Children dress up as dolls in Japan's Doll Festival

Children dress up as dolls in Japan's Doll Festival

MAEBASHI, Japan - Twenty-one kindergarten pupils dressed in ancient Japanese costumes duplicate the traditional display of Japanese dolls at the Japanese Doll Festival held at the Ikaho hot spring spa in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture on March 3.

Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

TOKYO, Japan - A researcher at Taisho University looks at a duplicate of an original Sanskrit text of the scripture called ''Yuima-kyo'' in Japanese and the ''Vimalakirti'' sutra in Sanskrit, at the university in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 14. Taisho University researchers discovered the copy, which dates to the eighth century, in July 1999 at the Potala Palace in Lhasa.

CANADA-QUEBEC-BECANCOUR-BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM

CANADA-QUEBEC-BECANCOUR-BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM

(221212) -- BECANCOUR, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member shows a duplicate of the mammoth's tooth at Quebec's Biodiversity Museum in Becancour, Canada, Dec. 11, 2022. Founded in 1997, Quebec's Biodiversity Museum is situated in Becancour, 150 km from Montreal, Canada. The second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is held from Dec. 7 to 19 in Montreal, Canada's Quebec province. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

TOKYO, Japan - A researcher at Taisho University looks at a duplicate of an original Sanskrit text of the scripture called ''Yuima-kyo'' in Japanese and the ''Vimalakirti'' sutra in Sanskrit, at the university in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 14. Taisho University researchers discovered the copy, which dates to the eighth century, in July 1999 at the Potala Palace in Lhasa.

DUPLICATE OF 0013049

DUPLICATE OF 0013049

DUPLICATE OF 0013049

DUPLICATE OF 0013048

DUPLICATE OF 0013048

DUPLICATE OF 0013048

DUPLICATE OF 0013047

DUPLICATE OF 0013047

DUPLICATE OF 0013047

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2862 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2862 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2862 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2863 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2863 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2863 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2777 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2777 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2777 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2776 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2776 - TO DELETE

DUPLICATE IMAGE OF 2776 - TO DELETE

Children dress up as dolls in Japan's Doll Festival

Children dress up as dolls in Japan's Doll Festival

MAEBASHI, Japan - Twenty-one kindergarten pupils dressed in ancient Japanese costumes duplicate the traditional display of Japanese dolls at the Japanese Doll Festival held at the Ikaho hot spring spa in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture on March 3. (Kyodo)

Nagasaki Harbour seen from Akunoura

Nagasaki Harbour seen from Akunoura

A panorama of Nagasaki harbour seen from Akunoura. This photo is a quarter of a larger picture. A steamship is anchored in the harbour. The central right building is the government-owned Nagasaki Iron Foundry. It is thought to be a duplicate of the original photo.==Date:1872, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐15‐0]

man, coronavirus, face mask, plastic sack, bag

man, coronavirus, face mask, plastic sack, bag

A man wearing a face mask duplicate his protection against covid-19 pandemic covering his whole head in plastic sack, Prague, Czech Republic, on March 31, 2020. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)