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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • People wait in line to make offerings at Beomeosa Temple on Buddha's Birthday. The day is a national holiday, and people visit temples around the country to pray and make offerings. Buddhism maintains a strong cultural influence in South Korea, and about one quarter of the population identifies as Buddhist. at Beomeosa Temple in Busan on Buddha's Birthday. The day is a national holiday, and people visit temples around the country to pray and make offerings. Buddhism maintains a strong cultural influence in South Korea, and about one quarter of the population identifies as Buddhist.
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  • People pray at Beomeosa Temple on Buddha's Birthday. The day is a national holiday, and people visit temples around the country to pray and make offerings. Buddhism maintains a strong cultural influence in South Korea, and about one quarter of the population identifies as Buddhist.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • An anti-government protestor speaks during a demonstration in Seoul. About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • Men launch handheld fireworks known as tezutsu hanabi at Inaba Shrine in Gifu, Japan.
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  • in Busan, South Korea.
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  • in Busan, South Korea.
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  • in Busan, South Korea.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
    Anti-gov Protests in Seoul
  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
    Anti-gov Protests in Seoul
  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Surfers and swimmers brave stronger than usual waves ahead of Typhoon Neoguri at Shonan Beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, 50 kilometers south of Tokyo. The typhoon is one of the strongest to hit the country in more than a decade, and has already caused damage, injuries, and at least one death in the southern islands of Japan. The storm is expected to weaken as it churns its way north and east across the archipelago, but authorities are warning of flooding and landslides caused by massive amounts of rain.
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  • People wait in line to make offerings at Beomeosa Temple on Buddha's Birthday. The day is a national holiday, and people visit temples around the country to pray and make offerings. Buddhism maintains a strong cultural influence in South Korea, and about one quarter of the population identifies as Buddhist.
    beomeosa_monk_drumming-4045.jpg
  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • A man holds a candle during a vigil in Ansan, South Korea. Students, parents, teachers, and others from the community gathered at a park near Danwon High School to pray for the missing and mourn the dead from the Sewol ferry sinking. The ship sank on April 16, 2014, off the southwest coast of Korea, carrying more than 400 passengers, most of them Danwon High School students on a school trip to Jeju Island. 174 people were saved, and rescuers have been searching for other survivors for days, but hundreds of people are still listed as missing. The sinking is being called South Korea's worst maritime disaster in decades.
    Sewol Ferry Sinking Vigil in Ansan
  • A man holds a candle during a vigil in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. Students, parents, teachers, and others from the community gathered at a park near Danwon High School to pray for the missing and mourn the dead from the Sewol ferry sinking. The ship sank on April 16, 2014, off the southwest coast of Korea, carrying more than 400 passengers, most of them Danwon High School students on a school trip to Jeju Island. 174 people were saved, and rescuers have been searching for other survivors for days, but hundreds of people are still listed as missing. The sinking is being called South Korea's worst maritime disaster in decades.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • A couple walk near a reservoir at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • A worker sweeps a badminton court at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • A young couple walk arm in arm along a path at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • Ducks swim in a reservoir at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • People throw food to fish and waterfowl at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • Geese swim in reservoir at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • A shopper carries her purchases through Gupo Market, a traditional market in Busan, South Korea.
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  • A man rides a bicycle past a mural near Gupo Market in Busan, South Korea.
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  • A meal of fresh seafood and soju at a seaside restaurant in Busan, South Korea.
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  • in Busan, South Korea.
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  • in Busan, South Korea.
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  • in Busan, South Korea.
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  • People try to catch rice cakes thrown from above during Honen-sai, a fertility festival at Tagata Shrine in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The traditional Shinto festival celebrates fertility and a bountiful harvest. Ben Weller is a photographer based in Nagoya, Japan.
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  • A family wears protective masks in an art museum in Busan, South Korea. The World Health Organization on Saturday called South Korea's MERS outbreak "large and complex," as the country reported its 14th death from the virus. As of Saturday there were 138 confirmed cases, and thousands of those potentially exposed remained quarantined or in home isolation.
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  • A mother attaches a protective mask to her daughter's face in Busan, South Korea. The World Health Organization on Saturday called South Korea's MERS outbreak "large and complex," as the country reported its 14th death from the virus. As of Saturday there were 138 confirmed cases, and thousands of those potentially exposed remained quarantined or in home isolation.
    MERS Outbreak
  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
    Anti-gov Protests in Seoul
  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
    20151205_377.jpg
  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
    Buddhist Monk Flowers
  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
    Park Geun-hye Masks
  • A girl in traditional dress at the Nagoya Festival in Nagoya, Japan.
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  • People wear protective masks at Busan Station, the major train terminal of South Korea's second largest city. On Sunday, health officials announced the country's fifth death from the MERS virus and reported 14 new cases, bringing the total to 64.
    MERS Outbreak
  • Students wear protective masks during Memorial Day observances at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea. Opposition politicians have criticized the administration of Park Geun-hye for its initial response to the MERS outbreak. 41 people so far have been diagnosed with the disease, with four deaths.
    MERS Masks
  • A truck with anti-North propaganda in Paju, South Korea, near the DMZ.
    North Korea Protests
  • Professor and anti-North activist Choi Woo-won, right, prepares to speak during an attempted balloon launch near the border with North Korea.
