Scene from Urumqi

Scene from Urumqi

Police officers conduct vehicle checkouts near a mosque in Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on July 5, 2023.

Tighter security in Tokyo ahead of "Quad" summit

Tighter security in Tokyo ahead of "Quad" summit

A police officer conducts vehicle checkouts near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on May 21, 2022, ahead of a summit in the Japanese capital on May 24 of the "Quad" group of Indo-Pacific democracies -- the United States, Japan, Australia and India.

Preparations for "Quad" summit in Tokyo

Preparations for "Quad" summit in Tokyo

Police officers conduct vehicle checkouts near the U.S. embassy in Tokyo on May 19, 2022, ahead of a summit in the Japanese capital on May 24 of the "Quad" group of Indo-Pacific democracies -- the United States, Japan, Australia and India.

Preparations for "Quad" summit in Tokyo

Preparations for "Quad" summit in Tokyo

Police officers conduct vehicle checkouts in Tokyo on May 19, 2022, ahead of a summit in the Japanese capital on May 24 of the "Quad" group of Indo-Pacific democracies -- the United States, Japan, Australia and India.

Starbucks-Amazon Go store with cashierless checkouts

Starbucks-Amazon Go store with cashierless checkouts

Photo taken Nov. 19, 2021, shows a joint Starbucks coffee and Amazon Go convenience store with cashierless checkouts in New York.

UNIQLO Harajuku Store Opening Commemorative Preview

UNIQLO Harajuku Store Opening Commemorative Preview

At the UNIQLO Harajuku store, which opened in June 2008, a partition was installed in each of the face-to-face cash registers. Transparent guards were also installed between the cashiers and customers. Unattended cash registers (self-checkouts) and disinfectant solutions were also proactively introduced. (June 3, 2020, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)