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Size:
1598K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Revival of Tibetan Buddhism in post-Soviet Tyva
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A relocated stone Buddha sculpture and its cave in Tyva, south-central Siberia, Russia, is seen in April 2015. A majority of the Tyva population are followers of Tibetan Buddhism, which had been suppressed under the Communist rule but is making a strong comeback since the Soviet collapse. (Kyodo)
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Size:
754K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: N. Korea beat Uzbekistan in World Cup qualifier
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North Korea captain and goalkeeper Ri Myong Guk (foreground) acknowledges the crowd after the team's victory over Uzbekistan in their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification round 2 match on June 16, 2015, at the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang. (Kyodo)
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Size:
460K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Initiation ceremony held for school pupils to become Buddhist monks
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Around 140 elementary and junior high school students from around Japan attend a ceremony to become Buddhist monks at Higashi Honganji Temple in Kyoto on Aug. 4, 2015. The boys had their heads shaved and received Buddhist names and monk's clothing. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
211K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Initiation ceremony held for school pupils to become Buddhist monks
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Around 140 elementary and junior high school students from around Japan attend a ceremony to become Buddhist monks at Higashi Honganji Temple in Kyoto on Aug. 4, 2015. The boys had their heads shaved and received Buddhist names and monk's clothing. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
359K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Initiation ceremony held for school pupils to become Buddhist monks
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Around 140 elementary and junior high school students from around Japan attend a ceremony to become Buddhist monks at Higashi Honganji Temple in Kyoto on Aug. 4, 2015. The boys had their heads shaved and received Buddhist names and monk's clothing. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1140K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Memorial service held in Nagasaki for pupils killed in A-bombing
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Graduates of Yamazato Elementary School in Nagasaki and other people offer flowers during a memorial service on July 30, 2015, for pupils killed by the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city in August 1945. (Kyodo)
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Size:
485K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: South China Sea, "boat people" on agenda for ASEAN meeting
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Malaysian Foreign Minister Detuk Seri Anifah addresses an annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 4, 2015. Territorial disputes in the South China Sea and the influx of ethnic Rohingya migrants from Myanmar are among a host of issues on the plate. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
626K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Japanese architect shows revised plan for new Olympic stadium
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Architect Fumihiko Maki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 30, 2015, about a revised plan to build a new national stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in the Japanese capital. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
774K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Man in news: Producer of film on pre-disaster life in north Japan town
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Kazuki Agatsuma holds fliers in this undated photo for his documentary movie showing daily life in a district of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, before it was ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The film has been screened in Tokyo since Aug. 1, 2015, and is set to be shown in several other cities. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
307K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: New Hiroshima anti-nuke group head calls for unification with another body
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Kunihiko Sakuma, new chairman of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, pictured on June 22, 2015, calls for the unification of the group and another body of A-bomb victims in the western Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
519K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: South China Sea, "boat people" on agenda for ASEAN meeting
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Foreign ministers from 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations begin their annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 4, 2015. Territorial disputes in the South China Sea and the influx of ethnic Rohingya migrants from Myanmar are among a host of issues on the plate. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
485K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Ex-Olympic athletes run for relay in disaster-hit northern Japan
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Retired Japanese Olympic athletes Nobuharu Asahara (far R) and Masako Chiba (2nd from R) leave the town office building in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 30, 2015, as part of a 1,000-kilometer relay event to connect places in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Starting in Aomori on July 24, the relay is due to finish in Tokyo on Aug. 7 with the participation of some 1,400 people. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1491K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Kurdish community in Japan
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A Kurdish woman (far L) and children participate in volunteer cleaning activities in a city park in Warabi, north of Tokyo, on July 25, 2015. Around 1,000 Kurdish people have created the largest Kurdish community in Japan in the Saitama area. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1102K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Japanese high school students plant cherry tree at pope's summer retreat
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Japanese high school students from Miyagi Prefecture and Italian women pose after planting a cherry tree at a summer vacation retreat for the pope in Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome, on July 29, 2015. The students were dispatched by the prefectural government to thank Italy for support for reconstruction work in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1012K
Date: 2015-08-04
Title: Japanese high school girl plants cherry tree at pope's summer retreat
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Kaori Suda (R), a Japanese high school student from Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, plants a cherry tree at a summer vacation retreat for the pope in Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome, on July 29, 2015. Suda is one of the high school students dispatched by the prefectural government to thank Italy for support for reconstruction work in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)
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