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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-JINJIANG RIVER-CHANGE (CN)

(230713) -- CHENGDU, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Excavators clean mud in the Fuhe River in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 25, 2018. Jinjiang River traverses the central part of Chengdu, contributing to the fame and glamor of Chengdu's many historic and cultural events. It has two main streams called Fuhe River and Nanhe River. Starting from Dujiangyan, the 150-km river goes outbound from Shuangliu District. In February of 2016, local government of Chengdu implemented ten regulations on water control. In 2017, the city started a program on water ecology management and building a greenway along Jinjiang River. As a result, the water quality of Jinjiang River has been improved a lot. (Photo by Cao Zongming/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YANGTZE RIVER-CHANGE (CN)

(230713) -- CHENGDU, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The above part of this combination photo taken by Xinhua photographer Hu Xu shows an old chemical factory in Yibin being dismantled on June 22, 2018. The lower part taken by Xinhua photographer Liu Kun shows an aerial view of the site of the factory on May 31, 2023. In the past decade, Yibin and Luzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province have made great efforts in improving ecological environment of the Yangtze River. (Xinhua)

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Torrential rain in western Japan

KURASHIKI, Japan, July 13 Kyodo - People sort relief supplies in a school gymnasium in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on July 13, 2018, after parts of the city were flooded following torrential rain in a wide area of western Japan.

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Wacoal logo

TOKYO, Japan, July 13 Kyodo - Photo taken June 26, 2018, shows the logo of Wacoal Holdings Corp. on a company building in Tokyo.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-WETLAND CITY (CN)

(221113) -- HARBIN, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 1, 2020 shows a wetland park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Through long-term protection and restoration efforts, Harbin is emerging as a wetland paradise. The city was certified as an "international wetland city" in 2018. Many ecological parks in the city have become ideal places for people to do exercises, such as hiking, cycling and roller skating, as well as other recreational activities. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-WETLAND CITY (CN)

(221113) -- HARBIN, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 30, 2019 shows a child playing along the Songhua River in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Through long-term protection and restoration efforts, Harbin is emerging as a wetland paradise. The city was certified as an "international wetland city" in 2018. Many ecological parks in the city have become ideal places for people to do exercises, such as hiking, cycling and roller skating, as well as other recreational activities. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-WETLAND CITY (CN)

(221113) -- HARBIN, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 1, 2020 shows a wetland park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Through long-term protection and restoration efforts, Harbin is emerging as a wetland paradise. The city was certified as an "international wetland city" in 2018. Many ecological parks in the city have become ideal places for people to do exercises, such as hiking, cycling and roller skating, as well as other recreational activities. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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Fashion designer Hanae Mori dies at 96

File photo taken in Tokyo on July 13, 2018, shows pioneering Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori. She died on Aug. 11, 2022, at age 96.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers lay grass grids along a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 13, 2018. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-U.S.-UNEXPLODED BOMBS

(220513) -- PHNOM PENH, May 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The shells of war-left U.S. bombs and other munitions are displayed at an event in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 20, 2018. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday slammed the United States for leaving tens of thousands of tonnes of unexploded bombs in Southeast Asian countries. TO GO WITH "China slams U.S. for leaving unexploded bombs in Southeast Asia" (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)

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AUM Founder Asahara, Mastermind Behind 1995 Sarin Gas Attack, Executed with Followers

Tokyo, Japan, -July 6: Kyodo News helicopter shows a Tokyo detention center on July 6, 2018, where Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, was hanged the same day for masterminding the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other acts that resulted in the deaths of 29 people. AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, who was convicted of numerous murders including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, was executed Friday along with several followers, sources close to the matter said. Asahara, 63, whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto, was sentenced to death for masterminding the subway attack and other acts that resulted in the deaths of 29 people. He was among 13 people placed on death row in connection with the string of crimes perpetrated by the doomsday cult.

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Mitsubishi Fuso President Schick

Hartmut Schick, president of Mitsubishi Fuso, a subsidiary of Germany's Daimler AG, holds a press conference in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Barca, Japan's Rakuten sign sponsorship deal

FC Barcelona players (from L) Lionel Messi, Neymar, Gerard Pique, and Arda Turan show off the team's shirt for the 2017-2018 season at Rakuten Inc.'s Tokyo headquarters on July 13, 2017. The E-commerce firm has signed a four-year, 220 million euro shirt deal with the Spanish soccer team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kusatsu Onsen in Japan's Gunma Prefecture

Tourists experience "yumomi" in Kusatsu Onsen, one of Japan's most famous hot spring resorts, in Gunma Prefecture north of Tokyo on July 13, 2018. Yumomi is a centuries-old method employed to cool the scalding water to bathing temperature by stirring it with boards -- rather than diluting it with cold water -- so as to retain its special qualities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Ex-big leaguer Kawasaki to coach Taiwanese team

Undated photo shows former major leaguer Munenori Kawasaki, who left the game in March 2018 after competing in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball. Kawasaki announced in Taipei on July 13, 2019, his coaching stint from August with Taiwan's Wei Chuan Dragons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Ex-big leaguer Kawasaki to coach Taiwanese team

Popular former major leaguer Munenori Kawasaki meets fans in Taipei on July 13, 2019, after announcing at a press conference his coaching stint from August with Taiwan's Wei Chuan Dragons. Kawasaki has competed in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball but left the game in March 2018 when an illness left him unable to play. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Ex-big leaguer Kawasaki to coach Taiwanese team

Popular former major leaguer Munenori Kawasaki meets the press in Taipei on July 13, 2019, after announcing his coaching stint from August with Taiwan's Wei Chuan Dragons. Kawasaki has competed in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball but left the game in March 2018 when an illness left him unable to play. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coming-of-age ceremony in disaster-hit western Japan

