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OSAKA, Japan - A starfish clings to a straw hat, found by a diver in 4-meter-deep water off a beach in the city of Kobe, on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - Architect Fumihiko Maki speaks at the opening of Four World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Nov. 13, 2013. The building was the first to open on the original site since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) and President and CEO of Silverstein Properties Larry Silverstein (R) cut the ceremonial ribbon at the opening of Four World Trade Center on Nov. 13, 2013 in lower Manhattan. The building was the first to open on the original World Trade Center site after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2013, shows Four World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The building was the first to open on Nov. 13, 2013, on the original site since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Photographer awarded for revealing Kyrgyz bride kidnappings

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 13, 2013, in Tokyo shows Noriko Hayashi, a photojournalist who has become the first Japanese to win the top honor called the Visa d'or feature award at the Visa pour l'Image Festival in Perpignan, southern France, for a series of photos depicting the kidnapping of a woman for a forced marriage.

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China air pollution

BEIJING, China - A woman wears a mask during heavy air pollution in Beijing, China, on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Cappadocia

GOREME, Turkey - Japanese tourists take pictures in Goreme in Cappadocia, central Turkey, on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Tunisian tourism minister

TOKYO, Japan - Jamel Gamra, the Tunisian minister of tourism, is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Tanks holding toxic water at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A worker dismantles a tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Sept. 13, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, is storing in hundreds of huge tanks toxic water accumulating as a result of continuing water injections into the three reactors that suffered meltdowns. But water recently leaked from one of the tanks, seen second from left. (Pool photo)

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Tanks holding toxic water at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Members of a committee set up by the Fukushima prefectural government to monitor the process toward decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant inspect tanks holding toxic water at the plant on Sept. 13, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japanese ambassador to U.N.

NEW YORK, Japan - Motohide Yoshikawa, Japan's new ambassador to the United Nations, holds a press conference in New York on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Japan, Mongolia leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag (standing) gives a speech during a dinner party at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen to the right. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Mongolia leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Mongolian Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Tanks holding toxic water at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 13, 2013, shows tanks holding toxic water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Sandbags are piled up around the tanks. (Pool photo)

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Tanks holding toxic water at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Members of a committee set up by the Fukushima prefectural government to monitor the process toward decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant inspect tanks holding toxic water at the plant on Sept. 13, 2013. Water recently leaked from one of the tanks. (Pool photo)

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Tanks holding toxic water at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 13, 2013, shows tanks holding toxic water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Water recently leaked from the second tank on the right. (Pool photo)

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Tanks holding toxic water at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Members of a committee set up by the Fukushima prefectural government to monitor the process toward decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant inspect tanks holding toxic water at the plant on Sept. 13, 2013. Water recently leaked from one of the tanks. (Pool photo)

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a passenger compartment of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Japan's research whaling

KUSHIRO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 13, 2013, shows a minke whale aboard the No. 7 Katsu Maru off Kushiro, Hokkaido. The media was invited that day to witness Japan's research whaling, which began Sept. 6 in the area and will end after 60 minke whales are taken. (Pool photo)

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a lounge car of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a passenger compartment of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Japan, Mongolia leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Mongolian Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag attend a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Japan, Mongolia leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) holds talks with Mongolian Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag (far L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Japan, Mongolia leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Mongolian Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Anti-terrorism drill

BOGOR, Indonesia - An anti-terrorism drill is held in Bogor, Indonesia, on Sept. 13, 2013, under an assumption of rescuing hostages from a hijacked vessel transporting liquefied natural gas. The practice was carried out within the framework of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations members plus eight other countries including Japan, China, the United States and Russia.

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Mongolian prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) meets with Mongolian Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co. unveils its 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of its inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a lounge car of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Cybersecurity meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Participants of the ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Policy Meeting on Cybersecurity Cooperation hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a compartment of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a dining car of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a lounge car of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co. unveils its 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of its Oct. 15 inauguration.

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TEPCO meeting on contaminated water

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. holds a meeting at its head office in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013, on radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, attended by U.S. nuclear experts Lake Barrett (far L) and Dale Klein (2nd from L).

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TEPCO meeting on contaminated water

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. nuclear experts Lake Barrett (L) and Dale Klein exchange words during a meeting at the head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013, on radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Barrett helped control the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident as an official of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Klein, former chairman of the commission, leads the company's Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee.

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TEPCO meeting on contaminated water

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. nuclear experts Lake Barrett (L) and Dale Klein attend a meeting at the head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2013, on radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Barrett helped control the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident as an official of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Klein, former chairman of the commission, leads the company's Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Shizugawa High School in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). People still live in temporary housing units (R) on the school ground, where survivors wrote "SOS." (L).