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[Breaking News]Kanji for "bear" chosen as best to characterize 2025

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kuma," meaning bear, with a calligraphy brush during the annual kanji-of-the-year event on Dec. 12, 2025. The character was chosen to symbolize the national mood for the year due to frequent bear sightings and related incidents across Japan, as well as attention to the return of pandas - written with characters meaning "bear" and "cat" - to China. (Kyodo)

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Kanji for "bear" chosen as best to characterize 2025

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kuma," meaning bear, with a calligraphy brush during the annual kanji-of-the-year event on Dec. 12, 2025. The character was chosen to symbolize the national mood for the year due to frequent bear sightings and related incidents across Japan, as well as attention to the return of pandas - written with characters meaning "bear" and "cat" - to China. (Kyodo)

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Kanji for "bear" chosen as best to characterize 2025

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kuma," meaning bear, with a calligraphy brush during the annual kanji-of-the-year event on Dec. 12, 2025. The character was chosen to symbolize the national mood for the year due to frequent bear sightings and related incidents across Japan, as well as attention to the return of pandas - written with characters meaning "bear" and "cat" - to China.

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Kanji for "bear" chosen as best to characterize 2025

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kuma," meaning bear, with a calligraphy brush during the annual kanji-of-the-year event on Dec. 12, 2025. The character was chosen to symbolize the national mood for the year due to frequent bear sightings and related incidents across Japan, as well as attention to the return of pandas - written with characters meaning "bear" and "cat" - to China.

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Kanji for "bear" chosen as best to characterize 2025

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kuma," meaning bear, with a calligraphy brush during the annual kanji-of-the-year event on Dec. 12, 2025. The character was chosen to symbolize the national mood for the year due to frequent bear sightings and related incidents across Japan, as well as attention to the return of pandas - written with characters meaning "bear" and "cat" - to China.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter casts their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter casts their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter casts their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voters cast their ballots for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Induction ceremony of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon - Paris

A flag-draped ceremonial casket (cenotaph) rests outside the Pantheon as students of the National Magistrates' School stand to attention during an induction ceremony of the late Former French Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council Robert Badinter, in Paris on October 9, 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, is inducted into The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ordinary session at the National Assembly in Paris FA

French Republican Guard stand in attention before the opening of the ordinary session at the French National Assembly in Paris on October 1, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris FA

French Republican Guard stands in attention before a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris on June 18, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris FA

French Republican Guard stands in attention before a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris on June 18, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris FA

French Republican Guard stands in attention before a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris on June 18, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Karla Sofia Gascon at The Conference Barcelona Is Capital - Madrid

The actress Carla Sofía Gascón, attends the conference 'Barcelona is Capital', given by the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, on June 16, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). With this lecture, the mayor will present the main strategic policies of the municipal government, with special attention to the economic, scientific and social development of the city. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Karla Sofia Gascon at The Conference Barcelona Is Capital - Madrid

The actress Carla Sofía Gascón, attends the conference 'Barcelona is Capital', given by the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, on June 16, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). With this lecture, the mayor will present the main strategic policies of the municipal government, with special attention to the economic, scientific and social development of the city. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Karla Sofia Gascon at The Conference Barcelona Is Capital - Madrid

The actress Carla Sofía Gascón, attends the conference 'Barcelona is Capital', given by the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, on June 16, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). With this lecture, the mayor will present the main strategic policies of the municipal government, with special attention to the economic, scientific and social development of the city. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Karla Sofia Gascon at The Conference Barcelona Is Capital - Madrid

The actress Carla Sofía Gascón, attends the conference 'Barcelona is Capital', given by the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, on June 16, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). With this lecture, the mayor will present the main strategic policies of the municipal government, with special attention to the economic, scientific and social development of the city. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Karla Sofia Gascon at The Conference Barcelona Is Capital - Madrid

The actress Carla Sofía Gascón, attends the conference 'Barcelona is Capital', given by the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, on June 16, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). With this lecture, the mayor will present the main strategic policies of the municipal government, with special attention to the economic, scientific and social development of the city. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Karla Sofia Gascon at The Conference Barcelona Is Capital - Madrid

The actress Carla Sofía Gascón, attends the conference 'Barcelona is Capital', given by the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, on June 16, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). With this lecture, the mayor will present the main strategic policies of the municipal government, with special attention to the economic, scientific and social development of the city. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Karla Sofia Gascon at The Conference Barcelona Is Capital - Madrid

The actress Carla Sofía Gascón, attends the conference 'Barcelona is Capital', given by the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, on June 16, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). With this lecture, the mayor will present the main strategic policies of the municipal government, with special attention to the economic, scientific and social development of the city. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nationwide Emergency Simulation Drill In India

Youth from India's National Cadet Corps stand at attention as civil defence personnel take part in the nationwide war preparedness drill, in Guwahati, India on May 7, 2025. Nationwide war preparedness drills are conducted to strengthen India’s national defence readiness and prepare for potential threats, particularly in light of ongoing tensions with Pakistan. Photo by David Talukdar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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