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Date: 2016-08-27
Title: National Fireworks Competition held in Omagari
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Fireworks are shot into the air during the Omagari National Fireworks Competition Festival in the city of Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2016. A total of 18,000 fireworks were shot into the air by 28 fireworks makers from all over Japan to show off their techniques during the event, which attracted about 740,000 people. Photo was taken with multiple exposure. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-08-27
Title: National Fireworks Competition held in Omagari
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Fireworks are shot into the air during the Omagari National Fireworks Competition Festival in the city of Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2016. A total of 18,000 fireworks were shot into the air by 28 fireworks makers from all over Japan to show off their techniques during the event, which attracted about 740,000 people. (Kyodo)
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1538K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Hell festival held in Hokkaido hot spring city of Noboribetsu
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A 6-meter-tall float shaped like Enma (the King of Hell) proceeds through a street in the hot spring city of Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, on Aug. 27, 2016, during the annual Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri (Hell Festival). The festival is held annually based on an old legend saying that once every year, the lid to the Jigokudani (Hell Valley) cauldron opens, and Enma, followed by a horde of red and blue demons, appears in Noboribetsu. (Kyodo)
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864K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Hell festival held in Hokkaido hot spring city of Noboribetsu
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A 6-meter-tall float shaped like Enma (the King of Hell) proceeds through a street in the hot spring city of Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, on Aug. 27, 2016, during the annual Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri (Hell Festival). The festival is held annually based on an old legend saying that once every year, the lid to the Jigokudani (Hell Valley) cauldron opens, and Enma, followed by a horde of red and blue demons, appears in Noboribetsu. (Kyodo)
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Size:
422K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Japanese Prime Minister Abe meets African leaders in Nairobi
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Senegal's president Macky Sall (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Aug. 27, 2016, as they hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development attended by African leaders, heads of major international donors like the World Bank and business leaders. (Kyodo)
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471K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Japan announces $30 billion investment in Africa as TICAD begins
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C in front) poses with African leaders during a photo session of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Aug. 27, 2016, the first day of the two-day Japan-led meeting. (Kyodo)
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1144K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Japan announces $30 billion investment in Africa as TICAD begins
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L in front) poses with African leaders during a photo session at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Aug. 27, 2016, the first day of the two-day Japan-led meeting. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
555K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Choo Mi Ae elected as new head of S. Korea's main opposition
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South Korea Rep. Choo Mi Ae addresses a national convention of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea in Seoul on Aug. 27, 2016, after being officially named as the new party chief. (Kyodo)
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486K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Japan, S. Korea agree to resume currency swap deal
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Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and South Korean Strategy and Finance Minister Yoo Il Ho shake hands after the end of the 7th bilateral finance dialogue in Seoul on Aug. 27, 2016. They agreed to launch talks to resume a currency swap deal following its expiration in February last year.
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Size:
627K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Iranian, Syrian form refugee team at Rio Paralympics
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File photo taken in April, 2016, shows Syrian-born swimmer Ibrahim Al Hussein joining the Olympic flame torch relay for the Rio Summer Olympics at a refugee center in the Greek capital Athens. The International Paralympic Committee said on Aug. 26 that he and U.S.-based Iranian discus thrower Shahrad Nasajpour will form a refugee team at the Rio Paralympics, which start Sept. 7. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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559K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Japan, S. Korea agree to resume currency swap deal
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South Korean Strategy and Finance Minister Yoo Il Ho (L) and Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (R) hold the 7th bilateral finance dialogue in Seoul on Aug. 27, 2016. They agreed to launch talks to resume a currency swap deal following its expiration in February last year.
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Size:
687K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Japan announces $30 billion investment in Africa as TICAD begins
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Aug. 27, 2016. In a keynote speech on the first day of the two-day meeting, Abe said Japan will mobilize a total of $30 billion in private- and public-sector funds to invest in Africa over three years. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
472K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Japan announces $30 billion investment in Africa as TICAD begins
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a keynote speech at the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Aug. 27, 2016, the first day of the two-day meeting. Abe said Japan will mobilize a total of $30 billion in private- and public-sector funds to invest in Africa over three years. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
447K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Japanese Prime Minister Abe meets African leaders in Nairobi
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Madagascar's President Hery Rajaonarimampianina (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Aug. 27, 2016, as they hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development attended by African leaders, heads of major international donors like the World Bank and business leaders. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
793K
Date: 2016-08-27
Title: Japanese Prime Minister Abe meets African leaders in Nairobi
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Madagascar's President Hery Rajaonarimampianina (2nd from L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) hold talks in the Kenyan Nairobi on Aug. 27, 2016, on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development attended by African leaders, heads of major international donors like the World Bank and business leaders. (Kyodo)
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