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Canadian PM Mark Carney Meets FIFA President Gianni Infantino - Ottawa

Canadian PM Mark Carney Meets FIFA President Gianni Infantino - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, is presented with a novelty World Cup ticket by FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the start of a meeting in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on October 10, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canadian PM Mark Carney Meets FIFA President Gianni Infantino - Ottawa

Canadian PM Mark Carney Meets FIFA President Gianni Infantino - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, is presented with a novelty World Cup ticket by FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the start of a meeting in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on October 10, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 4TH ARRONDISSEMENT. NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. DAME DE COEUR, SOUND AND LIGHT SHOW CREATED BY BRUNO SEILLIER. FRONT LIGHTS: NOVELTY. PRODUCTION: FIAT LUX Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Walking from past to present -- Rediscover Hong Kong with volunteer tour guide

STORY: Walking from past to present -- Rediscover Hong Kong with volunteer tour guide DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NG LIKBO, Volunteer tour guide 2. various of the city 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NG LIKBO, Volunteer tour guide 4. various of the city 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): NG LIKBO, Volunteer tour guide STORYLINE: For 71-year-old Ng Likbo, "city walk," a new travel trend for youngsters, has never been a novelty. Since around 13 years ago, it has been the routine work of the retiree and volunteer tour guide to lead residents and tourists to walk along the streets and alleys of Hong Kong, his hometown, viewing buildings up close and gaining a deep understanding of the local history and culture. More than five years ago, Ng began to work on a tour along the "Kowloon City in Transformation" Walking Trail, an urban renewal project in Hong Kong. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NG LIKBO, Volunteer tour guide "My name is Ng Lik

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Group of firms in western Japan designs novelty gloves

Group of firms in western Japan designs novelty gloves

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Novelty "Kagawa gloves" with innovative designs produced by "1888 Tebukuro Lab," a consortium of 18 glove manufacturers in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, are shown in the western Japan city on Oct. 2, 2014. Higashikagawa is Japan's biggest producer of gloves.

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Bonus gifts museum in Tokyo

Bonus gifts museum in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A variety of Doraemon ''anime'' character goods and other toys are displayed at the Novelty Museum in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2010. The museum exhibits around 15,000 products that have been made as an added bonus to accompany candies and other products.

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Japan APEC novelty stamps

Japan APEC novelty stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a sheet of 80-yen commemorative stamps featuring symbol flowers of the 12 Japanese cities hosting a series of meetings of the 2010 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Japan Post Service Co. said April 28, 2010, that it will put the stamps on sale June 4.

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GM's novelty vehicle at Beijing show

GM's novelty vehicle at Beijing show

BEIJING, China - The EN-V two-wheel novelty vehicle of General Motors Co. of the United States is exhibited at the Beijing motor show April 23, 2010. GM also plans to showcase the electric model at the upcoming World Expo in Shanghai.

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Doraemon solar car at Osaka Motor Show

Doraemon solar car at Osaka Motor Show

OSAKA, Japan - A solar-powered vehicle with the theme of the popular ''manga'' character Doraemon is displayed at the Osaka Motor Show on Dec. 4, 2009. The novelty vehicle was among some 30 automobiles designed to save energy and curb emissions at the four-day biennial event in Japan's second largest business area.

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Nissan to display electric 2-seater at Tokyo Motor Show

Nissan to display electric 2-seater at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows the electric two-seater Land Glider that Nissan Motor Co. unveiled Oct. 8, 2009, as a novelty product to be showcased during the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. The vehicle, which can lean up to 17 degrees while turning, is powered by an advanced lithium-ion battery.

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Toyota to display 2.7-m-long electric car at Tokyo Motor Show

Toyota to display 2.7-m-long electric car at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows the FT-EVII electric minivehicle Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled Oct. 6, 2009, as a novelty vehicle to be showcased during the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota said the 2.7-meter-long vehicle can run for some 90 kilometers on a full charge while the automaker has yet to plan to sell it.

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Novelty 'Tokyo subway' goods get on right track

Novelty 'Tokyo subway' goods get on right track

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows novelty stationery goods featuring subway trains its operator Tokyo Metro Co. has put on sale. The toy train ''Info Pen'' with a retractable route map and a tape measure with case featuring the train front are gaining popularity among railway fans.

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35th Tokyo Motor Show opens to public

35th Tokyo Motor Show opens to public

CHIBA, Japan - The 35th Tokyo Motor Show of passenger vehicles and motorcycles opens to the public on Oct. 27, showcasing so-called ''intelligent,'' low-emission and novelty vehicles at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture. The show will run for 12 days through Nov. 7.

