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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Aomori Pref.

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Aomori Pref.

A woman retrieves fallen dishes in a kitchen of a house in Hachinohe in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori on Dec. 10, 2025, following a strong earthquake on Dec. 8.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Aomori Pref.

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Aomori Pref.

A woman retrieves fallen dishes in a kitchen of a house in Hachinohe in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori on Dec. 10, 2025, following a strong earthquake on Dec. 8.

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WORLD CUP QUALIFIER SWEDEN - SLOVENIA

WORLD CUP QUALIFIER SWEDEN - SLOVENIA

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251118Sweden's Emil Forsberg retrieves the ball in the Slovenia goal behind goalkeeper Igor Vekić after Sweden's #11 Gustav Lundgren equalized to 1-1 during Tuesday's World Cup qualifying match in Group B between Sweden and Slovenia at Strawberry arena, Stockholm, Sweden 18 November 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

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IROS 2025 in Hangzhou

IROS 2025 in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 21, 2025 - A humanoid robot retrieves makeup bags for customers at IROS 2025 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on October 21, 2025.

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Robot Mall in Beijing

Robot Mall in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2025 - A smart pharmacy robot retrieves medication for "patients" at Robot Mall, the world's first Embodied Intelligence robot 4S store in Beijing, China on August 9, 2025.

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Iran Retaliatory Missile Strike to Israel

Iran Retaliatory Missile Strike to Israel

A man retrieves a framed artwork from the ruins of a damaged home in Rishon Lezion, Israel on June 14, 2025. Extensive damage happened as a result of Iran’s retaliatory strike involving around 100 missiles, launched after Israel attacked Iran on the night of June 12–13, 2025. Photo by Khadija Toufik/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfire in S. Korea

Wildfire in S. Korea

A helicopter retrieves water from a reservoir in Andong on March 27, 2025, to extinguish a wildfire burning in southeastern South Korea.

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KENYA-NAIROBI-FLOODS

KENYA-NAIROBI-FLOODS

(240430) -- NAIROBI, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man retrieves belongings from a flooded river in the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 30, 2024. Heavy rains pounding several parts of Kenya and devastating flash floods have left 169 people dead, a government official said. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

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Quake Death Toll Nears 3000 - Morocco

Quake Death Toll Nears 3000 - Morocco

A man retrieves a glass door from the rubble of a village that disappeared on September 14, 2023, in Imi N'Tala, in the Marrakech-Safi region of Morocco. In this village, which no longer exists after the earthquake, there were 67 houses where 378 inhabitants lived, of whom about 100 are dead or missing. Imi N'Tala is located in the province hardest hit by the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale, which shook the High Atlas area of Morocco on September 8, and has so far left about thirty aftershocks exceeding magnitude 3, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (CSEM), which has detected less seismic activity in recent days. More than 2,950 people have died and 5,600 have been injured as a result of the earthquake. The United Nations estimates that 300,000 people have been affected by the 6.8 magnitude quake. Photo by Fernando Sanchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Quake Death Toll Nears 3000 - Morocco

Quake Death Toll Nears 3000 - Morocco

A man retrieves belongings from the rubble of a village that disappeared on September 14, 2023, in Imi N'Tala, in the Marrakech-Safi region of Morocco. In this village, which no longer exists after the earthquake, there were 67 houses where 378 inhabitants lived, of whom about 100 are dead or missing. Imi N'Tala is located in the province hardest hit by the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale, which shook the High Atlas area of Morocco on September 8, and has so far left about thirty aftershocks exceeding magnitude 3, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (CSEM), which has detected less seismic activity in recent days. More than 2,950 people have died and 5,600 have been injured as a result of the earthquake. The United Nations estimates that 300,000 people have been affected by the 6.8 magnitude quake. Photo by Fernando Sanchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Quake Death Toll Nears 3000 - Morocco

Quake Death Toll Nears 3000 - Morocco

A man retrieves belongings from the rubble of a village that disappeared on September 14, 2023, in Imi N'Tala, in the Marrakech-Safi region of Morocco. In this village, which no longer exists after the earthquake, there were 67 houses where 378 inhabitants lived, of whom about 100 are dead or missing. Imi N'Tala is located in the province hardest hit by the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale, which shook the High Atlas area of Morocco on September 8, and has so far left about thirty aftershocks exceeding magnitude 3, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (CSEM), which has detected less seismic activity in recent days. More than 2,950 people have died and 5,600 have been injured as a result of the earthquake. The United Nations estimates that 300,000 people have been affected by the 6.8 magnitude quake. Photo by Fernando Sanchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

(221128) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2022 shows retrieved artifacts at the Syrian national museum in Damascus, Syria. Around 35,000 stolen Syrian artifacts have been retrieved by the authorities since the beginning of the 11-year war in Syria, an antiquities official told Xinhua on Sunday. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Syria retrieves around 35,000 stolen artifacts during 11-year war: official

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Egypt retrieves ancient "green coffin" from U.S.

STORY: Egypt retrieves ancient "green coffin" from U.S. DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:44 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SAMEH SHOUKRY, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs 3. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Egypt announced on Monday that an ancient cover of a coffin, known as the "Green Coffin," was returned from the United States. The artifact belongs to a priest named Ankh In Maat, which dates from the Late Period (664-332 BC), Egypt's Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a statement. The green coffin cover, made of wood, is nearly 3 meters long and carved with gilded decorations and hieroglyphic writings, according to the ministry. It will be deposited in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to be examined and maintained, it added. Sixteen other artifacts were also recovered from the United States along with the coffin, according to the ministry. Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and the Minister of

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara, a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., holds hard-disk drives he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve the drives that are crucial to his automotive fastener business.

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara (front), a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., tows a boat carrying computers he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve hard-disk drives crucial to his automotive fastener business.

