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World Exposition in Osaka

A photo taken on April 3, 2025, shows a four-legged vehicle developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. on display at the company's booth at the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. Unveiled to the media ahead of the event's April 13 opening, the skeletal lion-like vehicle, named CORLEO, was created using motorcycle and robotics technologies and is designed for use on mountain trails.

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Aftermath Of Los Angeles Wildfires

The remains of a burned structure along the coastline in Malibu, Calif., on Janvier 14, 2025. The charred debris and skeletal framework stand in stark contrast to the serene Pacific Ocean, highlighting the devastation caused by the recent wildfires. Photo by David Pashaee/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A man carefully adjusts a bag containing skeletal remains in the excavation site in the Baghdad Bridge area outside Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. The remains are believed to belong to civilians killed by the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A close-up of skeletal remains, including a human skull at the mass grave in the Baghdad Bridge area outside Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. The remains are believed to belong to civilians killed by the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A man carefully adjusts a bag containing skeletal remains in the excavation site in the Baghdad Bridge area outside Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. The remains are believed to belong to civilians killed by the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath of Israeli Airstrike Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza

A wide view shows the skeletal remains of buildings amidst the rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on December 7, 2024. The area has been subject to Israeli airstrikes, which have caused significant destruction to residential buildings. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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Pompeii Archaeologists Find Bodies Of Man And Woman And Their Treasure

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry in Pompeii, Italy on august 2024. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. The woman was found on the bed and was carrying a small cache of treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins and some jewellery including a pair of gold and pearl earrings. The small room, a service area used as a temporary cubiculo (bedroom) during the renovation of the house, is located to the south of the Blue Shrine room that emerged recently, and has access to the large living room decorated in second style plaster. The room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house. The room, thanks to the doorways having been closed, remain

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo shows the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the building during the disaster died after it was hit by a tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo shows the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the building during the disaster died after it was hit by a tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo shows the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the building during the disaster died after it was hit by a tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-CHINESE-PERFORMANCE

(230910) -- ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An artist of the Zhejiang Wu Opera troupe performs Wu Opera "Three Triumphs Over the Skeletal Demon" at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sept. 8, 2023. Chinese cultural performances were held at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Friday to mark the joint celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the AU, and the AU Day. (Photo by Michael Tewelde/Xinhua)

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3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo taken in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, shows the Minamisanriku disaster prevention center (back), which was reduced to a skeletal structure by the disaster, and flowers offered nearby.

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Disaster-hit building in Minamisanriku, Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - The skeletal structure of what used to be a local government building in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remains deserted on Feb. 14, 2014. Forty-three people, mostly town officials, died at the building in the March 2011 tsunami. The structure was set to be demolished initially but its preservation as a reminder of the disaster is being discussed by experts at the request of the prefectural governor.

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Tsunami-hit Minamisanriku disaster center in snow

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - The Minamisanriku disaster prevention center, which had been reduced to a skeletal structure by the March 2011 tsunami, stands in the snow on Feb. 11, 2014, in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, a calf (front) looks almost skeletal because its mother is too weak to breastfeed it. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Remains believed to be of N. Koreans found in Fukui

The photo shows the aerial view of a Wakasa Bay marina where the skeletal remains of three people wearing what appeared to be North Korean military uniforms are found washed ashore on Dec. 25. The photo was taken by a Kyodo's helocopter over the Wakasa Bay, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Police check shore where N. Korean bodies were washed up

Police officers are searching along the Wakasa Bay where the skeletal remains of three people wearing what appeared to be North Korean military uniforms were found washed ashore on Dec. 25. The photo was taken Dec. 25 by a helicopter chartered by Kyodo News over the Wakasa Bay, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Rare muntjacs spotted in Tibet