Women pose for photos ahead of their coming-of-age ceremony in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Jan. 13, 2019. The western Japan city was hit by flooding following torrential rains that hit a wide area of the region in July 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coming-of-age ceremony in disaster-hit western Japan

Women pose for photos after their coming-of-age ceremony in Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, on Jan. 13, 2019. The western Japan city was hit by flooding following torrential rains that hit a wide area of the region in July 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coming-of-age ceremony in disaster-hit western Japan

Attendees of a coming-of-age ceremony in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, offer prayers on Jan. 13, 2019, for the victims of flooding that hit a wide area of the region in July 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coming-of-age ceremony in disaster-hit western Japan

Women pose for photos after their coming-of-age ceremony in Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Jan. 13, 2019. The western Japan town was hit by landslides following torrential rains that hit a wide area of the region in July 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coming-of-age ceremony in disaster-hit western Japan

A coming-of-age ceremony is held in Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Jan. 13, 2019. The western Japan town was hit by landslides following torrential rains that hit a wide area of the region in July 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Director Shinkai's next anime film

Japanese film director Makoto Shinkai (C), best known for directing "your name," one of the highest-grossing anime films in Japan, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2018 alongside actor Kotaro Daigo and actress Nana Mori. Shinkai said his next anime film, Weathering With You, will be released in July 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Director Shinkai's next anime film

Japanese film director Makoto Shinkai, best known for directing "your name," one of the highest-grossing anime films in Japan, announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2018 that his next film, Weathering With You, will be released in July 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Santa Claus at western Japan preschool

A Santa Claus from Finland poses with children at a nursery school in Okayama, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2018, as he visited an area hit hard by flooding in the aftermath of heavy rainfall in July in the same year to cheer up children there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Santa Claus at western Japan preschool

A Santa Claus from Finland visits a nursery school in Okayama, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2018, to cheer up children in an area hit hard by flooding in the aftermath of heavy rainfall in July in the same year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dog found alive in landslide rubble in Japan

Kinuko Miyamoto, a 72-year-old neighbor, holds a 7-year-old female dog named Minami in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Aug. 6, 2018. The Shiba Inu was rescued from the rubble on July 13, six days after going missing when landslides hit the dog's home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Buddhist Bon festival

A mother and her child look at candle lights during the "Bon" Buddhist festival on Aug. 13, 2018 in a Kurashiki city district heavily affected by the massive flooding that hit western Japan in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Basketball: Japan's Watanabe

Yuta Watanabe of the Brooklyn Nets makes a free throw during a match against the Indiana Pacers in Las Vegas on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rain disaster damage

Photo shows ruined greenhouses in Hiroshima on July 13, 2018, after the area was hit hard by torrential rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishijin fabric bearing "Galaxy Express 999" image

Photo taken July 13, 2018, shows a Nishijin fabric bearing a woven image of Maetel, a mysterious female character in the popular Japanese cartoon "Galaxy Express 999," at Nishijin Textile Center in Kyoto. The fabric, measuring about 2.6 meters in length and 1.3 m in width, will be displayed at an exhibition there running from July 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Anderson at Wimbledon

Kevin Anderson of South Africa acknowledges the crowd after winning 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 6-4, 26-24 against John Isner of the United States in a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Men's singles semifinals at Wimbledon

Kevin Anderson (R) of South Africa acknowledges the crowd as he leaves the court after winning 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 6-4, 26-24 against John Isner of the United States in a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Summer heat in Japan

A woman walks in the heat haze on a summer day in Tokyo on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Summer heat in Japan

People walk on a hot summer day in Tokyo on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a press conference at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a press conference at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-France talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (L) and French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly shake hands on July 13, 2018, in Paris after signing a bilateral agreement to share defense and other supplies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Djokovic at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a backhand against Rafael Nadal of Spain during a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. The match was suspended due to time constraint. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Nadal at Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a backhand against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. The match was suspended due to time constraint. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Isner at Wimbledon

John Isner of the United States hits a forehand against Kevin Anderson of South Africa during a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. Anderson won 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 6-4, 26-24 during the 6 hours 36 minutes marathon semi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Anderson at Wimbledon

Kevin Anderson of South Africa hits a backhand against John Isner of the United States during a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. Anderson won 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 6-4, 26-24 during the 6 hours 36 minutes marathon match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Anderson at Wimbledon

Kevin Anderson of South Africa reacts after scoring against John Isner of the United States during a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. Anderson won 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 6-4, 26-24 during the 6 hours 36 minutes marathon match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Isner at Wimbledon

John Isner of the United States reacts after winning a point against Kevin Anderson of South Africa during a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. Anderson won 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 6-4, 26-24 during the 6 hours 36 minutes marathon semi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Anderson at Wimbledon

Kevin Anderson of South Africa serves against John Isner of the United States during a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. Anderson won 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 6-4, 26-24 during the 6 hours 36 minutes marathon match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Isner at Wimbledon

John Isner of the United States hits a forehand against Kevin Anderson of South Africa during a Wimbledon semifinal match in London on July 13, 2018. Anderson won 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 6-4, 26-24 during the 6 hours 36 minutes marathon semi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. commemorates death of Liu Xiaobo

People gather in Hong Kong on July 13, 2018, to mark the first anniversary of the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and China democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. commemorates death of Liu Xiaobo

People rally in Hong Kong for a candlelight vigil on July 13, 2018, to mark the first anniversary of the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and China democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks at a press conference at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks at a press conference at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo