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The indigenous Mandailing tribe men are seen panning for gold with semi-traditional equipment yang menyaring endapan pasir which flows into the Muara Batang Gadis River, Tambang Bustak Village, Kota Nopan sub-district, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 24, 2011. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia In Pictures

The indigenous childrens of the Mandailing are seen panning for gold with traditional tools from sand deposits that flow into the Muara Batang Gadis river, Tambang Bustak Village, Kota Nopan sub-district, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 24, 2011. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia In Pictures

The indigenous childrens of the Mandailing are seen panning for gold with traditional tools from sand deposits that flow into the Muara Batang Gadis river, Tambang Bustak Village, Kota Nopan sub-district, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 24, 2011. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia In Pictures

The indigenous Mandailing tribe men are seen panning for gold with semi-traditional equipment yang menyaring endapan pasir which flows into the Muara Batang Gadis River, Tambang Bustak Village, Kota Nopan sub-district, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 24, 2011. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese fan thanks Brazil for aid after 2011 tsunami

CUIABA, Brazil - A Japanese supporter at a World Cup Group C match of Japan against Colombia at the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Brazil, on June 24, 2014, holds a banner in Portuguese thanking Brazil for its aid and friendship for the areas devastated by the March 11, 2011, disaster in Japan.

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Lawmaker Inoki, Ultraman hold event in Tohoku in July

SENDAI, Japan - Japan's House of Councillors member Antonio Inoki (L) shouts during a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 24, 2014, where the professional wrestler-turned politician announced a plan to hold an event together with TV superhero Ultraman (C) in July to encourage victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Lawmaker Inoki, Ultraman join hands in Tohoku event

SENDAI, Japan - Japan's House of Councillors member Antonio Inoki and TV superhero Ultraman strike the hero's signature "Specium Ray" pose during a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 24, 2014. The professional wrestler-turned politician announced a plan to hold an event together with Ultraman in July to encourage victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Plaintiff group against Ikata nuclear plant

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A plaintiff group proceeds to the Matsuyama district court in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on June 24, 2014, to file a lawsuit seeking to halt the operation of the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant of Shikoku Electric Power Co. The power plant has been idled since the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japanese students at disaster risk reduction event

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese university students who were affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake perform at an event associated with the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 24.

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Cayman Islands lure securities investments from Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a resort area on the British Cayman Islands in April 2012. The Cayman Islands, widely known as a tax haven, drew 15.36 trillion yen of investments in securities products in 2011 from Japanese investors, data by the Japanese Finance Ministry showed on June 24, 2012.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 24, June 3 and Sept. 5, 2011, show that fishing boats swept ashore by the March 11 tsunami have been removed.

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IOC chief Rogge

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 24, 2011.

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Sumo wrestler smiles broadly after promotion

KASUGAI, Japan - Fujiazuma, a sumo wrestler belonging to the Tamanoi stable, smiles broadly at a lodging facility used by the stable for its wrestlers in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, on June 27, 2011, after his promotion to the top makuuchi class from the second-tier juryo division was announced earlier in the day by the Japan Sumo Association for the July 10-24 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Yokozuna Hakuho at press conference

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho smiles at a press conference in Nagoya, central Japan, on June 27, 2011, to announce the wrestler rankings for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The July 10-24 tournament will be the first regular tournament following the changes of schedule in the wake of a match-fixing scandal. The spring tournament was cancelled and the summer tournament was replaced by the ''Technical Examination Tournament.''

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Yokuzuna Hakuho with banzuke rankings

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho from Mongolia shows the banzuke rankings of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on June 27, 2011. The July 10-24 basho will be first held regularly since a match-fixing scandal brought sumo to its knees. The Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May was replaced by a ''Technical Examination Tournament'' after a spring meet in March was canceled.

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Rankings announced for Nagoya tournament

NAGOYA, Japan - Wrestlers on June 27, 2011, take home the wrestler rankings for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament released the same day at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan. The July 10-24 tournament will be the first regular tournament following the changes of schedule in the wake of a match-fixing scandal. The spring tournament was cancelled and the summer tournament was replaced by the ''Technical Examination Tournament.''

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U.S. diplomat Campbell

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. Campbell said in a briefing in Washington on June 24, 2011, a number of landmark agreements in security talks between defense and foreign ministers of the United States and Japan in the U.S. capital earlier in the week suggest that U.S.-Japan relations are firmly back on track.

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Athletics' Matsui

PHILADELPHIA, United States - The Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui doubles in the sixth inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on June 24, 2011. Matsui went 1-for-3 in a 1-0 loss.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka starts rehab

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka appears at a team training facility in Fort Myers, Florida, on June 24, 2011, as he began rehabilitation in full-swing. Matsuzaka had an operation on his pitching elbow on June 10.

