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Japan LDP leadership election

Former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi (C,R) holds hands with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, L) and four other candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election at a meeting of LDP lawmakers of both houses of the Diet at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025. Takaichi won the election in a runoff vote.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi (C,R) holds hands with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, L) and four other candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election at a meeting of LDP lawmakers of both houses of the Diet at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025. Takaichi won the election in a runoff vote.

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President Trump, Apple CEO Cook Announce Additional $100 Billion Investement in U.S.

President Donald Trump looks on as Apple CEO Tim Cook shake hands after announcing an additional $100 billion Apple investment in the U.S., which now will total over $600 billion over the next four years, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. The White House will also establish the Apple’s American Manufacturing Program, which will focus on bringing Apple’s supply chain and manufacturing to the U.S. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Blue Jays

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano is pictured after making an early exit from his Major League Baseball debut in a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada, on March 30, 2025. He left the mound after four innings due to cramps in both hands.

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Baseball: Orioles vs. Blue Jays

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano is pictured after making an early exit from his Major League Baseball debut in a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada, on March 30, 2025. He left the mound after four innings due to cramps in both hands.

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Protesters during Le Scouarnec Trial - Vannes RL

Protestors hold hands outside the Criminal Court in Vannes, on February 24, 2025, on the opening day of retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec four-month trial on charges of assaulting or raping 299 patients. French retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, will face a new four-month trial starting in Vannes on February 24, on charges of assaulting or raping 299 patients. Most of the 299 victims were minors at the time, 256 were under the age of 15, and they were often asleep. He is already in prison after a court in 2020 found him guilty of abusing four children, including the rape of two of his nieces. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks of January 2015 - Paris

Officers in uniform with a wreath of flowers in their hands during commemorations marking 10 years since an Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and the Hypercacher jewish supermarket in Paris, France on January 7, 2025. Twelve people died in the attacks, including eight editorial staff, while a separate but linked hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris by a third gunman on January 9, 2015, claimed another four lives. The bloodshed signalled the start of a dark period for France during which extremists inspired by Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group repeatedly mounted attacks that set the country on edge and raised religious tensions. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks of January 2015 - Paris

Officers in uniform with a wreath of flowers in their hands during commemorations marking 10 years since an Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and the Hypercacher jewish supermarket in Paris, France on January 7, 2025. Twelve people died in the attacks, including eight editorial staff, while a separate but linked hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris by a third gunman on January 9, 2015, claimed another four lives. The bloodshed signalled the start of a dark period for France during which extremists inspired by Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group repeatedly mounted attacks that set the country on edge and raised religious tensions. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks of January 2015 - Paris

Officers in uniform with a wreath of flowers in their hands during commemorations marking 10 years since an Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and the Hypercacher jewish supermarket in Paris, France on January 7, 2025. Twelve people died in the attacks, including eight editorial staff, while a separate but linked hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris by a third gunman on January 9, 2015, claimed another four lives. The bloodshed signalled the start of a dark period for France during which extremists inspired by Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group repeatedly mounted attacks that set the country on edge and raised religious tensions. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Manufacturing Convention - China

A humanoid robot hands an orange to a visitor at the 2024 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 20, 2024. The 2024 World Manufacturing Convention opened Friday in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, highlighting the latest products and innovations in the manufacturing sector. Themed "Intelligent Manufacturing for a Better Future," the four-day event boasts a total exhibition area of 20,000 square meters and includes exhibitions, forums and seminars. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Bohan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IP4 meeting in Washington

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) shakes hands with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol before a meeting of NATO's four Indo-Pacific partners -- Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea -- known as IP4 in Washington on the final day of a NATO meeting on July 11, 2024.

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PM Kishida meets Tokyo Gov. Koike

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at his office in the Japanese capital on July 9, 2024, after she was reelected for a third four-year term on July 7.

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PM Kishida meets Tokyo Gov. Koike

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at his office in the Japanese capital on July 9, 2024, after she was reelected for a third four-year term on July 7.

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Boxing: Inoue, Nery ahead of 4-belt super bantamweight title match

Japan's Naoya Inoue (L) and Mexico's Luis Nery shake hands in Yokohama on May 4, 2024, two days ahead of their four-belt super bantamweight boxing title match in Tokyo.

