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Cemetery of Abandoned Graves - Toulouse

My mother s urn, engraved with her name, her photo and a necklace around it, sealed on the family grave, with a message from cousins next to it: To Auntie Dedee, in memory of our good times and our hearty laughter. Cemetery illustrations. France, Montauban, 30 November 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony for the Milan-Cortina 2026 - Greece

An actress playing the role of ancient priestess display the urn during the dress rehearsal of the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on November 24, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Li Jing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony for the Milan-Cortina 2026 - Greece

Actresses playing the role of ancient priestesses escort the urn during the dress rehearsal of the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on November 24, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Li Jing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony for the Milan-Cortina 2026 - Greece

Actresses playing the role of ancient priestesses escort the urn during the dress rehearsal of the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on November 24, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Li Jing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kyiv region pays last respects to soldier Yevhen Slyvka

KYIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 10, 2024 - A serviceman places the burial urn on the national flag of Ukraine during the funeral ceremony for the soldier Yevhen Slyvka (call sign "Shaman"), who died on April 16, 2024, in a battle in Donetsk region, during the funeral ceremony on the Alley of Memory of the Defenders of Ukraine, Irpin, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine.

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Kyiv region pays last respects to soldier Yevhen Slyvka

KYIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 10, 2024 - Urn with the ashes of the soldier Yevhen Slyvka (call sign "Shaman"), who died on April 16, 2024, in a battle in Donetsk region, and his portrait are seen during a funeral ceremony on the Alley of Memory of the Defenders of Ukraine, Irpin, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine.

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Kyiv region pays last respects to soldier Yevhen Slyvka

KYIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 10, 2024 - Female relatives of the soldier Yevhen Slyvka (call sign "Shaman"), who died on April 16, 2024, in a battle in Donetsk region, look at the urn with his ashes during a funeral ceremony on the Alley of Memory of the Defenders of Ukraine, Irpin, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine.

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Jiangnan Water Town Culture Museum in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - MAY 7, 2024 - A gold compound urn on display at the Jiangnan Water Town Culture Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, May 7, 2024.

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(SP)GREECE-ANCIENT OLYMPIA-PARIS 2024-FLAME LIGHTING CEREMONY

(240416) -- ANCIENT OLYMPIA, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Greek actress Mary Mina, in the role of High Priestess, holds the urn with flame during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on April 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jing)

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(SP)GREECE-ANCIENT OLYMPIA-PARIS 2024-FLAME LIGHTING CEREMONY

(240416) -- ANCIENT OLYMPIA, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An actress, playing the role of an ancient priestess, holds the urn with flame during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on April 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jing)

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Pro-Independence Catalans Commemorate October 1st - Barcelona

A protester carries an urn during the celebration of the anniversary of the 1-O referendum, in Urquinaona square, on October 1, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This event commemorates the sixth anniversary of the independence referendum that was called by the Government of Catalonia, suspended by the Constitutional Court and held illegally in Catalonia on October 1, 2017. The Catalan National Assembly (ANC) is the most influential civil society organization in Catalonia in the political-cultural sphere. It is an independent organization, both financially and politically, funded by members, subscribers and private donations, and is not associated with any political party. Photo by Kike Rincón / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Woman holds urn with soil from home in memory of husband

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Yoshiko Sakurada, who lost her husband Fusanobu in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku, holds an urn in this file photo of July 14, 2014, containing soil from the yard of their home in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Remains of Korean man to return home 70 yrs after death

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - O Jong Ja (L) from Busan, South Korea, puts into a new urn on July 27, 2014, the bones of her father O Il Sang who was mobilized to work at a coal mine in the town of Numata in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido during World War II and died in 1944. A Japanese civic organization identified the bones.

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State funeral of ex-Japan PM Abe

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife Akie (C) enters the venue of the state funeral for Abe, holding an urn containing his ashes, at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2022. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can be seen walking ahead of her. (Pool photo)

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State funeral of ex-Japan PM Abe

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife Akie (R) hands an urn containing his ashes to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the state funeral for Abe at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2022. Abe was fatally shot during an election campaign speech in the western Japan city of Nara in July.

