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Darjeeling tea plantation

DARJEELING, India - Photo shows tea pickers after work in Darjeeling, India, on Oct. 31, 2013.

Vietnamese children play soccer on beach

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Children chase a soccer ball on a beach in Quy Nhon, a coastal city in central Vietnam, with fishing boats floating offshore, in this file photo taken on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Mongolian president's speech in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj delivers a speech at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang on Oct. 31, 2013. According to the president's office, Elbegdorj praised freedom during the speech and told the audience, who were scholars and students, "No tyranny lasts forever."

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Mongolian president's speech in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj delivers a speech at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang on Oct. 31, 2013. According to the president's office, Elbegdorj praised freedom during the speech and told the audience, who were scholars and students, "No tyranny lasts forever."

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Crystal Christmas tree

HAKONE, Japan - A Christmas tree made of crystal glass is set up at the Venetian Glass Museum in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Rally against amnesty bill in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - A rally led by the main opposition Democrat Party is held in Bangkok on Oct. 31, 2013, to protest against an amnesty bill proposed by the ruling party.

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Antinuclear Japanese lawmaker hands letter to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors lawmaker Taro Yamamoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013, after handing a letter to Emperor Akihito during an autumn garden party. The handing of the letter directly to the emperor broke protocol. Yamamoto told reporters he simply wanted the emperor to know about the current health effects of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power complex.

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Antinuclear Japanese lawmaker hands letter to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) receives a letter from House of Councillors lawmaker Taro Yamamoto (facing emperor) during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. The handing of the letter directly to the emperor broke protocol. Yamamoto told reporters afterward he simply wanted the emperor to know about the current health effects of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power complex.

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Antinuclear Japanese lawmaker hands letter to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors lawmaker Taro Yamamoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013, after handing a letter to Emperor Akihito during an autumn garden party. The handing of the letter directly to the emperor broke protocol. Yamamoto told reporters he simply wanted the emperor to know about the current health effects of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power complex.

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Antinuclear Japanese lawmaker hands letter to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors lawmaker Taro Yamamoto hands a letter to Emperor Akihito during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. The handing of the letter directly to the emperor broke protocol. Yamamoto told reporters afterward he simply wanted the emperor to know about the current health effects of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power complex.

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All Blacks in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - New Zealand All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen (C) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013, ahead of a test match against Japan on Nov. 2.

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TEPCO logs group net profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose gives a press conference on the utility's earnings in the first half of fiscal 2013 at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. TEPCO reported a group net profit of 616.20 billion yen for the April-September period, swinging into the black on a half-year basis for the first time since the nuclear disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi complex in 2011.

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Micronesian president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Micronesian President Manny Mori (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands prior to holding talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013.

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EU foreign policy chief visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Catherine Ashton, the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, offers flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima on Oct. 31, 2013. Ashton became the first top EU foreign policy official to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

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BOJ policy meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda (L back), governor of the Bank of Japan, holds a press conference after the BOJ's policy board meeting at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. The BOJ said it expects the country's inflation rate to reach 1.9 percent in fiscal 2015, almost achieving its target of 2 percent in about two years, buoyed by its drastic monetary easing steps adopted in April 2013.

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Micronesian president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Micronesian President Manny Mori (facing Abe) hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013.

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EU foreign policy chief visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Catherine Ashton, the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, offers flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima on Oct. 31, 2013. Ashton became the first top EU foreign policy official to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

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Taiwanese President Ma

PINGTUNG, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou poses on a P-3C Orion submarine-hunting aircraft at the Pingtung Air Force Base in southern Taiwan on Oct. 31, 2013, at a welcoming ceremony just over a month after the plane, the first of a batch of 12, was delivered by the United States.

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BOJ policy meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, holds a press conference after the BOJ's policy board meeting at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. The BOJ said it expects the country's inflation rate to reach 1.9 percent in fiscal 2015, almost achieving its target of 2 percent in about two years, buoyed by its drastic monetary easing steps adopted in April 2013.

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Taiwanese President Ma

PINGTUNG, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks at a welcoming ceremony for P-3C Orion submarine-hunting aircraft at the Pingtung Air Force Base in southern Taiwan on Oct. 31, 2013, just over a month after the first of a batch of 12 was delivered by the United States.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (pictured from behind) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) exchange words with Yuichiro Miura (facing emperor), a pro skier who became the oldest person to scale Mt. Everest at age 80 in May 2013, during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013.