STORY: Rare muntjacs spotted in Tibet DATELINE: May 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Fea's muntjac and landscape STORYLINE: Images of Fea's muntjac, a rare species of muntjac, were captured recently in Medog County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Staffers of a regional forestry institute noticed clear images of the rare species while reviewing data recorded by infrared cameras installed in the county. The infrared cameras captured more than 1,200 photographs of the Fea's muntjac, the first clear images of the species in nearly 40 years in Tibet. Skeletal specimens of Fea's muntjac were discovered in Tibet's Nyingchi between 1982 and 1983. Local authorities said that the distribution, population number and existing status of this species in the wild remain unknown so far. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China. (XHTV)

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Men Found on Boat in North East Japan Say they came From N. Korea

AKITA, Japan,-Nov. 24 Kyodo - A boat carrying eight men claiming to be fishermen from North Korea has washed ashore in the north eastern Japan prefecture of Akita, police said Friday. The police received a call from a resident in the city of Yurihonjo around 11:30 p.m. Thursday about suspicious men at the seaside. They later found the men on the wooden boat at a nearby marina. The men had no life-threatening injuries and appeared to speak Korean, the police said. They have been taken into protective custody. Hachiro Okonogi, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, told reporters after a Cabinet meeting that the men have said they were fishing before the boat broke down and washed ashore. In November 2015 a wooden boat drifted ashore in the city of Noshiro in Akita and skeletal remains of two men were found inside the vessel and nearby.

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Lord Of The Rings: Two Towers (2002)

Sword & Skeletal Hand Film: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers; The Lord Of The Rings Ii (USA/NZ 2002) Director: Peter Jackson 05 December 2002 Date: 05 December 2002

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Obama makes historic visit to Hiroshima

U.S. President Barack Obama looks at the Atomic Bomb Dome, the skeletal remains of the only major building partially left standing after the Aug. 6, 1945, blast, in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama makes historic visit to Hiroshima

Photo taken May 27, 2016, shows the Atomic Bomb Dome, the skeletal remains of the only major building partially left standing after the Aug. 6, 1945, blast. U.S. President Barack Obama made a historic visit to the western Japanese city earlier that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama makes historic visit to Hiroshima

Photo taken May 27, 2016, shows the Atomic Bomb Dome, the skeletal remains of the only major building partially left standing after the Aug. 6, 1945, blast. U.S. President Barack Obama made a historic visit to the western Japanese city earlier that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama to visit Hiroshima on May 27 as 1st U.S. head of state

Photo taken May 10, 2016, shows the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, the skeletal remains of the only major building to be left partially standing after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. The Japanese government said the same day that President Barack Obama on May 27 will make the first visit to Hiroshima by a U.S. head of state. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama to visit Hiroshima on May 27

File photo taken in April 2015 shows the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, skeletal remains of the only major building that survived a 1945 U.S. atomic bomb. The Japanese government said on May 10, 2016, that President Barack Obama will make the first visit to Hiroshima by a U.S. head of state on May 27 after attending a Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skeletal remains found in sunken vehicle in Japan

A pickup truck is lifted from the seabed at the bay of Yonago in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 28, 2015. Police found unidentified skeletal remains in the vehicle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant

Photo taken in Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2021, shows a skeletal building housing the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People look at the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the rooftop of the three-floor building during the disaster died after it was engulfed by a tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People look at the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the rooftop of the three-floor building during the disaster died after it was engulfed by a tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A woman prays in front of the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the building during the disaster died after it was hit by tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Monks pray in front of the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the building during the disaster died after it was hit by tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A woman visits the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the building during the disaster died after it was hit by tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A man offers flowers at the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the building during the disaster died after it was hit by tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo shows the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Forty-three people who were at the building during the disaster died after it was hit by tsunami following the powerful earthquake.

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Destruction caused by Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2018 shows the skeletal interior of Takano Kaikan hall in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture. The building has been preserved in its current state to remember the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Destruction caused by Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2018 shows the skeletal interior of Takano Kaikan hall in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture. The building has been preserved in its current state to remember the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2011 Japan earthquake anniversary

File photo taken June 30, 2011, shows Katsumasa Murakami (L) and his wife Kazuko standing in front of the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, where their son Hiroki was swept away by the massive tsunami on March 11, 2011. Almost seven years have passed since the disaster but Hiroki's remains have yet to be found. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo