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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

An Afghan girl performs a wushu move during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

An Afghan girl performs a wushu move during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

An Afghan girl performs a wushu move during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

An Afghan girl performs a wushu move during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

Afghan girls practice wushu during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

Afghan girls practice wushu during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

An Afghan girl performs a wushu move during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

Afghan girls practice wushu during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

An Afghan girl performs a wushu move during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

An Afghan girl performs a wushu move during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Girls Practice Wushu in Herat - Afghanistan

Afghan girls practice wushu during a training session at a local sports club in Herat, Afghanistan on July 17, 2012. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-JUDO-OLYMPIAN

(240717) -- KABUL, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Children practice judo in a judo club in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan on July 17, 2024. Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Afghan Olympian Mohammad Samim Faizad is now busy training at a judo club in Kabul. Coached by his uncle, a former Olympian who competed in the 2012 London Olympics, 22-year-old Faizad is also dedicated to mentoring young athletes. He hopes to cultivate future Olympians. Despite a harsh training environment, Faizad wasted no time in making full preparations. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-JUDO-OLYMPIAN

(240717) -- KABUL, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 17, 2024 shows Mohammad Samim Faizad at a judo club in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Afghan Olympian Mohammad Samim Faizad is now busy training at a judo club in Kabul. Coached by his uncle, a former Olympian who competed in the 2012 London Olympics, 22-year-old Faizad is also dedicated to mentoring young athletes. He hopes to cultivate future Olympians. Despite a harsh training environment, Faizad wasted no time in making full preparations. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-JUDO-OLYMPIAN

(240717) -- KABUL, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Athletes practice judo in a judo club in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan on July 17, 2024. Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Afghan Olympian Mohammad Samim Faizad is now busy training at a judo club in Kabul. Coached by his uncle, a former Olympian who competed in the 2012 London Olympics, 22-year-old Faizad is also dedicated to mentoring young athletes. He hopes to cultivate future Olympians. Despite a harsh training environment, Faizad wasted no time in making full preparations. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-JUDO-OLYMPIAN

(240717) -- KABUL, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Mohammad Samim Faizad (1st R) watches other athletes practicing judo at a judo club in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, July 17, 2024. Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Afghan Olympian Mohammad Samim Faizad is now busy training at a judo club in Kabul. Coached by his uncle, a former Olympian who competed in the 2012 London Olympics, 22-year-old Faizad is also dedicated to mentoring young athletes. He hopes to cultivate future Olympians. Despite a harsh training environment, Faizad wasted no time in making full preparations. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-FRANCE-BREAKING-COACH-MOUNIR BIBA-PARIS OLYMPICS (CN)

(240717) -- BEIJING, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken in 2012 shows Mounir Biba posing with the belt after winning the 2012 Red Bull BC One championship. Two B-girls and one B-boy of China have obtained Paris Olympics quotas, which is a new achievement for the young Chinese team under the coaching of French breaking legend Mounir Biba. French B-boy Mounir started to learn breaking at the age of 13 and joined the world-famous Vagabond Crew when he was 20, winning 13 individual and group world championships in breaking. His achievements and fame made him a judge for the breaking event at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Then Mounir dedicated to promoting breaking into the Paris Olympics. In 2022, Mounir began to coach the Chinese team. "It was a challenge to take a young team with no experience." Mounir said. He shared everything he has with the team. With the help of his expertise, the talent and hard work of the team, Chinese team impressed the world. Chinese B-bo

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N.Z. gov't purchases quake site

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2012 shows the site of the former Canterbury Television building in Christchurch, New Zealand, where 115 people including 28 Japanese students perished in a 2011 earthquake. The New Zealand government announced July 17, 2013, that it has purchased the site which will form part of a predominantly residential area "with green open space."

