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Poet Shuntaro Tanikawa dies at 92

Poet Shuntaro Tanikawa dies at 92

Shuntaro Tanikawa, a leading poet in postwar Japan also known for his translations of the U.S. cartoon strip "Peanuts," sits at his home in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2020. Tanikawa died on Nov. 13, 2024, aged 92.

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Mourn Lewiston Shooting Victims - Lewiston

Mourn Lewiston Shooting Victims - Lewiston

A candlelight vigil is held to mourn Lewiston shooting victims in Lewiston, Maine, the United States on Oct. 25, 2024. This Friday marks the one year anniversary of the mass shooting in Lewison back in 2023. As many as 18 people were killed and 13 injured in the mass shooting. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mourn Lewiston Shooting Victims - Lewiston

Mourn Lewiston Shooting Victims - Lewiston

A candlelight vigil is held to mourn Lewiston shooting victims in Lewiston, Maine, the United States on Oct. 25, 2024. This Friday marks the one year anniversary of the mass shooting in Lewison back in 2023. As many as 18 people were killed and 13 injured in the mass shooting. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mourn Lewiston Shooting Victims - Lewiston

Mourn Lewiston Shooting Victims - Lewiston

A candlelight vigil is held to mourn Lewiston shooting victims in Lewiston, Maine, the United States on Oct. 25, 2024. This Friday marks the one year anniversary of the mass shooting in Lewison back in 2023. As many as 18 people were killed and 13 injured in the mass shooting. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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[Breaking News]6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

OSAKA, Japan, Oct. 14 Kyodo - Video taken from a drone shows the site of the 2025 World Exposition under construction on an artificial island in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2024, exactly six months before the start of the six-month event in the western Japan city. (Kyodo)

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Osaka Expo promotion

Osaka Expo promotion

Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, poses on Oct. 11, 2024, at a booth set up the same day at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture to promote tourism to Osaka and its vicinity, about six months ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting on April 13, 2025.

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Osaka Expo promotion

Osaka Expo promotion

Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, poses on Oct. 11, 2024, at a booth set up the same day at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture to promote tourism to Osaka and its vicinity, about six months ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting on April 13, 2025.

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Autumn Scenery - China

Autumn Scenery - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 13, 2024 shows a train passing forest and fields in Shangzhi City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Photo by Yuan Yong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Autumn Scenery - China

Autumn Scenery - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 13, 2024 shows the autumn scenery at the Sanjiangkou ecological tourism area in Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Photo by Xu Congjun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 13, 2024 - Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 13, 2024. On Oct 13, 2024, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year to 4,111.2 billion yuan.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets abductees' families

Japan PM Ishiba meets abductees' families

Sakie Yokota (front, L), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, meets the press following a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024. Seen on the right is Megumi's brother Takuya.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets abductees' families

Japan PM Ishiba meets abductees' families

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (facing camera) speaks during a meeting at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024, with the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, including Sakie Yokota (R), whose daughter Megumi was abducted at age 13 in 1977.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets abductees' families

Japan PM Ishiba meets abductees' families

Sakie Yokota (C), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024. Seen on the right is Megumi's brother Takuya.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets abductees' families

Japan PM Ishiba meets abductees' families

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024.

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Market catches fire in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Market catches fire in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Firefighters try to extinguish fire at a popular market in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2024. A popular market locally known as "Bush Market" caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesday. The market is located in the Police District 5 of the city. Deputy head of Kandahar's firefighting department Nazir Ahmad Zahid said that the fire caused property damage worth some 40 million afghani (600,000 U.S. dollars) to 13 persons including shopkeepers in the market. Photo by Arghand/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Market catches fire in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Market catches fire in Afghanistan's Kandahar

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024 shows the site of a fire at a popular market in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A popular market locally known as "Bush Market" caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesday. The market is located in the Police District 5 of the city. Deputy head of Kandahar's firefighting department Nazir Ahmad Zahid said that the fire caused property damage worth some 40 million afghani (600,000 U.S. dollars) to 13 persons including shopkeepers in the market. Photo by Arghand/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Market catches fire in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Market catches fire in Afghanistan's Kandahar

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024 shows the site of a fire at a popular market in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A popular market locally known as "Bush Market" caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesday. The market is located in the Police District 5 of the city. Deputy head of Kandahar's firefighting department Nazir Ahmad Zahid said that the fire caused property damage worth some 40 million afghani (600,000 U.S. dollars) to 13 persons including shopkeepers in the market. Photo by Arghand/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Football: World Cup qualifier

Football: World Cup qualifier

A cross from Japan's Keito Nakamura (13) draws an own goal from Australia's Cameron Burgess (21) in the second half of a 2026 football World Cup Asian qualifier at Saitama Stadium near Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2024.