    North Korea Protests
  • People hold candles during a vigil in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. Students, parents, teachers, and others from the community gathered at a park near Danwon High School to pray for the missing and mourn the dead from the Sewol ferry sinking. The ship sank on April 16, 2014, off the southwest coast of Korea, carrying more than 400 passengers, most of them Danwon High School students on a school trip to Jeju Island. 174 people were saved, and rescuers have been searching for other survivors for days, but hundreds of people are still listed as missing. The sinking is being called South Korea's worst maritime disaster in decades.
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  • A man holds a candle during a vigil in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. Students, parents, teachers, and others from the community gathered at a park near Danwon High School to pray for the missing and mourn the dead from the Sewol ferry sinking. The ship sank on April 16, 2014, off the southwest coast of Korea, carrying more than 400 passengers, most of them Danwon High School students on a school trip to Jeju Island. 174 people were saved, and rescuers have been searching for other survivors for days, but hundreds of people are still listed as missing. The sinking is being called South Korea's worst maritime disaster in decades.
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  • A view of Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. Students, parents, teachers, and others from the community gathered at a park near Danwon High School to pray for the missing and mourn the dead from the Sewol ferry sinking. The ship sank on April 16, 2014, off the southwest coast of Korea, carrying more than 400 passengers, most of them Danwon High School students on a school trip to Jeju Island. 174 people were saved, and rescuers have been searching for other survivors for days, but hundreds of people are still listed as missing. The sinking is being called South Korea's worst maritime disaster in decades.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
    Sewol Ferry Sinking Protests in Seoul
  • People hold candles and mourn for victims during a demonstration. About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
    Sewol Ferry Sinking Protests in Seoul
  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • People hold candles during a demonstration in Seoul. About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • Protestors hold signs blaming politicians for the Sewol disaster. About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • Workers sweep leaves and debris at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • A man rests on a bench at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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  • A man rides a bicycle past a mural near Gupo Market in Busan, South Korea.
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  • A man rides a bicycle past a mural near Gupo Market in Busan, South Korea.
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  • Shoppers look at  flowers for sale at Gupo Market, a traditional market in Busan, South Korea.
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  • A man rides a bicycle past a mural near Gupo Market, a traditional market in Busan, South Korea.
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  • in Busan, South Korea.
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  • in Busan, South Korea.
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  • in Busan, South Korea.
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  • Men carry a wooden phallus on a portable shrine during Honen-sai, a fertility festival at Tagata Shrine in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The traditional Shinto festival celebrates fertility and a bountiful harvest. The principal offering during the festival is a large wooden phallus. Each year a craftsman carves a new phallus from a Japanese cypress tree. It measures almost 2.4 meters long and weighs 280kg. Ben Weller is a photographer based in Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Protestors rally against against the conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea. Opponents have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose labor reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers, and against government-issued public school textbooks that they say whitewash parts of Korean history, including the rule of President Park's father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea as president and dictator from 1961 to 1979. The police estimated 14,000 people attended Saturday's rally, though organizers put the numbers much higher. Similar protests last month resulted in clashes between protestors and the police, leading to multiple arrests and the severe injury of a farmer who was hit by a police water canon and remains unconscious in the hospital.
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  • A high school student wearing a protective mask is reflected on a on a wall during Memorial Day observances at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea. Opposition politicians have criticized the administration of Park Geun-hye for its initial response to the MERS outbreak. 41 people so far have been diagnosed with the disease, with four deaths.
    MERS Outbreak
  • Surfers and swimmers brave stronger than usual waves ahead of Typhoon Neoguri at Shonan Beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, 50 kilometers south of Tokyo. The typhoon is one of the strongest to hit the country in more than a decade, and has already caused damage, injuries, and at least one death in the southern islands of Japan. The storm is expected to weaken as it churns its way north and east across the archipelago, but authorities are warning of flooding and landslides caused by massive amounts of rain.
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  • An airliner with contrails is seen over Busan.
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  • Students hold candles during a vigil in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. Students, parents, teachers, and others from the community gathered at a park near Danwon High School to pray for the missing and mourn the dead from the Sewol ferry sinking. The ship sank on April 16, 2014, off the southwest coast of Korea, carrying more than 400 passengers, most of them Danwon High School students on a school trip to Jeju Island. 174 people were saved, and rescuers have been searching for other survivors for days, but hundreds of people are still listed as missing. The sinking is being called South Korea's worst maritime disaster in decades.
    ansan_sewol_vigil-3107.jpg
  • People hold candles during a vigil in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. Students, parents, teachers, and others from the community gathered at a park near Danwon High School to pray for the missing and mourn the dead from the Sewol ferry sinking. The ship sank on April 16, 2014, off the southwest coast of Korea, carrying more than 400 passengers, most of them Danwon High School students on a school trip to Jeju Island. 174 people were saved, and rescuers have been searching for other survivors for days, but hundreds of people are still listed as missing. The sinking is being called South Korea's worst maritime disaster in decades.
    ansan_sewol_vigil-3053.jpg
  • About 5,000 people gathered in central Seoul to protest president Park Geun-hye and the government's response to the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy.
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  • at Busan Grand Children's Park in Busan, South Korea.
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