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IOC president Rogge

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge speaks during an interview in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 24, 2011. Rogge said he intends to propose Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda as a candidate for new IOC membership next spring.

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JOC president Takeda

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda. International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said on June 24, 2011, that he intends to propose Takeda as a candidate for new IOC membership.

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V. Williams at Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Venus Williams of the United States plays a shot in her women's singles third round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 24, 2011. The five-time Wimbledon champion advanced to the fourth round of the tournament by beating Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain 6-0, 6-2.

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Debris at bathing beach in Miyagi Pref.

WATARI, Japan - Photo shows piles of debris at a swimming beach in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 24, 2011. In the middle of the picture are solar panels that had been installed by the town at a nearby spa facility. In a normal year, the beach would soon be open for the swimming season.

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Murray at Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Andy Murray of Britain celebrates after taking the first set against Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia during a men's singles third round match in the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 24, 2011. Murray advanced to the fourth round by beating Ljubicic 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6.

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PM Kan to name Matsumoto reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, who is doubling as state minister for disaster management, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is set to appoint Matsumoto on June 27 as Japan's new minister in charge of reconstructing areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Japan prince in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (C) visits a primary school in Berlin on June 24, 2011.

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IAEA ministerial confab ends

VIENNA, Austria - Participants attend the last day session of an International Atomic Energy Agency ministerial conference in Vienna on June 24, 2011. The meeting on nuclear safety was held in the wake of Japan's nuclear plant crisis.

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Nishikori-Devvarman at Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kei Nishikori (front) and Somdev Devvarman of India (back) play against Rainer Schuettler and Alexander Waske in a first round match of the men's doubles at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 24, 2011. Nishikori and Devvarman advanced into the second round by beating the German pair 6-7, 6-3, 6-2.

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Ogasawara Islands become World Heritage site

OGASAWARA, Japan - Kazuo Morishita (2nd from R), mayor of the village of Ogasawara, watches the unveiling of a wooden monument commemorating the registration of the Ogasawara island chain as a World Heritage site by UNESCO on Chichijima, one of the islands, on June 24, 2011.

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Recipients of spring decorations

TOKYO, Japan - The recipients of annual spring decorations from the Japanese government for their contributions to society pose for photos at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu received this spring's highest award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.

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Gucci exhibition at Golden Pavilion

KYOTO, Japan - About 70 bags from different periods of Italian fashion house Gucci's 90-year history are displayed in Kinkakuji temple, or Golden Pavilion, a World Heritage site in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto on June 24, 2011. Reporters were given access ahead of the start of an exhibition that runs through July 13 to mark Gucci's 90th anniversary.

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Ex-PM Kaifu decorated

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (R front) chats with Masatoshi Wakabayashi, former agriculture minister, during a photo session for the recipients of annual spring decorations from the Japanese government at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Kaifu, 80, who was Japan's prime minister from February 1990 to November 1991, received this spring's highest award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.

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White lion cubs at Hyogo zoo

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows three white lion cubs at Himeji Central Park in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 24, 2011. They were born at the amusement complex on June 20.

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Ex-PM Kaifu decorated

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (R) receives the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers from Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C, back) also took part in the ceremony. (Pool Photo)

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Panel seeks to reveal TEPCO's management problems

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks as he was invited to a meeting of a third-party panel tasked with overseeing TEPCO's cost-cutting efforts at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. The panel decided its focus would go beyond short-term issues such as the evaluation of idle assets and that it would seek to ''widely reveal'' the utility's management problems.

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Mudslides in Nagano Pref.

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a national road covered by mudslides in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on June 24, 2011. About 1,200 people have been stranded in the area since the previous day due to the mudslides.

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Stage director Miyamoto in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Leading Japanese stage director Amon Miyamoto speaks during a press conference in New York on June 23, 2011, ahead of the U.S. premiere of his new production in the city. ''The Temple of the Golden Pavilion,'' a play based on the eponymous novel by Yukio Mishima (1925-1970), will play at Lincoln Center from July 21-24.

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Disaster-hit Ishinomaki in March and June

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Combined photo shows an area ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 24, 2011 (top frame), nearly two weeks after the disaster, and the same spot on June 4, 2011 (bottom frame). The debris has been cleared away and a stone statue of a Buddhist deity called Jizo wears a hood in the bottom picture.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

SENDAI, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on March 24, 2011 (top frame), with ships swept around by the March 11 tsunami, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame).

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Site around Akihabara stabbing rampage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on June 8, 2008, shows an intersection in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district around where Tomohiro Kato hit five pedestrians, of whom three were killed and two were injured, with a truck and fatally stabbed four people on the same day. The Tokyo District Court sentenced Kato to death on March 24, 2011, over the incident.

