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World Cup 2026 – US: Dutch Fans March Through Kansas City Ahead of Match Against Tunisia

Netherlands fans marched through the streets of Kansas City ahead of their team's final World Cup group-stage match against Tunisia on Thursday, June 25.

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Snow in western Japan

Photo shows a snow-covered street in the western Japan city of Tottori on Jan. 21, 2026.

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Snow in western Japan

People walk through the falling snow in the western Japan city of Tottori on Jan. 21, 2026.

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Strong quakes hit western Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2026, shows a partially collapsed ceiling in the city hall of Yonago in the western Japan Prefecture of Tottori, after powerful earthquakes hit the region earlier in the day.

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Japan: M6.2 Earthquake Causes Damage in Shimane

A series of earthquakes, including one with a maximum magnitude of 6.2, struck western Japan on Tuesday, January 6, with epicenters in eastern Shimane Prefecture. Authorities said there was no tsunami threat. This video shows a landslide triggered by the quake at a residential property in Yasugi City, eastern Shimane.

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Snow-covered Tottori Sand Dunes

Tottori Sand Dunes are blanketed with snow in the western Japan city of Tottori on Jan. 10, 2025.

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Snow-covered Tottori Sand Dunes

Tottori Sand Dunes are blanketed with snow in the western Japan city of Tottori on Jan. 10, 2025.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Manhole cover with popular ghost manga character

Photo shows a miniature version of a manhole cover with an illustration of Kitaro, the protagonist of the popular Japanese ghost comic series "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro" by manga creator Shigeru Mizuki in his hometown of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2024. The city began giving out the item as one of its gift incentives for "hometown tax" donations.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a national high school sign language contest in the Tottori Prefecture city of Yonago, western Japan, on Sept. 22, 2024.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako speaks in sign language during the opening ceremony of a national high school sign language contest in the Tottori Prefecture city of Yonago, western Japan, on Sept. 22, 2024.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako speaks in sign language during the opening ceremony of a national high school sign language contest in the Tottori Prefecture city of Yonago, western Japan, on Sept. 22, 2024.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako speaks in sign language during the opening ceremony of a national high school sign language contest in the Tottori Prefecture city of Yonago, western Japan, on Sept. 22, 2024.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a national high school sign language contest in the Tottori Prefecture city of Yonago, western Japan, on Sept. 22, 2024.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako speaks in sign language during the opening ceremony of a national high school sign language contest in the Tottori Prefecture city of Yonago, western Japan, on Sept. 22, 2024.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako speaks in sign language during the opening ceremony of a national high school sign language contest in the Tottori Prefecture city of Yonago, western Japan, on Sept. 22, 2024.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako speaks in sign language during the opening ceremony of a national high school sign language contest in the Tottori Prefecture city of Yonago, western Japan, on Sept. 22, 2024.

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Heavy snow in western Japan

Snow accumulates near Tottori Station in the western Japan city of Tottori on Jan. 24, 2024.

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Crab festival in western Japan

Snow crabs are piled up on Jan. 14, 2024, during an annual crab festival in the Tottori Prefecture city of Sakaiminato, western Japan, known for its large catches of the winter delicacy.

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Crab festival in western Japan

Snow crabs are offered to visitors on Jan. 14, 2024, during an annual crab festival in the Tottori Prefecture city of Sakaiminato, western Japan, known for its large catches of the winter delicacy.

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Detective Conan train in western Japan

Photo taken Dec. 2, 2023, shows the interior of a Detective Conan-themed special express train decorated with characters from the popular manga series in the western Japan city of Tottori.

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Detective Conan train in western Japan

Photo taken Dec. 2, 2023, shows the exterior of a Detective Conan-themed special express train decorated with characters from the popular manga series in the western Japan city of Tottori.

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Rakkyo flowers in western Japan

Blooming rakkyo shallot flowers create a purple haze across farmland near sand dunes in the western Japan city of Tottori on Nov. 14, 2023.

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Rakkyo flowers in western Japan

Blooming rakkyo shallot flowers create a purple haze across farmland near sand dunes in the western Japan city of Tottori on Nov. 14, 2023.

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Princess Kako positive for COVID-19

A message from Japanese Princess Kako is projected on a screen at the venue of a national high school sign language contest in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 24, 2023. The princes was unable to attend the event as she tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Tottori.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako (2nd from R) chats with high school students scheduled to take part in a sign language contest, after arriving in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 23, 2023.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako visits a pottery workshop in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 23, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako waves after arriving at an airport in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 23, 2023.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako visits a pottery workshop in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 23, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako waves after arriving at an airport in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 23, 2023.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako waves after arriving at an airport in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 23, 2023.

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Snow in Japan

Snow-removing work is under way in front of a shrine in the western Japan city of Tottori on Jan. 25, 2023.

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Cold snap hits Japan

People walk on an icy road in Tottori on the morning of Jan. 25, 2023, as a severe cold snap hit the western Japan city and other parts of the country.

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Manga character guide panels in Tottori Pref.

TOTTORI, Japan - Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai (C) poses for photos with characters of the comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" holding guide panels at the Tottori prefectural office in Tottori City on June 23, 2014. The panels are set to be installed along a road connecting Yonago and Sakaiminato.

