Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko bow towards Angaur Island after they offered flowers to the cenotaph (L) for the war dead in the western Pacific area, on Palau's Peleliu Island, in this photo released by Kyodo April 9, 2015. Emperor Akihito arrived at the island nation of Palau on Wednesday where he visited a World War Two battlefield, the latest journey in his efforts to soothe the wounds of a conflict that haunts Asia 70 years after its end. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/Kyodo
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A real-scale head of Godzilla is unveiled at the balcony of a newly-built commercial complex as a new Tokyo landmark at Kabukicho shopping and amusement district in Tokyo April 9, 2015. The skyscraper complex which includes a hotel, movie theatres and restaurants will be open this month in central Tokyo. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Scrapped high-emission vehicles are seen piled up at a dump site of a recycling centre, waiting to be dismantled, in Yiwu, Zhejiang province April 8, 2015. According to local media, the city of Yiwu is planning to get rid of approximately 22,000 highly-polluting vehicles by the end of this year. Picture taken April 8, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily
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A racehorse is hoisted up before its operation at Veliefendi equine hospital in Istanbul March 3, 2015. A state-of-the-art hospital for hundreds of horses run by the Jockey Club of Turkey at Istanbul's Veliefendi racecourse is the country's oldest and biggest. Grooms and trainers at the equine clinic work with vets and nurses while owners hope their prize runners, often worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, will recover quickly and then run faster still. REUTERS/Murad Sezer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Dredgers deposit sand on the northern rim of the Mischief Reef, located 216 km (135 miles) west of the Philippine island of Palawan, in this Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative satellite image taken on February 1, 2015 and released to Reuters on April 9, 2015. China on April 9, 2015 sketched out plans for the islands it is creating in the disputed South China Sea, saying they would be used for military defence as well as to provide civilian services that would benefit other countries. The annotation on the photo is by CSIS's Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. REUTERS/CSIS's Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/Digital Globe/Handout TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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A student beats the statue of Cecil John Rhodes with a belt as it is removed from the University of Cape Town (UCT), April 9, 2015. The statue at the university, one of Africa's top academic institutions, has been covered up for the past few weeks as both white and black students regularly marched past with #Rhodesmustfall placards calling for its removal. They believe it is a symbol of the racism against blacks that prevails in South Africa two decades after the end of oppressive white-minority rule. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
A Polish soldier stands in front of a wall with names of Polish victims during a commemoration ceremony at the memorial near the village of Bykovnya, near the capital Kiev April 9, 2015. More than 50 thousand people including Poles were shot and buried at Bykovnya between 1937 and 1941 during the period of late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's repression. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
U.S. President Barack Obama boards Air Force One to depart for Panama from Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston April 9, 2015. While in Jamaica Thursday Obama met with leaders of CARICOM, the Caribbean Community nations, and he continues on to Panama for the Summit of the Americas. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
A bird sits on a street lamp in front of the London Eye on a foggy morning in central London April 9, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthTPX IMAGES OF THE DAY *** Local Caption *** Seekor burung bertengger di atas lampu jalan di depan London Eye di tengah pagi yang berkabut di London, Inggris, Kamis (9/5). ANTARA FOTO/REUTERS/Stefan Wermuthox/15.