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Spruce forest in Ukrainian Carpathians

CHERNIVTSI REGION, UKRAINE - JULY 31, 2024 - Stumps with roots and a wooden fence are in a spruce forest in the Carpathian Mountains, Vyzhnytsia district, Chernivtsi region, western Ukraine.

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Top of Cape Pakarang disappeared in quake-tsunami disaster

KHAOLAK, Thailand - Members of a Japanese team researching the effect of the Dec. 26 quake-tsunami disaster stand on Cape Pakarang in the resort town of Khaolak, southern Thailand, on Jan. 2. The top of the cape, located some 200 meters ahead of them, collapsed and disappeared as a result of the tsunamis. Black spots seen in the sea are the stumps of trees felled in the disaster.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto stumps in Kyushu

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto waves at the crowd after giving a stump speech in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture on Oct. 20, 2012. Seeking support for the new political party he leads and helped found, Nippon Ishin no Kai, at the next general election that must be held within about a year, Hashimoto began a nationwide campaign tour in the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto stumps in Kyushu

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (L) shakes hands with people after giving a stump speech in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Oct. 20, 2012. Seeking support for the new political party he leads and helped found, Nippon Ishin no Kai, at the next general election that must be held within about a year, Hashimoto began a nationwide campaign tour in the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan.

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DPJ's Ozawa stumps in Kochi

SUSAKI, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (L), one of the two candidates in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, shakes hands with his supporters during a speech tour in Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2010.

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DPJ's Ozawa stumps in Kochi

SUSAKI, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (L), one of the two candidates in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, speaks during a speech tour in Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2010.

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Judo champion Tani stumps as DPJ candidate for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani works the popular Azabu Juban shopping area in central Tokyo on June 24, 2010 as she makes her debut as a candidate for the House of Councillors. Official campaigning for the poll on July 11 got under way the same day.

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Campaigning gets under way for upper house election

OSAKA, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who also serves as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with voters in Osaka on June 24, 2010, as he stumps for the July 11 House of Councillors election. The official campaign began the same day for the upper house election, the first full-fledged contest since the DPJ ousted the Liberal Democratic Party in a House of Representatives election last August.

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Campaigning gets under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi, chief representative of the New Komeito party, stumps in front of Omiya Station in Saitama on June 24, 2010, as official campaigning begins for the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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Campaigning gets under way for upper house election

OSAKA, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who also serves as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, stumps in Osaka on June 24, 2010, as official campaigning begins for the July 11 House of Councillors election. It will be the first full-fledged contest since the DPJ ousted the Liberal Democratic Party in a House of Representatives election last August, and also the first since Kan took office earlier this month.

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Kan stumps in Tokyo

MACHIDA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan delivers a speech in Machida, western Tokyo, on June 20, 2010. Kan spoke about his policy on the consumption tax amid heated debate on the issue before the start of official campaigning for the upper house election.

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Aso stumps for votes on last day of election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso, who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a plea for voter support in a campaign speech in front of JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2009, the last day of the official 12-day campaign for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. Aso's LDP, which has held power almost without interruption for over 50 years, is struggling against the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which polls show is likely to see a landslide win in the election.

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Hatoyama stumps in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama punches the air in Osaka on Aug. 26 during a stump stop for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Aso stumps in Hokkaido for lower house election

OBIHIRO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with a voter in front of JR Obihiro Station in Hokkaido Aug. 19 during his stumping tour for the Aug. 30 House Of Representatives election.

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Hatoyama stumps in Aomori for lower house election

HACHINOHE, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama shakes hands with a child during his stumping tour of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 19 for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Aso stumps in Hokkaido for lower house election

OBIHIRO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, stumps for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in front of JR Obihiro Station in Hokkaido Aug. 19.

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Hatoyama stumps in Aomori for lower house election

HACHINOHE, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama stumps in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 19 for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii stumps in front of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso stumps in Tokyo on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Renaissance Party leader Hideo Watanabe stumps in the city of Sakai in Osaka on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

OTAWARA, Japan - Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe stumps in Otawara in Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

TOKYO, Japan - People's New Party leader Tamisuke Watanuki stumps in the city of Hamura in Tokyo on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

AMAGASAKI, Japan - New Party Nippon leader Yasuo Tanaka stumps in front of his office in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

OSAKA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama stumps in Osaka on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house lection

YOKOHAMA, Japan - New Komeito party leader Akihiro Ota stumps in Yokohama on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

GINOWAN, Japan - Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima stumps in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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MSDF's mission to be terminated if DPJ wins power: Hatoyama

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama stumps in Kumamoto on July 29 ahead of the Aug. 30 general election. Responding to reporters in Kumamoto Prefecture, Hatoyama said the main opposition party will terminate the antiterrorism refueling mission by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Indian Ocean in January, when the law for the mission expires, if it wins power in the general election.