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Over 2 mil. tourists visit Mizuki road in Tottori Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - Tourists and "yokai" (demon) characters created by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki pose for photos at Mizuki Shigeru Road in the city of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 28, 2014, during an event to commemorate the number of the tourists having surpassed the 2 million mark for five straight years. The shopping district features bronze statues of more than 150 yokai characters.

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Kitaro hangs New Year decoration on bronze statue

YONAGO, Japan - A person in a costume of Kitaro, the main character in the "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic series, helps put a New Year ornament on the bronze statue of another character on Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2014. The western Japan city is the birthplace of comic author Shigeru Mizuki.

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Comic character effigy gets New Year sacred rope

YONAGO, Japan - Workers put a sacred Shinto rope of rice straw around the neck of a huge stone figure of the "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic character as a customary New Year decoration in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Dec. 25, 2014. The western Japan city is the birthplace of comic author Shigeru Mizuki.

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Annual Tottori Sand Dunes Illusion starts

TOTTORI, Japan - The annual Tottori Sand Dunes Illusion illumination event started on the dunes in the western Japanese city of Tottori, Tottori Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan, on Dec. 13, 2014.

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Tottori Airport nicknamed Tottori Sakyu Conan Airport

TOTTORI, Japan - Members of a panel set up to promote the use of Tottori Airport hold a meeting in Tottori City on Nov. 12, 2014. The panel decided on the nickname Tottori Sakyu Conan Airport for the facility. The western Japanese prefecture is known for having Japan's largest sand dunes, called "Tottori Sakyu," while Gosho Aoyama, author of popular manga series "Detective Conan," hails from the prefecture.

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Competition held for piling 'geta' wooden clogs

YONAGO, Japan - Participants pile up "geta" wooden clogs in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2014, during a competition to heap up the signature footwear of a main character in the popular comic series "GeGeGe no Kitaro" authored by Shigeru Mizuki, a native of the western Japanese city.

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'GeGeGe no Kitaro' mascots parade for traffic safety

YONAGO, Japan - Mascot characters from the popular comic series "GeGeGe no Kitaro" parade through the streets of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2014, with kindergarten students during an autumn campaign for road safety. The series' author, Shigeru Mizuki, grew up in the western Japanese city.

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Sanin Kaigan coast allowed to continue as U.N.-aided geopark

TOTTORI, Japan - Tottori Mayor Yoshihiko Fukazawa (2nd from R) and other people raise their arms in celebration in the western Japan city along the Sea of Japan coast on Sept. 23, 2014, following the UNESCO-assisted Global Geoparks Network's approval of the local Sanin Kaigan coast's continuation as a geopark four years after its certification as such.

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Mother, children eat red snow crab meat

YONAGO, Japan - A mother and her children eat the season's first red snow crab meat on Sept. 7, 2014, at the port city of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on the Sea of Japan.

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Int'l confab on bluefin tuna catches

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2014 shows bluefin tuna catches unloaded in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture. At an international conference discussing control of bluefin tuna resources in the Northern Pacific, which ended Sept. 4, 2014, in the city of Fukuoka, the participating countries broadly agreed to halve catches of juvenile bluefin tuna from 2015.

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Bus with comic characters runs in author's hometown

YONAGO, Japan - A bus decorated with the paintings of comic characters is shown together with the family of "Gegege no Kitaro," a phantom boy created by comic artist Shigeru Mizuki, in his hometown of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2014. The "Hama Loop Bus" is operated by the western Japan city.

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Barcos bags to go on sale at Neiman Marcus

TOTTORI, Japan - Barcos Co. President Takashi Yamamoto (R) shows one of his company's products to Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai in Tottori City on Sept. 1, 2014. The company's Hanaa-fu brand bags are on sale at luxurious U.S. department store Neiman Marcus. The company's head office is located in Kurayoshi in the western Japanese prefecture.

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Girl competes in "geta" sandal toss competition

YONAGO, Japan - A girl tosses a Japanese "geta" sandal at a competition in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 30, 2014. The "Gegege no Kitaro Geta Toss Competition" features "Gegege no Kitaro," a phantom boy created by comic artist Shigeru Mizuki born in the city on the Sea of Japan in 1922.

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Japanese mayor on visit to N. Korea

SAKAIMINATO, Japan - Katsuji Nakamura, the mayor of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, holds a press conference at the city hall past midnight on Aug. 22, 2014, after making a day-trip to North Korea the previous day to take a look at the facilities of Rajin port in the Rason special economic zone. Nakamura said the visit was aimed at exploring the potential of the North Korean port as a trading channel for China.

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Projection mapping starts at sand museum in western Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - A "3D projection mapping" project to display animated images on sand statues starts at the Sand Museum in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 13, 2014. The city is known for the Tottori Sand Dunes.

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Japan astronomer speaks from Hawaii to Japan audience

TOTTORI, Japan - Japanese astronomer Yuko Kakazu speaks from a branch in Hawaii of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan via the Internet to an audience at Saji Astro Park in the western Japan city of Tottori during a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the municipal astronomical station on July 26, 2014.