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Twin giant pandas' arrival in China from Japan

A cage carrying giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister, Lei Lei, is unloaded from a plane at an airport in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in the early hours of Jan. 28, 2026, after leaving Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, where they were born and raised, the previous day. The pandas will head to a giant panda conservation and research center in Ya'an in the province.

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Venezuelan opposition leader Machado in Washington

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado meets the press following meetings at the U.S. Department of State in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026.

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Venezuelan opposition leader Machado in Washington

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado meets the press following meetings at the U.S. Department of State in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026.

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Kumamoto Mayor Onishi in Washington

Kumamoto Mayor Kazufumi Onishi (front, C), speaks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 2026 in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026.

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Seattle Mariners radio broadcaster Rizzs

Rick Rizzs, 72-year-old longtime Seattle Mariners radio broadcaster, speaks during a press conference at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Jan. 28, 2026, after announcing the previous day that the 2026 season will be his last in the broadcast booth.

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Seattle Mariners radio broadcaster Rizzs

Rick Rizzs, 72-year-old longtime Seattle Mariners radio broadcaster, speaks during a press conference at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Jan. 28, 2026, after announcing the previous day that the 2026 season will be his last in the broadcast booth.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki makes a stump speech in southwestern Japan city in Fukuoka on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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U.S. Fed keeps key rate steady

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026, following the Federal Open Market Committee's decision to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50-3.75 percent.

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Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Japanese citizens cast their ballots at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 28, 2026, for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election. Eligible Japanese voters living abroad are allowed to vote at diplomatic missions around the world.

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Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Japanese citizens cast their ballots at the Japanese Consulate General in Sydney on Jan. 28, 2026, for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election. Eligible Japanese voters living abroad are allowed to vote at diplomatic missions around the world.

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Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Japanese citizens cast their ballots at the Japanese Consulate General in Sydney on Jan. 28, 2026, for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election. Eligible Japanese voters living abroad are allowed to vote at diplomatic missions around the world.

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Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Japanese citizens cast their ballots at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 28, 2026, for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election. Eligible Japanese voters living abroad are allowed to vote at diplomatic missions around the world.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi makes a speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi makes a speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda makes a stump speech in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita makes a stump speech in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita makes a stump speech in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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General election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi makes a speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda makes a stump speech in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Twin giant pandas' arrival in China from Japan

Male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei head to a giant panda conservation and research center in the Chinese city of Yaan, Sichuan Province, after arriving at an airport in Chengdu from Japan on Jan. 28, 2026. The twin pandas left Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, where they were born and raised, the previous day.

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Twin giant pandas' arrival in China from Japan

Female giant panda Lei Lei is loaded into a truck after arriving at an airport in Chengdu in China's Sichuan Province from Japan on Jan. 28, 2026, with her twin brother Xiao Xiao. The twin pandas left the previous day Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens where they were born and raised.

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Twin giant pandas' arrival in China from Japan

Female giant panda Lei Lei is loaded into a truck after arriving at an airport in Chengdu in China's Sichuan Province from Japan on Jan. 28, 2026, with her twin brother Xiao Xiao. The twin pandas left the previous day Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens where they were born and raised.

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Twin giant pandas' arrival in China from Japan

An airplane carrying male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei arrives at an airport in Chengdu in China's Sichuan Province from Japan on Jan. 28, 2026. The twin pandas left the previous day Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens where they were born and raised.

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Maebashi mayoral candidate Ogawa

Maebashi mayoral candidate Akira Ogawa gives her first stump speech on Jan. 28, 2024, in the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Court ruling on selective reduction

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Yahiro Netsu, a medical doctor who runs a maternity clinic in Nagano Prefecture, attends a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2020, after the Osaka District Court dismissed earlier in the day a damages lawsuit filed by a husband and wife who claimed that errors in selective reduction procedure carried out at an Osaka clinic when the woman was pregnant with quintuplets had led to her miscarriage, leaving her without any children. Netsu, who sides with the couple, calls for the central government to establish legal rules on multiple pregnancy to ensure selective reduction, or the practice of reducing the number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, is conducted safely.(Kyodo)

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Scene from northern Gaza after ceasefire deal

People are seen near a destroyed mosque in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2025, as those displaced from the northern part of the area by Israel's attacks return to their homes after the ceasefire agreement took effect on Jan. 19.

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Scene from northern Gaza after ceasefire deal

People make their way on a donkey-drawn cart through debris and rubble in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2025, as those displaced from the northern part of the area by Israeli attacks return to their homes after the ceasefire agreement took effect on Jan. 19.

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Scene from northern Gaza after ceasefire deal

Photo shows a destroyed mosque in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2025, after a ceasefire agreement with Israel took effect on Jan. 19.

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Scene from northern Gaza after ceasefire deal

Photo shows destroyed buildings and rubble in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2025, after a ceasefire agreement with Israel took effect on Jan. 19.

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Economic analyst Takuro Morinaga

File photo taken in Tokorozawa in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on March 2, 2021, shows Japanese economic analyst Takuro Morinaga. Morinaga died of cancer on Jan. 28, 2025, at age 67.

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Hiroshima Castle

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows Hiroshima Castle in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Hiroshima Castle

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows Hiroshima Castle in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Hiroshima Castle

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows Hiroshima Castle in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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New Tokyo police chief

Yuji Sakoda, the new superintendent general of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, attends an inaugural press conference at the department's headquarters in the Japanese capital on Jan. 28, 2025.

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New White House press secretary

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference at the White House in Washington on Jan. 28, 2025.

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Doomsday Clock

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows the Doomsday Clock, set at 89 seconds to midnight, during a press conference at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. The location of the clock's minute hand, announced by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, represents how close humanity is to a global catastrophe.

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Doomsday Clock

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows the Doomsday Clock, set at 89 seconds to midnight, during a press conference at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. The location of the clock's minute hand, announced by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, represents how close humanity is to a global catastrophe.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows rescue operations underway at a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows rescue operations underway at a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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SBI Shinsei Bank

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows a building housing SBI Shinsei Bank's headquarters in Tokyo.

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SBI Shinsei Bank

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows a building housing SBI Shinsei Bank's headquarters in Tokyo.

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SBI Shinsei Bank

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows a building housing SBI Shinsei Bank's headquarters in Tokyo.

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SBI Shinsei Bank

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows the logo of SBI Shinsei Bank at its headquarters in Tokyo.

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SBI Shinsei Bank

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows the logo of SBI Shinsei Bank at its headquarters in Tokyo.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows rescue operations underway at a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows rescue operations underway at a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.