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Allure of taiko drums resonating across Pacific

KANAZAWA, Japan - Katsuji Asano (R) and his father Akitoshi (L) of centuries-old Japanese taiko drum maker Asano Taiko Co. have been preparing to open a Los Angeles shop and launch taiko lessons in July 2013. Photo was taken Dec. 17, 2012, at a shop of the taiko maker in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Japan makes winning start in women's badminton doubles

LONDON, Britain - Japan's badminton pair of Satoko Suetsugu (L) and Miyuki Maeda (R) won their Group D match over Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark 18-21, 21-14, 21-17 at Wembley Arena in women's doubles badminton action at the London Olympics in London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan makes winning start in women's badminton doubles

LONDON, Britain - Japan's badminton pair of Satoko Suetsugu and Miyuki Maeda (foreground) won their Group D match over Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark 18-21, 21-14, 21-17 at Wembley Arena in women's doubles badminton action at the London Olympics in London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan shock Spain in men's soccer for historic victory

GLASGOW, Scotland - Japan's captain Maya Yoshida (C) celebrates with his teammate Hiroshi Kiyotake (17) after beating Spain 1-0 in an Olympic men's soccer Group D opener at Hampden Park on July 26, 2012.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows a fleet of fishing boats at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The vessel at bottom is apparently a maritime surveillance ship and at R is thought to be a supply ship. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows Chinese concrete structures, including one looking like a helipad (R) and a dome-shaped radar, at Subi Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows a fleet of fishing boats at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows a Chinese navy transport ship at Subi Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows a fleet of fishing boats at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Ramadan in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - People examine dates at a street stall in Cairo, Egypt, on July 17, 2012, to prepare for Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month that began on July 20. They eat dates when the day's fast is over in the evening.

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Japan keeper Kawashima signs with Standard Liege

LIEGE, Belgium - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima gives a press conference in Liege on July 18, 2012, after signing a three-year contract with Belgian giants Standard Liege. The announcement of Kawashima's transfer from current club Lierse SK was made late on July 17.

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Japan keeper Kawashima signs with Standard Liege

LIEGE, Belgium - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (R) holds his new Standard Liege jersey during a press conference in Liege on July 18, 2012, after signing a three-year contract with the Belgian giants. The announcement of Kawashima's transfer from current club Lierse SK was made late on July 17.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - "Red snow" is shown on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic on July 17, 2012. A Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observed the same day an area of around 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Members of a Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observe "red snow" on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic on July 17, 2012. They spotted an area of about 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Members of a Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observe "red snow" on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic on July 17, 2012. They spotted an area of about 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Photo taken July 17, 2012, shows "red snow" on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic. A Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observed the same day an area of around 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (in background) in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - A child plays with Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (L), in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - Children pose with Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (in background) in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - A woman takes pictures of Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (in background) in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Kagawa in South Africa with Manchester United

DURBAN, South Africa - Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa poses for a photo with a supporter after the team's training session that was opened to the public in Durban, South Africa, on July 17, 2012. The Japan midfielder, who has just joined the Premier League club from Germany's Borussia Dortmund, was to play in a friendly against local side Amazulu the following day.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - Children pose with Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (in background) in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Syria opposition group's Kodmani

NEW YORK, United States - Bassma Kodmani (R), a member of the Syrian National Council, Syria's main opposition umbrella group, holds a news conference at a New York hotel on July 17, 2012.

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Iwata gives farewell performance as Bolshoi dancer

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, receives flowers as he and other performers take a curtain call at the company's Moscow theater on July 17, 2012. It was the final performance at the ballet company by the 41-year-old first soloist, who joined the company in 1995.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows part of a ceremony held to mark the arrival of athletes from the British Virgin Islands at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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Kagawa in South Africa with Manchester United

DURBAN, South Africa - Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa warms up in a training session opened to the public in Durban, South Africa, on July 17, 2012. The Japan midfielder, who has just joined the Premier League club from Germany's Borussia Dortmund, was to play in a friendly against local side Amazulu the following day.

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Iwata gives farewell performance as Bolshoi dancer

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, gives his farewell performance at the company's Moscow theater on July 17, 2012. The 41-year-old first soloist joined the ballet company in 1995.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Athletes from the British Virgin Islands watch a performance at a ceremony marking their arrival at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Performers walk along a "Welcome" carpet during a ceremony marking the arrival of athletes from the British Virgin Islands at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows part of a ceremony held to mark the arrival of athletes from the British Virgin Islands at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralymic games, speaks during a ceremony marking the arrival of athletes from the British Virgin Islands at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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Literary awards

TOKYO, Japan - Novelists Maki Kashimada (R) and Mizuki Tsujimura attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2012, after being awarded the Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and the Naoki Prize for popular literature, respectively.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Athletes from the British Virgin Islands take part in a ceremony marking their arrival at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.