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New York's Thanksgiving Day parade draws big crowds

STORY: New York's Thanksgiving Day parade draws big crowds DATELINE: Nov. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:19 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Thanksgiving Day parade in New York STORYLINE: The yearly Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City attracted big crowds along its 2.5-mile route on Thursday. It's estimated that three million people watched the parade in person, higher than the 2.5 million of viewers last year, according to a report by CNN citing organizers of the event. Mild winter weather and street closures along the route make spectators easier to show up. The debut of balloonicles of Striker, the U.S. Soccer Star, new giants of pup Bluey, Greg Heffley from book series Diary of A Wimpy Kid, dinosaurs DINO and Baby DINO, one-eyed Stuart the Minion as well as five new floats added novelty to the ritual. The parade had the participation of almost 8,000 volunteers, 1,200 cheerleaders, 700 clowns, 12 marching bands, ten performance groups and a number of musical star

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Used Cars (1980)

Used Cars (1980)

Cheryl Rixon & Gerrit Graham Characters: Margaret & Jeff Film: Used Cars (1980) Director: Robert Zemeckis 11 July 1980 Date: 11 July 1980

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Playbill for Maskelyne & Cooke magical variety show

Playbill for Maskelyne & Cooke magical variety show

Playbill for performances of the show 'The Novelty of the Age', featuring magicians Maskelyne and Cooke, held at Berkley Castle, Blackpool, January 1870. Featuring the Royal Illusionists in a variety of roles and performing decapitation, levitation, musical numbers, plate spinning and a transformation farce featuring a Gorilla! A show to delight 'the most fastidious' whilst 'puzzling the scientific'. HPF/5A/31 Date: 1870

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Advert for Parisian Diamond Company 1912

Advert for Parisian Diamond Company 1912

Selection of decorative elegant diamond jewellery. 1912

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TERRY-THOMAS

TERRY-THOMAS

British Actor, Terry Thomas

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Yoshie Hoyo, owner of Kominka Yado LOOF, poses in front of a hearth at an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Yoshie Hoyo, owner of Kominka Yado LOOF, poses in front of an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Photo shows the living room area of Kominka Yado LOOF, an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Naohito Tousen Watanabe teaches how to create and carve one's name for use as a traditional Japanese seal or stamp (hanko). Watanabe offers this lesson at Kominka Yado LOOF, an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging, on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Photo shows the second floor of Kominka Yado LOOF where the bedroom is situated. It is an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GM's novelty vehicle at Beijing show

GM's novelty vehicle at Beijing show

BEIJING, China - The EN-V two-wheel novelty vehicle of General Motors Co. of the United States is exhibited at the Beijing motor show April 23, 2010. GM also plans to showcase the electric model at the upcoming World Expo in Shanghai. (Kyodo)

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Japan APEC novelty stamps

Japan APEC novelty stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a sheet of 80-yen commemorative stamps featuring symbol flowers of the 12 Japanese cities hosting a series of meetings of the 2010 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Japan Post Service Co. said April 28, 2010, that it will put the stamps on sale June 4. (Kyodo)

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Group of firms in western Japan designs novelty gloves

Group of firms in western Japan designs novelty gloves

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Novelty "Kagawa gloves" with innovative designs produced by "1888 Tebukuro Lab," a consortium of 18 glove manufacturers in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, are shown in the western Japan city on Oct. 2, 2014. Higashikagawa is Japan's biggest producer of gloves. (Kyodo)

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Bonus gifts museum in Tokyo

Bonus gifts museum in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A variety of Doraemon ''anime'' character goods and other toys are displayed at the Novelty Museum in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2010. The museum exhibits around 15,000 products that have been made as an added bonus to accompany candies and other products. (Kyodo)

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Education, technology, pupils, classes, elementary school, EduTech

Education, technology, pupils, classes, elementary school, EduTech

Poland, Silesia, Bytom 06.05.2010. The teacher in the integrative primary school No. 51 in Bytom, where an innovative teaching system was introduced. A personal computer with specially designed software partially replaces textbooks and a traditional notebook. Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka

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Doraemon solar car at Osaka Motor Show

Doraemon solar car at Osaka Motor Show

OSAKA, Japan - A solar-powered vehicle with the theme of the popular ''manga'' character Doraemon is displayed at the Osaka Motor Show on Dec. 4, 2009. The novelty vehicle was among some 30 automobiles designed to save energy and curb emissions at the four-day biennial event in Japan's second largest business area. (Kyodo)

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Toyota to display 2.7-m-long electric car at Tokyo Motor Show

Toyota to display 2.7-m-long electric car at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows the FT-EVII electric minivehicle Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled Oct. 6, 2009, as a novelty vehicle to be showcased during the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota said the 2.7-meter-long vehicle can run for some 90 kilometers on a full charge while the automaker has yet to plan to sell it. (Kyodo)

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Nissan to display electric 2-seater at Tokyo Motor Show

Nissan to display electric 2-seater at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows the electric two-seater Land Glider that Nissan Motor Co. unveiled Oct. 8, 2009, as a novelty product to be showcased during the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. The vehicle, which can lean up to 17 degrees while turning, is powered by an advanced lithium-ion battery. (Kyodo)

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Novelty 'Tokyo subway' goods get on right track

Novelty 'Tokyo subway' goods get on right track

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows novelty stationery goods featuring subway trains its operator Tokyo Metro Co. has put on sale. The toy train ''Info Pen'' with a retractable route map and a tape measure with case featuring the train front are gaining popularity among railway fans. (Kyodo)

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35th Tokyo Motor Show opens to public

35th Tokyo Motor Show opens to public

CHIBA, Japan - The 35th Tokyo Motor Show of passenger vehicles and motorcycles opens to the public on Oct. 27, showcasing so-called ''intelligent,'' low-emission and novelty vehicles at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture. The show will run for 12 days through Nov. 7.

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