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Iraqi Foreign Minister And Iranian Foreign Atjoint Press Conference - Baghdad

Iraqi Foreign Minister And Iranian Foreign Atjoint Press Conference - Baghdad

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi attend a joint press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2024. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani said Sunday that Iraq works to seek a ceasefire and prevent the expansion of the conflict in the Middle East. Al-Sudani made the remarks during his meeting with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and his accompanying delegation, according to a statement issued by al-Sudani's media office. Photo by Khalil Dawood/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iraqi Foreign Minister And Iranian Foreign Atjoint Press Conference - Baghdad

Iraqi Foreign Minister And Iranian Foreign Atjoint Press Conference - Baghdad

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi attend a joint press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2024. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani said Sunday that Iraq works to seek a ceasefire and prevent the expansion of the conflict in the Middle East. Al-Sudani made the remarks during his meeting with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and his accompanying delegation, according to a statement issued by al-Sudani's media office. Photo by Khalil Dawood/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Stairs at a railway station in Osaka is designed with phrases promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Stairs at a railway station in Osaka is designed with phrases promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

About 500 drones fly near the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, creating the image of the Expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku. The six-month event will begin on an artificial island in the western Japan city on April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Stairs at a railway station in Osaka is designed with phrases promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

About 500 drones fly near the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, creating the image of the Expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku. The six-month event will begin on an artificial island in the western Japan city on April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

About 500 drones fly near the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, creating the image of the Expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku. The six-month event will begin on an artificial island in the western Japan city on April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

An official store for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka opens in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

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Golf: Japan Open

Golf: Japan Open

Shugo Imahira holds the victor's trophy after winning the Japan Open golf championship at Tokyo Golf Club in Sayama in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama on Oct. 13, 2024.

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Golf: Japan Open

Golf: Japan Open

Shugo Imahira holds the victor's trophy after winning the Japan Open golf championship at Tokyo Golf Club in Sayama in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama on Oct. 13, 2024.

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President Joe Biden Arrives At Albert Whitted Airport - FL

President Joe Biden Arrives At Albert Whitted Airport - FL

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - President Joe Biden arrives at Albert Whitted Airport in St. Petersburg, Florida, to survey damage from Hurricane Milton on Oct. 13, 2024. Photo by Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Joe Biden Arrives At Albert Whitted Airport - FL

President Joe Biden Arrives At Albert Whitted Airport - FL

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - President Joe Biden arrives at Albert Whitted Airport in St. Petersburg, Florida, to survey damage from Hurricane Milton on Oct. 13, 2024. Photo by Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Jack Flaherty pitches in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Oct. 13, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Baseball: MLB Championship Series

A ceremony is held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Oct. 13, 2024, ahead of Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Baseball: MLB Championship Series

New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga pitches in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Oct. 13, 2024.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Photo taken in a commercial district in Osaka shows a promotional installation for the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 13, 2024, exactly six months before the start of the six-month event.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Photo taken in a commercial district in Osaka shows a promotional installation for the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 13, 2024, exactly six months before the start of the six-month event.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Photo taken in a commercial district in Osaka shows a banner promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 13, 2024, exactly six months before the start of the six-month event.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Photo taken in a commercial district in Osaka shows a banner promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 13, 2024, exactly six months before the start of the six-month event.

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Israeli Security Forces Near The Site Of A Hezbollah's Drone Attack  - Israel

Israeli Security Forces Near The Site Of A Hezbollah's Drone Attack - Israel

Israeli soldiers are seen near the site of a Hezbollah's drone attack in the town of Binyamina, northern Israel, on Oct. 13, 2024. Four soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a military base in northern Israel Sunday evening, the Israeli military said in a statement. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that a drone launched by Hezbollah forces from Lebanon hit an army base adjacent to the town of Binyamina, located on the Carmel coast between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Photo by JINI via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Security Forces Near The Site Of A Hezbollah's Drone Attack  - Israel

Israeli Security Forces Near The Site Of A Hezbollah's Drone Attack - Israel

Vehicles of Israeli security forces are seen near the site of a Hezbollah's drone attack in the town of Binyamina, northern Israel, on Oct. 13, 2024. Four soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a military base in northern Israel Sunday evening, the Israeli military said in a statement. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that a drone launched by Hezbollah forces from Lebanon hit an army base adjacent to the town of Binyamina, located on the Carmel coast between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Photo by JINI via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Security Forces Near The Site Of A Hezbollah's Drone Attack  - Israel

Israeli Security Forces Near The Site Of A Hezbollah's Drone Attack - Israel

Members of Israeli security forces work near the site of a Hezbollah's drone attack in the town of Binyamina, northern Israel, on Oct. 13, 2024. Four soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a military base in northern Israel Sunday evening, the Israeli military said in a statement. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that a drone launched by Hezbollah forces from Lebanon hit an army base adjacent to the town of Binyamina, located on the Carmel coast between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Photo by JINI via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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