Site of U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

Site of U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

Photo taken on March 10, 2023, shows the site of the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in January 2020 in Baghdad, with a monument commemorating the event seen in the background.

Commemorating U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

Commemorating U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

Photo taken on March 10, 2023, in Baghdad shows a portrait of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani (R) and the Iraqi militia Popular Mobilization Forces' leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq in January 2020.

Site of U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

Site of U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

A car in which Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani is said to have been traveling when he was killed in a January 2020 U.S. airstrike is displayed near the event's site in Baghdad on March 10, 2023.

Diamond Princess returns to Yokohama 3 yrs after mass COVID outbreak

Diamond Princess returns to Yokohama 3 yrs after mass COVID outbreak

The Diamond Princess cruise ship returns to Yokohama, near Tokyo on March 10, 2023 for the first time since a mass COVID outbreak three years ago led Japan to quarantine those onboard and suspend the arrival of foreign cruise ships until this month. The outbreak of infections on the ship in February 2020 led to thousands being quarantined and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

Japan's new measures against coronavirus

Japan's new measures against coronavirus

TOKYO, Japan, March 10 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) announces in Tokyo on March 10, 2020, an extension of his request for big sporting and cultural events to be canceled or postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus by around 10 days beyond mid-March.

1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - The 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at the National Stadium in Tokyo is removed by crane on Oct. 10, 2014, for transfer to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki. The stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on the Oct. 10, 1964, shows the final torch bearer Yoshinori Sakai after lighting the Olympic Torch during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sakai passed away in September at the age of 69.

2 disaster-hit pianos played at concert

2 disaster-hit pianos played at concert

Two disaster-damaged pianos -- one (R) swept away by the March 2011 tsunami in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki and the other swallowed by a muddy stream after torrential rain in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Kuma in July 2020 -- were played at a concert in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2022, after having been restored.