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Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver retrieves ropes and fishing equipment which were swept into the sea by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami, from the seabed off a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on June 15, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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Divers clean seabed in tsunami-hit Ofunato

Divers clean seabed in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver is enveloped in a cloud of dirt as he retrieves rubble from the seabed off Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on June 15, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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Flood in Pakistan

Flood in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A man retrieves some of his belonging in a village in northwestern Pakistan on Aug. 23, 2010 after severe floods devastated the area.

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Company trying to revive UAE as 'country of pearls

Company trying to revive UAE as 'country of pearls

RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates - Daiji Imura retrieves a pearl from an oyster at a pearl farm in the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Oct. 5.

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

(221128) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2022 shows retrieved artifacts at the Syrian national museum in Damascus, Syria. Around 35,000 stolen Syrian artifacts have been retrieved by the authorities since the beginning of the 11-year war in Syria, an antiquities official told Xinhua on Sunday. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Syria retrieves around 35,000 stolen artifacts during 11-year war: official

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

(221128) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2022 shows retrieved artifacts at the Syrian national museum in Damascus, Syria. Around 35,000 stolen Syrian artifacts have been retrieved by the authorities since the beginning of the 11-year war in Syria, an antiquities official told Xinhua on Sunday. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Syria retrieves around 35,000 stolen artifacts during 11-year war: official

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

(221128) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2022 shows retrieved artifacts at the Syrian national museum in Damascus, Syria. Around 35,000 stolen Syrian artifacts have been retrieved by the authorities since the beginning of the 11-year war in Syria, an antiquities official told Xinhua on Sunday. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Syria retrieves around 35,000 stolen artifacts during 11-year war: official

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

(221128) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors look at retrieved artifacts at the Syrian national museum in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 24, 2022. Around 35,000 stolen Syrian artifacts have been retrieved by the authorities since the beginning of the 11-year war in Syria, an antiquities official told Xinhua on Sunday. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Syria retrieves around 35,000 stolen artifacts during 11-year war: official

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-STOLEN ARTIFACTS-RETRIEVAL

(221128) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A visitor looks at retrieved artifacts at the Syrian national museum in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 24, 2022. Around 35,000 stolen Syrian artifacts have been retrieved by the authorities since the beginning of the 11-year war in Syria, an antiquities official told Xinhua on Sunday. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Syria retrieves around 35,000 stolen artifacts during 11-year war: official

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Syria retrieves around 35,000 stolen artifacts during 11-year war: official

STORY: Syria retrieves around 35,000 stolen artifacts during 11-year war: official DATELINE: Nov. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of the retrieved artifacts at the Syrian national museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): FIRAS DADOUKH, Director of cultural relations and head of the professional development department at the Directorate of Antiquities and Museums 3. Various of the artifacts 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): LAILA AL-SAMMAK, Curator of the Museum of Ancient Syrian Antiquities 5. Various of the fair STORYLINE: Around 35,000 stolen Syrian artifacts have been retrieved by the authorities since the beginning of the 11-year war in Syria, an antiquities official told Xinhua on Sunday. Firas Dadoukh, director of cultural relations and head of the professional development department at the Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, said that the retrieved artifacts have been restored with the help of local communities and relevant authorities. Speaking at the side

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BULGARIA-RELIGION-EPIPHANY

BULGARIA-RELIGION-EPIPHANY

Men jump into the icy waters of a lake to recover a wooden cross during celebrations of the Epiphany Day in Sofia, Bulgaria, 06 January 2022. By tradition, a cross is thrown into the waters of a lake or river, and it is believed that the person who retrieves it will be freed from evil spirits and will be healthy through the year. (Photo by Georgi Paleykov/NurPhoto) (Credit:Georgi Paleykov/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

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ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

(220103) -- HULA VALLEY, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A ranger wearing personal protective equipment retrieves a dead crane in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, northern Israel, Jan. 2, 2022. The Hula Nature Reserve has been closed to the public to prevent the spread of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to local media. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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Flood in Pakistan

Flood in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A man retrieves some of his belonging in a village in northwestern Pakistan on Aug. 23, 2010 after severe floods devastated the area. (Kyodo)

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Divers clean seabed in tsunami-hit Ofunato

Divers clean seabed in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver is enveloped in a cloud of dirt as he retrieves rubble from the seabed off Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on June 15, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver retrieves ropes and fishing equipment which were swept into the sea by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami, from the seabed off a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on June 15, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Nuclear evacuees briefly return home

Nuclear evacuees briefly return home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - An evacuee from Kawauchi village near the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, wearing a protective suit to shield against radiation, retrieves belongings at his or her home, left littered in the wake of the March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake, on May 10, 2011. Around 100 evacuees from the Fukushima Prefecture village were allowed to return home for two hours. Belongings to be retrieved must fit into a 70-centimeter by 70-cm plastic bag issued to each household. (The sex of the photographed person is unknown)(Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Life in quake-hit Iwate

Life in quake-hit Iwate

YAMADA, Japan - A woman (R) retrieves diapers from the rubble near her collapsed home in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 17, 2011. The area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami March 11. (Kyodo)

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk driv

Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk driv

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara (front), a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., tows a boat carrying computers he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve hard-disk drives crucial to his automotive fastener business. (Kyodo)

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk driv

Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk driv

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara, a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., holds hard-disk drives he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve the drives that are crucial to his automotive fastener business. (Kyodo)

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1 month after Typhoon Hagibis

1 month after Typhoon Hagibis

A man retrieves belongings from his warehouse in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2019, a month after deadly Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on the country's main island of Honshu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Kei Nishikori at Madrid Open

Tennis: Kei Nishikori at Madrid Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan retrieves the damaged racket he smashed into the ground after losing to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in the third round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament on May 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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