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Hatoyama out on street stumps

HATOYAMA, Japan - Japan's opposition camp leader Yukio Hatoyama (R) punches the air in a stump speech stop in the town of Hatoyama, Saitama Prefecture, on July 23. The president of the Democratic Party of Japan called on the public to back his party's bid to oust the LDP-led ruling coalition.

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Hatoyama calls for voters' support in Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama stumps on July 11 for candidates running in the July 12 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election at Tokyo's JR Nakano Station.

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Hosoda calls for voters' support in Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda stumps on July 11 for candidates running in the July 12 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election at Tokyo's JR Kanamachi Station.

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Yosano stumps in Tokyo in LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano addresses a crowd in Shinjuku, Tokyo on Sept. 7 during a campaigning stop in the race for the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The winner will take over from outgoing Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, as the LDP commands a majority in the House of Representatives.

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S. Korean presidential election campaign begins

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Myung Bak, the candidate from the main opposition Grand National Party, stumps in front of Seoul Station on Nov. 27 as official campaigning for South Korea's Dec. 19 presidential election began the same day.

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New Komeito leader Ota stumps in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Akihiro Ota, head of the New Komeito party, starts his 17-day House of Councillors election campaign at JR Nagoya Station in Aichi Prefecture, on July 12.

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New Party Nippon leader Tanaka stumps at Tokyo's Tsukiji

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka, leader of the New Party Nippon, kicks off his House of Councillors election campaign at Tokyo's Tsukiji district July 12.

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People's New Party leader Watanuke stumps at Tokyo's Yurakucho

TOKYO, Japan - People's New Party leader Tamisuke Watanuki delivers his first speech for the July 29 House of Councillors election at Tokyo's Yurakucho district on July 12.

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Koizumi stumps in Atsugi for by-election

ATSUGI, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stumps on Oct. 15 in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in a House of Councillors by-election in the prefecture Oct. 23.

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Political party leaders make last appeal to voters

TOKYO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka, who heads the newly formed New Party Nippon, stumps in Tokyo's Kita Ward on Sept. 10, one day before the House of Representatives election.

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Political party leaders make last appeal to voters

CHIBA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party, stumps in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 10, the last day of official campaigning for the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.

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Koizumi stumps western Japan

NARA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, addresses voters during his stumping tour of western Japan at Nara Station on Aug. 31.

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Party leaders deliver first election speeches

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki stumps in Tokyo on Aug. 30 after official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election began.

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Suzuki begins election campaigning

SAPPORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker convicted of bribery who now heads Shinto Daichi (new party good earth), stumps in Sapporo, Hokkaido on Aug. 30, the first day of official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election.

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Party leaders deliver first election speeches

OKINAWA, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima stumps in Okinawa on Aug. 30 as official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election began.

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DPJ's Okada highlights pension reforms over postal policies

MITO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada stumps in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 22. He said the pension system is the main issue in the Sept. 11 general election to counter Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's attempt to make the election a referendum on his defeated postal privatization bills.

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Koizumi stumps in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stumps in Nagoya on Aug. 21 ahead of the Sept. 11 general election.

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Okada stumps in Aichi Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada waves to the audience while stumping in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 21 ahead of the Sept. 11 general election.

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Party leaders take to the streets ahead of election

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii stumps in Fukuoka on Aug. 20 ahead of the Sept. 11 general election.

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Election campaign starts for Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii stumps in front of Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on June 24 as the election campaign for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly started.

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Election campaign starts for Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe stumps in Tokyo's Taito Ward on June 24 as the election campaign for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly started on the day.

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(6)Official Campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, stumps at Tokyo's Shibuya district as official campaigning began June 24 for the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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(4)Official campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada stumps for the July 11 House of Councillors election in front of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on June 24 as election campaigning started the same day.