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Hayabusa toy figure

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a scaled model of Hayabusa, Japan's unmanned space probe. Bandai Co. plans to start selling the toy on June 24, 2011.

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JR East begins testing possibly world's fastest bullet train

SENDAI, Japan - East Japan Railway Co.'s brand-new shinkansen bullet train Fastech 360S leaves Sendai Station on a test run at 24:13 on June 26. The company hopes to operate the train at the world's fastest speed of 360 kilometers per hour in 2011. The test runs between Miyagi's capital Sendai and Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, will last until the spring of 2008.

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CHINA-CHONGQING-EUROPE-FREIGHT TRAIN-10,000TH TRIP (CN)

(220624) -- CHONGQING, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cargo train marking the 10,000th trip made by China-Europe freight trains operated by the China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), waits for departure at Tuanjie Village Central Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China, June 23, 2022. The cargo train, fully loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts and daily necessities, Thursday departed from a railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and headed for Germany's Duisburg. The China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), launched in March 2011, now operates nearly 40 routes reaching about 100 cities in Asia and Europe. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-EUROPE-FREIGHT TRAIN-10,000TH TRIP (CN)

(220624) -- CHONGQING, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 23, 2022 shows a cargo train, which marks the 10,000th trip made by China-Europe freight trains operated by the China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), leaving Tuanjie Village Central Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China. The cargo train, fully loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts and daily necessities, Thursday departed from a railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and headed for Germany's Duisburg. The China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), launched in March 2011, now operates nearly 40 routes reaching about 100 cities in Asia and Europe. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-EUROPE-FREIGHT TRAIN-10,000TH TRIP (CN)

(220624) -- CHONGQING, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 23, 2022 shows a cargo train, which marks the 10,000th trip made by China-Europe freight trains operated by the China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), leaving Tuanjie Village Central Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China. The cargo train, fully loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts and daily necessities, Thursday departed from a railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and headed for Germany's Duisburg. The China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), launched in March 2011, now operates nearly 40 routes reaching about 100 cities in Asia and Europe. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-EUROPE-FREIGHT TRAIN-10,000TH TRIP (CN)

(220624) -- CHONGQING, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cargo train marking the 10,000th trip made by China-Europe freight trains operated by the China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), waits for departure at Tuanjie Village Central Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China, June 23, 2022. The cargo train, fully loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts and daily necessities, Thursday departed from a railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and headed for Germany's Duisburg. The China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), launched in March 2011, now operates nearly 40 routes reaching about 100 cities in Asia and Europe. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-EUROPE-FREIGHT TRAIN-10,000TH TRIP (CN)

(220624) -- CHONGQING, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 23, 2022 shows a cargo train, which marks the 10,000th trip made by China-Europe freight trains operated by the China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), leaving Tuanjie Village Central Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China. The cargo train, fully loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts and daily necessities, Thursday departed from a railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and headed for Germany's Duisburg. The China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), launched in March 2011, now operates nearly 40 routes reaching about 100 cities in Asia and Europe. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-EUROPE-FREIGHT TRAIN-10,000TH TRIP (CN)

(220624) -- CHONGQING, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cargo train marking the 10,000th trip made by China-Europe freight trains operated by the China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), waits for departure at Tuanjie Village Central Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China, June 23, 2022. The cargo train, fully loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts and daily necessities, Thursday departed from a railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and headed for Germany's Duisburg. The China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), launched in March 2011, now operates nearly 40 routes reaching about 100 cities in Asia and Europe. (Photo by He Jianchi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-EUROPE-FREIGHT TRAIN-10,000TH TRIP (CN)

(220624) -- CHONGQING, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 23, 2022 shows a cargo train, which marks the 10,000th trip made by China-Europe freight trains operated by the China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), waiting for departure at Tuanjie Village Central Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China. The cargo train, fully loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts and daily necessities, Thursday departed from a railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and headed for Germany's Duisburg. The China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), launched in March 2011, now operates nearly 40 routes reaching about 100 cities in Asia and Europe. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-EUROPE-FREIGHT TRAIN-10,000TH TRIP (CN)

(220624) -- CHONGQING, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cargo train marking the 10,000th trip made by China-Europe freight trains operated by the China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), departs from Tuanjie Village Central Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China, June 23, 2022. The cargo train, fully loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts and daily necessities, Thursday departed from a railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and headed for Germany's Duisburg. The China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), launched in March 2011, now operates nearly 40 routes reaching about 100 cities in Asia and Europe. (Photo by He Jianchi/Xinhua)