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U.S. energy secretary in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz delivers a speech in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (pictured from behind) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) exchange words with Shigeo Nagashima (facing emperor), former manager of the pro baseball team Yomiuri Giants who was given the People's Honor Award in May 2013, during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (pictured from behind) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) exchange words with Shigeo Nagashima (4th from R), former manager of the pro baseball team Yomiuri Giants who was given the People's Honor Award in May 2013, during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Tiananmen car crash

URUMQI, China - Photo taken Oct. 31, 2013, shows an area where many ethnic Uyghurs reside in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Chinese authorities believe the eight suspects in a fatal car crash in Beijing on Oct. 28 are involved with the East Turkestan Independence Movement, which seeks to establish an independent, self-governing East Turkestan in the region.

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All Blacks in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - New Zealand All Blacks flyhalf Dan Carter attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013, ahead of a test match against Japan on Nov. 2.

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Balloon Fiesta in Saga

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken from a hot-air balloon for media coverage shows hot-air balloons in the Saga International Balloon Fiesta in the city of Saga in southwestern Japan on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Tiananmen car crash

BEIJING, China - Police officers stand guard in an area near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2013. A sport-utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in front of the gate on Oct. 28, killing two, as well as the three people in the vehicle, in an incident termed by Chinese police as a terrorist attack.

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Tiananmen car crash

BEIJING, China - A police vehicle is parked in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2013. A sport-utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of pedestrians nearby on Oct. 28, killing two, as well as the three people in the vehicle, in an incident termed by Chinese police as a terrorist attack.

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Balloon Fiesta in Saga

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows hot-air balloons in the Saga International Balloon Fiesta in the city of Saga in southwestern Japan on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Tiananmen car crash

BEIJING, China - A police officer stands guard in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2013. A sport-utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of pedestrians nearby on Oct. 28, killing two, as well as the three people in the vehicle, in an incident termed by Chinese police as a terrorist attack.

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Balloon Fiesta in Saga

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows hot-air balloons in the Saga International Balloon Fiesta in the city of Saga in southwestern Japan on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Balloon Fiesta in Saga

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows hot-air balloons in the Saga International Balloon Fiesta in the city of Saga in southwestern Japan on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Balloon Fiesta in Saga

SAGA, Japan - Photo shows hot-air balloons floating in the air in the city of Saga in southwestern Japan on Oct. 31, 2013, during the Saga International Balloon Fiesta.

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Spanish envoy on pilgrimage in Japan

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Spanish Ambassador to Japan Miguel Angel Navarro Portera walks on the Shikoku Pilgrimage route in Matsuyama, western Japan, on Oct. 31, 2013.

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BOJ maintains ultraeasy monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, heads for the BOJ's monetary policy meeting at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. In the meeting later that day, the BOJ decided to maintain its ultraeasy monetary policy introduced in April the same year to conquer deflation. (Pool photo)

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BOJ maintains ultraeasy monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, heads for the BOJ's monetary policy meeting at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. In the meeting later that day, the BOJ decided to maintain its ultraeasy monetary policy introduced in April the same year to conquer deflation. (Pool photo)

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Osaka test illumination

OSAKA, Japan - A space of the flagship outlet of Kintetsu Department Store Co. in the Abeno Harukas building in Osaka's Abeno Ward is lit up in an illumination test on Oct. 30, 2013. Illumination in the area will start Nov. 1, lasting until Jan. 31, 2014.

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Osaka test illumination

OSAKA, Japan - A concourse in the west side of Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka is lit up in an illumination test on Oct. 30, 2013. Illumination in the area will start Nov. 1, lasting until Jan. 31, 2014.

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Osaka test illumination

OSAKA, Japan - A concourse in the west side of Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka is lit up in an illumination test on Oct. 30, 2013. Illumination in the area will start Nov. 1, lasting until Jan. 31, 2014.

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Dragan Stojkovic

TOSU, Japan - File photo shows Nagoya Grampus manager Dragan Stojkovic reacting after tying with the Sagan Tosu at Best Amenity Stadium in Saga Prefecture on Aug. 31, 2013. The Nagoya Grampus said on Oct. 3, 2013, that the former Yugoslavia midfielder will leave the team after his current deal as manager expires at the end of the season.