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Japanese defense academy graduation ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a commencement address at a graduation ceremony at the National Defense Academy in Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 26, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japanese defense academy graduation ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a commencement address at a graduation ceremony at the National Defense Academy in Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 26, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Flower wreath for fallen Ukrainian soldiers offered by Japan PM

Photo taken in Kyiv on March 25, 2023, shows a flower wreath offered by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a visit to the capital earlier in the month, placed in front of pictures of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war waged by Russia.

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Flower wreath for fallen Ukrainian soldiers offered by Japan PM

Photo taken in Kyiv on March 25, 2023, shows a flower wreath offered by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a visit to the capital earlier in the month, placed in front of pictures of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war waged by Russia.

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns and votes

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin arrived to cast her ballot at the Main Library Metso in advance voting in Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns and votes

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin arrived to cast her ballot at the Main Library Metso in advance voting in Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns and votes

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin casts her ballot at the Main Library Metso in advance voting in Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns and votes

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin casts her ballot at the Main Library Metso in advance voting in Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns and votes

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin casts her ballot at the Main Library Metso in advance voting in Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns and votes

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin casts her ballot at the Main Library Metso in advance voting in Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns and votes

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin casts her ballot at the Main Library Metso in advance voting in Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Building a community with a shared future for mankind is "extremely important": Former Egyptian PM

STORY: Building a community with a shared future for mankind is "extremely important": Former Egyptian PM DATELINE: March 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:49 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ESSAM SHARAF, Former Egyptian Prime Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ESSAM SHARAF, Former Egyptian Prime Minister STORYLINE: It has been 10 years since the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind was proposed. Former Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf told Xinhua that this concept is "extremely important," and will prevail in the near future. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ESSAM SHARAF, Former Egyptian Prime Minister "For me, the concept is extremely important, especially under the current global conditions. The world is highly connected and interconnected. Therefore, no single country can withstand global threats and challenges alone. Examples of that are the financial crisis in 2008, climate change, COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine war, and other things of cours

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Pakistani PM inaugurates coal power plant under CPEC

STORY: Pakistani PM inaugurates coal power plant under CPEC DATELINE: March 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (URDU): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (URDU): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has formally inaugurated Thar block-I integrated coal mine power project here in a ceremony. This important project is one of the important energy cooperation projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework, led and invested by China's state-owned Shanghai Electric. This BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) project has the capacity to fulfill the energy demands of 4 million households of Pakistan, and it has two 660-megawatt high-parameter coal-fired generating units, supported by an annual output of 7.8 million tonnes of lignite open-pit coal mine." SOUNDBITE 1 (Urdu): S

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin speaks at her campaign stop at the Koskikeskus shopping centre in her hometown Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin speaks at her campaign stop at the Koskikeskus shopping centre in her hometown Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin speaks at her campaign stop at the Koskikeskus shopping centre in her hometown Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin speaks at her campaign stop at the Koskikeskus shopping centre in her hometown Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin speaks at her campaign stop at the Koskikeskus shopping centre in her hometown Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin speaks at her campaign stop at the Koskikeskus shopping centre in her hometown Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin campaigns

Finnish Prime Minister, Chair of the Social Democratic Party SDP Sanna Marin speaks at her campaign stop at the Koskikeskus shopping centre in her hometown Tampere, Finland, on March 25, 2023, ahead of the April 2 parliamentary elections. LEHTIKUVA / MIKA KYLMÄNIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mika Kylmäniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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UK: Hundreds Of Demonstrators Gather For Anti-Netanyahu Protest In London

On Friday, March 24, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Savoy Hotel in London, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly staying, demonstrating against Netanyahu's visit and his plans to overhaul Israel's judiciary. Demonstrators shouted "shame" in Hebrew and waved signs calling to defend Israeli democracy.

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230324) -- BRUSSELS, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen arrives for the European Council meeting and Euro Summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230324) -- BRUSSELS, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala arrives for the European Council meeting and Euro Summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230324) -- BRUSSELS, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- President of the European Council Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev (L to R) talk before the European Council meeting and Euro Summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230324) -- BRUSSELS, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger, Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (L to R) talk before the European Council meeting and Euro Summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230324) -- BRUSSELS, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, President of Romania Klaus Werner Iohannis, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen (L to R) talk before the European Council meeting and Euro Summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230324) -- BRUSSELS, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (L), Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki talk before the European Council meeting and Euro Summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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Over 1 mln protest against pension reform in France