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Ancient sculpture remnants reunited after 3,000 years

STORY: Ancient sculpture remnants reunited after 3,000 years DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: GUANGHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the newly unearthed bronze sculpture 2. various of the combination 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI YU, Researcher, Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute STORYLINE: Chinese archaeologists confirmed Thursday that a newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that anoth

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows part of a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incomplete part wears a tight skirt with c

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows part of a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incomplete part wears a tight skirt with c

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lei Yu, a researcher of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute, views a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure on June 16, 2022. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with t

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a bronzeware part that was unearthed from the No. 2 sacrificial pit in 1986 at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incom

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows scattered parts of a newly unearthed bronze sculpture (L) at the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site (photo taken by Xinhua journalist Shen Bohan on June 1, 2022); a bronzeware part (C) that was unearthed from the No. 2 sacrificial pit in 1986 (photo taken on June 15, 2022 and provided by Sanxingdui Museum); and the combination of the two parts (photo taken by Lu Haizi on June 15, 2022), in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vesse

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows part of a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The i

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows scattered parts of a newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incomplet

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a bronzeware part that was unearthed from the No. 2 sacrificial pit in 1986 at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incom

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows scattered parts of a newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows scattered parts of a newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incomplet

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John Warner funeral service - Washington, DC

President Joe Biden watches as an American Flag is placed on the table next to the urn with the cremated remains of former Virginia Sen. John Warner during the funeral ceremony of Senator John Warner at Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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John Warner funeral service - Washington, DC

President Joe Biden (second from Left) looks on as an urn with the cremated remains of former Virginia Sen. John Warner is set down during the funeral ceremony of Senator John Warner at Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Edge Of Darkness (2010)

Mel Gibson Characters: Thomas Craven Film: Edge Of Darkness (2010) Director: Martin Campbell 28 January 2010 Date: 28 January 2010

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom & Kirsten Dunst Characters: Drew Baylor, Claire Colburn Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom & Kirsten Dunst Characters: Drew Baylor, Claire Colburn Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom & Kirsten Dunst Characters: Drew Baylor, Claire Colburn Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom & Kirsten Dunst Characters: Drew Baylor, Claire Colburn Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom Characters: Drew Baylor Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) / Location: Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom Characters: Drew Baylor Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom Characters: Drew Baylor Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom Characters: Drew Baylor Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Paul Schneider & Orlando Bloom Characters: Jessie Baylor, Drew Baylor Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom & Susan Sarandon Characters: Drew Baylor, Hollie Baylor Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Elizabethtown (2005)

Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon & Judy Greer Characters: Drew Baylor, Hollie Baylor, Heather Baylor Film: Elizabethtown (USA 2005) Director: Cameron Crowe 04 September 2005 Date: 04 September 2005

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Don'T Come Knocking (2005)

Sarah Polley Characters: Sky Film: Don'T Come Knocking (USA/FR/DE 2005) Director: Wim Wenders 19 May 2005 Dont Come Knocking For further information please contact the Sony Pictures Releasing press office. Date: 19 May 2005

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The Grass Is Greener - film (1960)

Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr & Cary Grant Characters: Charles Delacro, Lady Hilary Rhyall, Victor Rhyall, Earl Film: The Grass Is Greener (1960) Director: Stanley Donen 23 December 1960 Vor Hausfreunden wird gewarnt (The Grass Is Greener, GB 1960, Regie: Stanley Donen) Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Cary Grant / zwei M

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Royal Mail Atlantis Cruises poster

Poster advertising a cruise on the RMSP Atlantis with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, featuring a smiling young woman in what looks like a North African location, carrying a water urn.c.1930

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Still Life of Flowers - Monnoyer

Still Life of Flowers in a Bronze Urn with a Parakeet, Fruit and Architectural Fragments. Painting by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636 - 1699) Date: mid 17th century

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"End-of-life planning" cafe manager shows "at-home urn"

Manager Hideki Endo of Tokyo's newly opened Blue Ocean Cafe for "end-of-life planning" explains an urn used for keeping ashes at home in Tokyo on April 10, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese POW's bereaved family reads sutra at Aussie cemetery

Priest Hiromichi Wakaomi (C), a relative of deceased Japanese prisoner of war Michiaki Wakaomi, and others concerned recite a sutra in front of an urn containing Michiaki's exhumed ashes and a grave marker at a cemetery for Japanese soldiers in Cowra, eastern Australia, on Sept. 11, 2015. Over 230 Japanese POWs were killed in a prison break in Cowra in 1944. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Caring about toilet noise: from feudal-era to 21st century

YAKAGE, Japan - A bronze urn dating from the 19th century, called ''Otokeshi-no Tsubo'' (Urn for Covering the Sound) and kept in storage at Yakage Folk Museum in Okayama Prefecture, is believed to have been used to disguise the sounds of feudal lords urinating.(Kyodo)

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Czech photographer aims to help tsunami orphans

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken on Aug. 12, 2011 in Tokyo, shows Czech photographer Martin Hladik explaining one of his photographs. The image displays two children in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, picking up a bone by chopsticks after cremation of their deceased mother in a typical Japanese ceremony to place it into a funeral urn. (Kyodo)