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Cannon Shot Of San Sebastian Festivities - Spain

A person with a handkerchief during the cannon shot of the San Sebastian festivities, in the gardens of Alderdi Eder, August 9, 2025, in San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Basque Country, Spain. The cannon shot is the reference for the start of a week that Donostiarras and visitors enjoy with increasing participation. Since 1993, on the first day of the Semana Grande, the person who embodies the figure of the Artillero Mayor is in charge of lighting the fuse, thus starting eight days of festivities in San Sebastian. Photo by Unanue/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

The mayoress of Teruel, Emma Buj, during the laying of the handkerchief to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Laying of the handkerchief to the Torico - Spain

Participants during the laying of the panuelico to the Torico by the pena 'El Despadre', on July 12, 2025, in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The laying of the panuelico to the Torico is the most emblematic and awaited act of the Fiestas del Ángel de Teruel, popularly known as "La Vaquilla". This event marks the official start of the big weekend of the festivities and brings together thousands of people in the Plaza del Torico. The festival consists of knotting a red handkerchief around the neck of the sculpture of the Torico. This year is the pena 'El Despadre', in charge of putting the scarf. Photo by Javier Escriche/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BetPlay Dimayor League - Equidad Vs Atletico Nacional

Atletico Nacional fans hold a handkerchief that says "Atletico Nacional" during the Liga BetPlay Dimayor match between Equidad (0) vs Atletico Nacional (1) in Bogota, Nemesio Camacho Stadium, El Campin, Colombia, 02 February 2025. Photo by: Daniel Romero/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dont Be Silent! Captivity Kills rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 17, 2024 - An elderly woman wipes her eyes with a hankerchief during the Don't Be Silent! Captivity Kills rally to remind about Ukrainians in Russsian captivity, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Odesa region after Russian missile and drone attack

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 17, 2024 - A crying woman wipes her tears with a handkerchief after a large-scale Russian missile strike, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. In the recent massive attack, Russian troops launched 210 aerial targets - 120 missiles and 90 drones - aimed mainly at the energy sector facilities across Ukraine. Ukraines Defence Forces shot down 102 rockets and 42 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of November 16, while 41 UAVs disappeared from radars.

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Demonstration In Support Of Gisele Pelicot - Paris

Protester with her face in a handkerchief, during the demonstration. Activists and feminist associations are calling for demonstrations in support of Gisele Pelicot who was put to sleep by her husband before being raped by strangers recruited on the internet by her husband for ten years, and for all victims of rape, on september 14, 2024 in Paris. Photo by Christophe Michel / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

Leeches which sucked blood from the patients are seen on a handkerchief, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wartime Kherson

KHERSON, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 26, 2023 - Nataliia wipes her tears with a handkerchief as she waits to get humanitarian aid, Kherson, southern Ukraine.

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIDING-TEACHING POINT-TEACHER (CN)

(230910) -- GUIDING, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lu Chengwen (C) and his students play the game "drop-the-handkerchief" during a PE class at Yanjiao teaching point in Yanshan Township of Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Yanjiao teaching point is a "micro primary school" located at a flat area among mountains in southwest China's Guizhou. Lu Chengwen is the only teacher here with 28 preschool and 6 grade one students. In 2012, Lu, who had just graduated from the university, chose to teach at the remote Yanjiao teaching point. Preschool students, grown up from the mountainous village of the Miao ethnic group, could hardly speak Mandarin Chinese. In order to help his students learn Chinese characters and Mandarin Chinese, Lu taught them bilingually in Mandarin Chinese and his self-taught Miao language. For his students, Lu is their teacher and caretaker. Besides literacy course, Lu has been teaching PE, art, and music all by himself, and also assisted in purchasing nutritiou

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Beginning Of The Sanfermines - Pamplona

