhin, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, who is to be flown to China, walks on all fours on her final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Touhin, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, chews bamboo leaves on her final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Touhin, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, bites into a wooden log on her final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to bid farewell to Touhin, one of three giant pandas at the theme park making their final public appearances before flying to China.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to bid farewell to Touhin, one of three giant pandas at the theme park making their final public appearances before flying to China.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to bid farewell to Eimei, one of three giant pandas at the theme park making their final public appearances before flying to China.

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YouTuber-turned-lawmaker ordered to apologize for not attending Diet

The disciplinary committee of Japan's upper house agrees on Feb. 21, 2023, to order GaaSyy, a YouTuber-turned-lawmaker living abroad, to apologize in the Diet for not attending any parliamentary sessions since he was elected in 2022.

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U.S. Sen. Duckworth in Tokyo

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (L) speaks in Tokyo during a press conference, which she attended with Rahm Emanuel, U.S. ambassador to Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

Yutaka Fukuda, head of Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, speaks to reporters after seeing off Xiang Xiang the giant panda on Feb. 21, 2023, her day of departure to China.

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

A container carrying Xiang Xiang, a giant panda born and raised at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, is loaded onto an airplane departing for China at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

Yutaka Fukuda, head of Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, speaks to reporters after seeing off Xiang Xiang the giant panda on Feb. 21, 2023, her day of departure to China.

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

Zoo workers wave as a truck with giant panda Xiang Xiang on board leaves Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Feb. 21, 2023, her day of departure to China. Xiang Xiang belongs to China under an ownership agreement.

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

A crowd of people with cameras gather to see giant panda Xiang Xiang off at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Feb. 21, 2023, her day of departure to China. Xiang Xiang belongs to China under an ownership agreement.

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

A crowd of people with cameras gather to see giant panda Xiang Xiang off at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Feb. 21, 2023, her day of departure to China. Xiang Xiang belongs to China under an ownership agreement.