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China: Dashcam Captures Horse-Drawn Wedding Carriage Overturn, Newlyweds Safe

This is the shocking moment a Chinese wedding procession turned dangerous when a traditional horse-drawn carriage carrying newlyweds overturned into a roadside ditch. The incident occurred on January 26, 2026, in Zhoukou, Henan. The carriage veered off the road, causing the horse to lose balance and the vehicle to tip over. Bystanders rushed to help, and the bride and groom were assisted to safety with no serious injuries reported.

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Leandro Wassaul/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Leandro Wassaul/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Leandro Wassaul/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Leandro Wassaul/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Leandro Wassaul/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. WEDDING Leandro Wassaul 10/04/2025

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Raúl Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Raúl Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Raúl Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Raúl Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wedding of Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and Barbara Mirjan - Seville

Barbara Mirjan arrives at the church of Cristo de los Gitanos by horse-drawn carriage accompanied by her father, Lebanese businessman Bachar Mirjan, on October 4, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The couple is getting married after nine years of relationship in the church Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada, more popularly known as the church of Cristo de los Gitanos, where part of the ashes of the Duchess of Alba, mother of the groom, rest. The ceremony is officiated by the parish priest Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez-Dalp and gathers almost three hundred guests. Photo by Raúl Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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VICTORIA BIRTHDAY 2025

BORGHOLM, SWEDEN 20250714Princess Estelle, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel leave Solliden Palace in a horse-drawn carriage in connection with the celebration of Crown Princess Victoria's birthday on Öland.Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT / Code 10030

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Illustration - Haute-Corse - France

FRANCE. HAUTE CORSE (2B) NEBBIO. AGRIATES REGION. SANTO PIETRO DI TENDA. SALECCIA PINE FOREST ACCESSIBLE BY HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE Photo by Stephane Frances/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Horse-Drawn Carriages Collide in Central Park, Drivers Taken to Hospital

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, two horse-drawn carriages collided in Central Park near the East 60th Street entrance, sending both drivers to the hospital. Police said the drivers were safe and the horses were not seriously injured.

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Floods Hit Dayeuhkolot Indonesia

Residents ride a horse-drawn carriage during a flood in Dayeuhkolot, Bandung Regency, Indonesia, on March 9, 2025. Flooding caused by the overflowing Citarum River due to high rainfall intensity since Saturday, March 8, 2025, has affected main roads and thousands of houses. Photo by Dimas Rachmatsyah/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eiifel Tower - Paris

Illustration of the Eiffel Tower with a horse-drawn carriage in front on May 1, 2024. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-CANDYTOWN FESTIVAL

(231203) -- VANCOUVER, Dec. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take a ride on the horse-drawn carriage along a road at the CandyTown festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Dec. 2, 2023. The CandyTown festival kicked off here on Saturday, during which streets in the downtown core were transformed into a winter wonderland with the theme of candy. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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Orange Heat Warning Across Spain

A horse-drawn carriage rides through the center of Seville in the middle of a heat wave, with a thermometer reading 52 degrees, on August 7, 2023 in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated on Tuesday the orange warning for high temperatures, from 13.00 to 21.00 hours in Seville Photo by Eduardo Briones/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A flashback of hundred-year-old transport history with Moscow trams

STORY: A flashback of hundred-year-old transport history with Moscow trams DATELINE: July 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a parade of retro tramways in Moscow STORYLINE: To celebrate Moscow Transport Day, 14 trams from various eras hit the streets on Saturday, bringing citizens a journey to the past. Moscow city officials said that the parade of retro vehicles in the capital has been a tradition. The parade attracted huge crowds, and many citizens made a special trip to take pictures on the trams in retro costumes. There were also performances simulating the lifestyles of Moscow in the 1930s. The history of Moscow trams can be traced back to 1899. As a new form of urban passenger transportation after the horse-drawn carriage then, the development of the tram also encountered considerable resistance because horses and coachmen faced unemployment after the tram was opened. More than 100 years later, trams are still an important part of urban transpo

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Carriage carries new ambassador to Imperial Palace

A horse-drawn carriage heads to the Imperial Palace from near Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital on March 8, 2023. The traditional procession to carry new ambassadors to Japan slated to submit their credentials to Japanese emperor is held for the first time in three years after the novel coronavirus-caused hiatus.

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Carriage carries new ambassador to Imperial Palace

A horse-drawn carriage heads to the Imperial Palace from near Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital on March 8, 2023. The traditional procession to carry new ambassadors to Japan slated to submit their credentials to Japanese emperor is held for the first time in three years after the novel coronavirus-caused hiatus.

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Carriage carries new ambassador to Imperial Palace

A horse-drawn carriage heads to the Imperial Palace from near Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital on March 8, 2023. The traditional procession to carry new ambassadors to Japan slated to submit their credentials to Japanese emperor is held for the first time in three years after the novel coronavirus-caused hiatus.

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Horse-drawn carriage in New York

NEW YORK, United States - A horse-drawn carriage is seen on a street near Central Park in Manhattan, New York in February 2014.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19, 2013, in the square in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo shows a horse-drawn carriage, carrying new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, heading for the palace. She met with Emperor Akihito and presented him with her credentials in a ceremony.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - A horse-drawn carriage carrying new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy leaves the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2013, after Kennedy attended a ceremony to submit her credentials to Emperor Akihito.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Spectators take pictures of a horse-drawn carriage carrying new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 19, 2013.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy in a horse-drawn carriage heading for the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2013. She met with Emperor Akihito and presented him with her credentials in a ceremony.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R front) walks toward a horse-drawn carriage in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward to present her credentials to Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 19, 2013.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - A horse-drawn carriage carrying new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy crosses a bridge to enter the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2013. She met with Emperor Akihito and presented him with her credentials in a ceremony.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy waves from inside a horse-drawn carriage as she leaves the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2013, after attending a ceremony to submit her credentials to Emperor Akihito.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - A horse-drawn carriage carrying new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy leaves the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2013, after Kennedy attended a ceremony to submit her credentials to Emperor Akihito.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19, 2013, in the square in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo shows a horse-drawn carriage, carrying new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, heading for the palace. She met with Emperor Akihito and presented him with her credentials in a ceremony.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy in a horse-drawn carriage in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, before heading for the Imperial Palace to present her credentials to Emperor Akihito on Nov. 19, 2013.

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Kennedy meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy waves from inside a horse-drawn carriage as she leaves the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2013, after attending a ceremony to submit her credentials to Emperor Akihito.

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Ceremonial horse-drawn carriage runs in imperial garden

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremonial horse-drawn carriage, which was used for special occasions such as the wedding parade of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in 1959, runs in the East Garden in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2009. The Imperial Household Agency ran the two carriages to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the emperor's enthronement.

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(2)Emperor meets Polish Premier Miller

WARSAW, Poland - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko in a horse-drawn carriage wave to well-wishers in Warsaw on July 10 while heading to the Palace on the Water at Lazienki Park to attend a luncheon hosted for them by Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller and his wife Aleksandra. (pool photo)