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HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-SWEDEN-PMS-PRESS CONFERENCE

(240224) -- BUDAPEST, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) shakes hands with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during a joint press conference after a bilateral meeting in Budapest, Hungary on Feb. 23, 2024. Hungary has signed an agreement to buy four new Gripen fighter jets from Sweden ahead of the Hungarian parliament's vote on Sweden's NATO accession scheduled for Feb. 26. This agreement was announced on Friday during a bilateral meeting in Budapest between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (1st L) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (3rd R) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu paints the head of a dragon in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, aiming to better promote

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu makes the framework of a dragon in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, aiming to better pro

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu cuts papers to make the head of a dragon in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, aiming to b

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (front) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu makes the head of a dragon in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, aiming to better promote

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu makes the framework of a dragon in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, aiming to better pro

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, ai

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu paints the head of a dragon in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, aiming to better promote

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu paints the head of a dragon in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, aiming to better promote

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2024 shows Luo Deshu performing Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon D

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (R, front) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular perfo

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (1st L) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (C) poses for a photo with his Yutan Dragon Dance team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular per

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (front) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, ai

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (C) guides youngsters to perform Yutan Dragon Dance in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances,

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu makes the framework of a dragon in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, aiming to better pro

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu makes the head of a dragon in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performances, aiming to better promote

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(SP)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ISU FOUR CONTINENTS FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024-WOMEN'S SINGLES (CN)

(240202) -- SHANGHAI, Feb. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China's Chen Hongyi (R) claps hands with her coach during the women's free skating of ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2024 in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

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Baseball: Cubs' new left-hander Imanaga

Newly signed Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga (L) shakes hands with Jed Hoyer, president of the team's baseball operations, as the major league club announces a four-year contract with the prize Japanese pitcher during an introductory press conference in Chicago on Jan. 12, 2024. The 30-year-old was posted by the DeNA BayStars of the Central League.

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Nikki Haley Surges In Poll To Within Four Points Of Trump

File photo dated January 25, 2017 shows U.S. Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with Nikki Haley after swearing in Haley as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Washington, DC, USA. The former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has pulled within four percentage points of frontrunner Donald Trump in New Hampshire’s 2024 Republican presidential primary, a contest which could prove closer than expected for the ex-president, according to a new poll. Photo by Win McNamee/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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TUNISIA-HAMMAMET-WTCF-AFRICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE

(231130) -- HAMMAMET, Nov. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Representatives from Capital Airports Holdings Co., Ltd., World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF), Tunisian National Tourist Office, and Tunisair (from left to right) shake hands after signing a letter of intent for four-party cooperation in Hammamet, Tunisia, Nov. 29, 2023. Organized by the WTCF, the four-day conference on the theme of "New Era of China-Africa Tourism Cooperation" took place on Nov. 27 in Tunisia's eastern coastal city of Hammamet. (Xinhua/Huang Ling)

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ARGENTINA-BUENOS AIRES-PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF-JAVIER MILEI-WINNER

(231120) -- BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Javier Milei from the far-right Liberty Advances coalition shakes hands with supporters outside his campaign headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 19, 2023. Javier Milei has won Argentina's presidential runoff against Economy Minister Sergio Massa, initial results of the electoral authority showed on Sunday. Conceding defeat before official results came out, Massa said he has congratulated Milei, who will be the country's president for the next four years. (Photo by Luciano González Torres/Xinhua)

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ARGENTINA-BUENOS AIRES-PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF-JAVIER MILEI-WINNER

(231120) -- BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Javier Milei from the far-right Liberty Advances coalition shakes hands with supporters outside his campaign headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 19, 2023. Javier Milei has won Argentina's presidential runoff against Economy Minister Sergio Massa, initial results of the electoral authority showed on Sunday. Conceding defeat before official results came out, Massa said he has congratulated Milei, who will be the country's president for the next four years. (Photo by Luciano González Torres/Xinhua)

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Pedro Sanchez Wins New Term As PM - Madrid