Dozens of people raise the traditional red handkerchief during the chupinazo that kicks off the Sanfermines 2023, in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, July 6, 2023, in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain). The festivities in honor of San Fermin, patron saint of Navarre, begin on the 6th with the traditional chupinazo and continue until July 14 with the chant of 'Pobre de mí' (Poor me). Once again this year, the street is the main stage of the San Fermin festivities, dates in which 542 official events have been scheduled, 300 of them of a musical nature. The main activity of the Sanfermines are the running of the bulls, which are held during the eight days of festivities at eight o'clock in the morning. This festival, which attracts millions of visitors every year for its festive atmosphere and its popular running of the bulls, has been declared of International Tourist Interest. The festivities coincide with the election campaign for the general elections on July 23, which for the first time will coincide in part with the San

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Beginning Of The Sanfermines - Pamplona

Dozens of people raise the traditional red handkerchief during the chupinazo that kicks off the Sanfermines 2023, in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, July 6, 2023, in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain). The festivities in honor of San Fermin, patron saint of Navarre, begin on the 6th with the traditional chupinazo and continue until July 14 with the chant of 'Pobre de mí' (Poor me). Once again this year, the street is the main stage of the San Fermin festivities, dates in which 542 official events have been scheduled, 300 of them of a musical nature. The main activity of the Sanfermines are the running of the bulls, which are held during the eight days of festivities at eight o'clock in the morning. This festival, which attracts millions of visitors every year for its festive atmosphere and its popular running of the bulls, has been declared of International Tourist Interest. The festivities coincide with the election campaign for the general elections on July 23, which for the first time will coincide in part with the San

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Beginning Of The Sanfermines - Pamplona

Dozens of people raise the traditional red handkerchief during the chupinazo that kicks off the Sanfermines 2023, in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, July 6, 2023, in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain). The festivities in honor of San Fermin, patron saint of Navarre, begin on the 6th with the traditional chupinazo and continue until July 14 with the chant of 'Pobre de mí' (Poor me). Once again this year, the street is the main stage of the San Fermin festivities, dates in which 542 official events have been scheduled, 300 of them of a musical nature. The main activity of the Sanfermines are the running of the bulls, which are held during the eight days of festivities at eight o'clock in the morning. This festival, which attracts millions of visitors every year for its festive atmosphere and its popular running of the bulls, has been declared of International Tourist Interest. The festivities coincide with the election campaign for the general elections on July 23, which for the first time will coincide in part with the San

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Fans mourn actor Takakura

YUBARI, Japan - A woman mourns late actor Ken Takakura in front of a flower stand set up at a replica of a movie set used for 1977's "The Yellow Handkerchief" (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 19, 2014. It was reported the previous day that Takakura, who played the central character in the film, passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain."

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Fans mourn actor Takakura

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo bookstore sets up a special section on Nov. 19, 2014, featuring DVDs of movies of renowned actor Ken Takakura, who was reported the previous day to have passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain," while his best-known works include 1977's "The Yellow Handkerchief" (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) and the 1999 movie "Poppoya" (Railroad Man).

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Fans mourn actor Takakura

YUBARI, Japan - People visit a replica of a movie set used for 1977's "The Yellow Handkerchief" (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 19, 2014, a day after Ken Takakura, who played the central character in the film, was reported to have passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain."

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Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

YUBARI, Japan - Yellow handkerchiefs are displayed in the snow on the night of Nov. 18, 2014 in Yubari, Hokkaido in northern Japan, where the 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief" was shot, to express condolences over the death of actor Ken Takakura who starred in the film. (Photo taken with an exposure time of 30 seconds)

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Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese singer and actor Tetsuya Takeda holds back his tears on Nov. 18, 2014 in Tokyo's Akasaka district while being interviewed on the death of actor Ken Takakura, with whom Takeda costarred in the 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief."

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Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada is interviewed at Toho Studios in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014, on the death of actor Ken Takakura, who starred in Yamada's 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief."

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Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese singer and actor Tetsuya Takeda holds on Nov. 18, 2014 in Tokyo's Akasaka district a newspaper extra edition reporting on the death of actor Ken Takakura, with whom Takeda costarred in the 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief."