STORY: Over 1 mln protest against pension reform in France DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:08 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protesters against pension reform 2. SOUNDBITE (French): JEAN-MARC DANIEL, French economist 3. various of rubbish on the streets of Paris STORYLINE: Over 1 million people in France joined nationwide protests on Thursday, rejecting the government's proposed pension reform bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, the French ministry of the interior said on Thursday evening. However, France's largest union, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) said that some 3.5 million people had taken part in the demonstration nationwide. Thursday's events marked the 9th nationwide general mobilization action since French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne last week triggered an article of the constitution that allowed the government to force passage of the pension reform bill. A French economist says the pension reform will not pose danger to the s

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Chinese firm offers prime avenue for aspiring Ethiopian models

STORY: Chinese firm offers prime avenue for aspiring Ethiopian models DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:09 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the contest 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): BETHELHEM ALMAYEHU, contestant 3. various of the contest 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): BRUKTAWIT HABTAMU, Beauty contestant 5. various of the contest 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MA NING, Director general of Five Star Elevator Manufacturing Private Limited Company 7. various of the contest 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Amharic): TSEGAZEWOLD ASFAW, Beauty contestant 9. various of the contest STORYLINE: For Bethelhem Alemayehu, who took part in a beauty contest for the first time, it was an "unbelievable feeling" to win second place in one of the most sought-after pageants held in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The 1.74-meter-tall Alemayehu outperformed all the 24 contestants but one at Miss Five Star 2023 Beauty Contest final round, which was presented by a Chinese private company, Five Star Elevator Manuf

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gives an interview at a Tokyo hotel on March 24, 2023.

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Japan PM briefs Diet on Ukraine visit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reports on his recent visit to Ukraine during a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on March 24, 2023.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (holding a framed certificate, front row) and players pose for photos with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, front row) at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic final in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) holds the World Baseball Classic trophy as he meets Japan national baseball team members at his office in Tokyo on March 23, following their tournament victory. Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama (2nd from L, front row) looks on.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (holding a framed certificate, front row) and players make a pepper-grinding gesture during a photo session with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, front row) at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic final in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (holding a framed certificate, front row) and players make a pepper-grinding gesture during a photo session with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, front row) at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic final in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Munetaka Murakami (L) of Japan's World Baseball Classic team shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the team's visit to the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the WBC final in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (L) puts a World Baseball Classic championship winner's medal around the neck of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the team's visit to the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the WBC final in Miami, Florida.

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PAKISTAN-THARPARKAR-CPEC-COAL POWER PROJECT

(230323) -- THARPARKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 21, 2023 shows the view of Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project in Sindh province, Pakistan. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif here on Wednesday formally inaugurated the Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project, an energy cooperation project under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The plant, which was officially put into commercial operation in early February, has two 660-megawatt high-parameter coal-fired generating units, supported by an annual output of 7.8 million tons of lignite open-pit coal mine. It is capable of meeting the electricity demand of 4 million households in Pakistan. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-THARPARKAR-CPEC-COAL POWER PROJECT

(230323) -- THARPARKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 21, 2023 shows the view of Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project in Sindh province, Pakistan. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif here on Wednesday formally inaugurated the Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project, an energy cooperation project under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The plant, which was officially put into commercial operation in early February, has two 660-megawatt high-parameter coal-fired generating units, supported by an annual output of 7.8 million tons of lignite open-pit coal mine. It is capable of meeting the electricity demand of 4 million households in Pakistan. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-THARPARKAR-CPEC-COAL POWER PROJECT

(230323) -- THARPARKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work at the control room of Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project in Sindh province, Pakistan on March 21, 2023. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif here on Wednesday formally inaugurated the Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project, an energy cooperation project under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The plant, which was officially put into commercial operation in early February, has two 660-megawatt high-parameter coal-fired generating units, supported by an annual output of 7.8 million tons of lignite open-pit coal mine. It is capable of meeting the electricity demand of 4 million households in Pakistan. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230323) -- BRUSSELS, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas arrives for the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230323) -- BRUSSELS, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (L) arrives for the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230323) -- BRUSSELS, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson arrives for the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230323) -- BRUSSELS, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin arrives for the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230323) -- BRUSSELS, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives for the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230323) -- BRUSSELS, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins speaks to media as he arrives for the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-EUROPEAN COUNCIL-MEETING

(230323) -- BRUSSELS, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (L to R) talk before the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-BEAUTY CONTEST

(230323) -- ADDIS ABABA, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A model presents a creation during Miss Five Star 2023 Beauty Contest final round in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 4, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese firm offers prime avenue for aspiring Ethiopian models" (Xinhua/Wang Ping)

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ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-BEAUTY CONTEST

(230323) -- ADDIS ABABA, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A model presents a creation during Miss Five Star 2023 Beauty Contest final round in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 4, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese firm offers prime avenue for aspiring Ethiopian models" (Xinhua/Wang Ping)

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (4th from L, front row) and players pose for a photo together with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (4th from R, front row) at his office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Florida.