The acting Prime Minister and candidate for reelection, Pedro Sánchez (left), shakes hands with the PSOE spokesman, Patxi López, after speaking during the second session of the investiture debate at the Congress of Deputies, on November 16, 2023, in Madrid , Spain. After weeks of haggling, Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez has clinched a vote in parliament to lead Spain for another term as prime minister. He has secured a four-seat majority in the 350-seat chamber, after sealing an amnesty deal for Catalans involved in a failed bid to secede from Spain. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vegas Golden Knights Honored by Biden at the White House

US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Mark Stone, captain of the Las Vegas Golden Knights, while hosting the team to celebrate their 2023 Stanley Cup victory in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. The Golden Knights won their first Stanley Cup by beating the Florida Panthers four games to one. Photo by Al Drago/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vegas Golden Knights Honored by Biden at the White House

US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat from Nevada, while hosting the Vegas Golden Knights to celebrate their 2023 Stanley Cup victory in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. The Golden Knights won their first Stanley Cup by beating the Florida Panthers four games to one. Photo by Al Drago/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deauville - La Zone D’Interet Premiere

The 49th Deauville American Film Festival Day Four DEAUVILLE, FRANCE SEPTEMBER 04 Stephane Bak, Rebecca Marder, Laure de Clermont Tonnerre, Guillaume Canet, Maxime Nucci Yodelice, Marina Hands, Lea Mysius, Anne Berest and Alexandre Aja attending the La Zone D'Interet premiere during the 49th Deauville American Film Festival on September 07, 2023 in Deauville, France. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Death toll from western India's landslide rises to 22

STORY: Death toll from western India's landslide rises to 22 DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of the landslide site 3. various of rescue work STORYLINE: The death toll rose to 22 in the landslide that struck a village on a hilltop in India's western state of Maharashtra, after six more bodies were retrieved from under the debris on Friday, a local police official confirmed. "The search and rescue operation was stopped on Friday at 18:30 local time and will resume tomorrow morning. Only six dead bodies could be retrieved today. It's a difficult terrain, hence the search operation is being carried out physically with hands or with the help of canines," he said. As many as four teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were engaged in the search and rescue operation. Local villagers also helped in digging the debris at the right spots to retrieve the bodies. Nearly 100 people went missing after the na

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New batch of pickup trucks delivered to Ukrainian defenders

LVIV, UKRAINE - JULY 11, 2023 - HeroCar project manager Oleksandr Puhach (C) hands over 14 powerful pickup trucks to the Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky Separate Presidential Brigade and the headquarters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front line, Lviv, western Ukraine

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New batch of pickup trucks delivered to Ukrainian defenders

LVIV, UKRAINE - JULY 11, 2023 - HeroCar project manager Oleksandr Puhach hands over 14 powerful pickup trucks to the Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky Separate Presidential Brigade and the headquarters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front line, Lviv, western Ukraine

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Record-breaking contract scale unveils western China's investment allure

STORY: Record-breaking contract scale unveils western China's investment allure DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fifth Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade 2. STANDUP 1 (English): YANG SHIYAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. STANDUP 2 (English): YANG SHIYAN, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RAJA DATO' NUSHIRWAN ZAINAL ABIDIN, Ambassador of Malaysia to China 5. STANDUP 3 (English): YANG SHIYAN, Xinhua correspondent 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RAJA DATO' NUSHIRWAN ZAINAL ABIDIN, Ambassador of Malaysia to China STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): YANG SHIYAN, Xinhua correspondent "I am Shiyan with Xinhua News Agency. The 5th Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade is held in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The event serves to promote the image of western China while encouraging international cooperation. Themed "Joining Hands with the West for a Brighter Future," the four-day fair

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CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MISSION-COMPLETION (CN)

(230311) -- SANYA, March 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Researchers involved in the scientific research mission shake hands with the waiting crowds upon their arrival in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, March 11, 2023. China's scientific research ship Tansuo-1 returned to the city of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province on Saturday, after completing its first international manned deep-diving scientific research mission in waters surrounding Oceania. The vessel, carrying the deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe (Striver), began its mission in October 2022. It traveled for 157 days and sailed more than 22,000 nautical miles around Oceania, according to the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A total of 10 domestic and international organizations participated in the voyage. During the expedition, the Fendouzhe successfully completed 63 dives, four of which exceeded a depth of 10,000 meters. (Xinhua/Chen Kaizi)