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Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada bites his lip while being interviewed at Toho Studios in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014, regarding the death of actor Ken Takakura, who starred in Yamada's 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief."

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Japanese actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2013 shows renowned Japanese actor Ken Takakura speaking at a press conference following an award ceremony for the Order of Culture in Tokyo. Takakura, who starred in a number of movies including the 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief" (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) and the 1999 movie "Poppoya" (Railroad Man), died of lymphoma on Nov. 10, 2014, at 83.

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Handkerchief printed with tips for antidisaster education

SENDAI, Japan - A Tohoku University staffer shows a handkerchief printed with tips on how to escape from a natural disaster, produced by the national university, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 25.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken in July 2013 shows a handkerchief featuring the late Himeka Suzuki's award-winning painting. Himeka was killed at age 10 by the massive tsunami waves that engulfed her hometown of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other places along the northeastern Japan coast in March 2011.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai puts a handkerchief to her mouth at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012, where she announced her return to the stage. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

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TV personality Shimada retires

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese TV personality Shinsuke Shimada wipes tears with a handkerchief at a news conference in Tokyo on the night of Aug. 23, 2011, announcing his retirement from the entertainment industry due to his close links with a member of the yakuza organized crime group.

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Japan film to be turned into Hollywood remake

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese director Yoji Yamada (L) said Feb. 12 that his 1977 film ''Shiawase no Kiiroi Hankachi'' (The Yellow Handkerchief) will be turned into a Hollywood remake featuring Oscar-winning U.S. actor William Hurt. Yamada poses for photos in Tokyo on Feb. 12 with Arthur Cohn, the new movie's producer who is known for his Oscar-winning works.

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Dolls depicting year's newsmakers shown in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo doll maker unveils dolls depicting people in the news in 2006 at a hall in Tokyo. At front left is high-school pitcher Yuki Saito, who endeared himself to fans by wiping his face with a blue handkerchief during a summer baseball tournament at Koshien Stadium; at front right are Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, proud parents of a new prince.

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(2)Japanese woman leaves for N. Korea to see son

NIIGATA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi (2nd from L) waves a handkerchief at her relatives as she leaves the port of Niigata on a freighter Aug. 21 for North Korea to see her son Takeshi Terakoshi, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang.

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Priest's efforts to help quake victims far from over

KOBE, Japan - Father Hiroshi Kanda always wears a sweat-absorbing handkerchief around his neck. He refuses to remove handkerchief until his efforts to help earthquake victims are no longer needed. By Toshikazu Baba

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The Wolfman (2010)

Benicio Del Toro & Emily Blunt Characters: Lawrence Talbot, Gwen Conliffe Film: The Wolfman (2010) Director: Joe Johnston 10 February 2010 Date: 10 February 2010

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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

William Hurt Film: The Yellow Handkerchief (USA 2008) Director: Udayan Prasad 18 January 2008 Date: 18 January 2008

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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

Kristen Stewart, William Hurt & Eddie Redmayne Characters: Martine, Gordy Film: The Yellow Handkerchief (USA 2008) Director: Udayan Prasad 18 January 2008 Date: 18 January 2008

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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

Maria Bello Characters: May Film: The Yellow Handkerchief (USA 2008) Director: Udayan Prasad 18 January 2008 Date: 18 January 2008

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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

Eddie Redmayne Characters: Gordy Film: The Yellow Handkerchief (USA 2008) Director: Udayan Prasad 18 January 2008 Date: 18 January 2008

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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

William Hurt, Kristen Stewart & Eddie Redmayne Characters: Martine, Gordy Film: The Yellow Handkerchief (USA 2008) Director: Udayan Prasad 18 January 2008 Date: 18 January 2008

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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

Kristen Stewart & Eddie Redmayne Characters: Martine, Gordy Film: The Yellow Handkerchief (USA 2008) Director: Udayan Prasad 18 January 2008 Date: 18 January 2008