Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/23
In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
A young girl is dressed as the Hindu Goddess Sarawati, or the goddess of knowledge, as other girls hot earthen pots during a celebration on the eve of Basant Panchami, the festival of spring, at a school in Amritsar, India, on Tuesday. Altaf Qadri/AP
Night falls on Margaret Court Arena as Mikhail Youzhny plays Richard Gasquet during the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 19. Daniel Munoz/Reuters
The eastbound Ventura Freeway in Sherman Oaks, Calif., was closed down to one lane on Tuesday as crews clear a tree that blew over and dangled over the freeway during the first in a series of Pacific storms drenched the southern part of the state on Monday, bringing torrential rains, powerful wind gusts, fallen trees, and evacuations of residents in burn areas. Newscom
Police clash with protesters during a rally in central Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 19. Over a 1,000 protesters gathered to mark a year since human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and opposition journalist Anastaia Baburova were murdered. Sergei Fadeichev/Reuters
America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle's trimaran sails during a training session off the coast of Valencia, Spain, on Tuesday. Heino Kalis/Reuters
An artisan creates an actor statuette at the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, Calif., on Tuesday. The statuettes will be presented at the the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday. Phil McCarten/Reuters
A recruit of the paramilitary police performs a headstand during a break in a training session at a military base in Suining, Sichuan province, China, on Jan. 19. Reuters
A US soldier holds up a girl during food distribution in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 19. Thousands more US troops will help UN peacekeepers keep order on Haiti's streets as tens of thousands or survivors wait for aid. Jorge Silva/Reuters
People kayak in the Besor stream near Kibbutz Tzeelim after flooding in the southern Negev Desert on Jan. 19. Heavy rains and flooding on Monday caused road closures in the area. Amir Cohen/Reuters
A fisherman breaks the ice on the frozen sea near the Haimiao dock in Laizhou, China, on Jan. 18. Ports along the China's Bohai and northern Yellow Sea coast face a cold front in the coming days that threatens to disrupt operations by expanding the worst sea ice floes seen in 30 years, state media reported. Reuters
Protesters gather in front of the office of the Agos newspaper during a demonstration in Istanbul on Jan. 19 to mark the third anniversary of the killing of Turkish Armenian editor Hrant Dink. Reuters
School children from Kgotlelelang wait to greet Argentine soccer coach Diego Maradona in Soshanguve, South Africa, on Jan. 19. Maradona and a delegation from the Argentina Football Association (AFA) is in the nation for a five-day visit to inspect the facilities to be used by the Argenitine team in Tshwane during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
A man sits inside a bus near the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 19. Carlos Barria/Reuters
An Orthodox priest conducts a service in the town of Vyshgorod, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Orthodox believers mark Epiphany on Jan. 19 by immersing themselves in icy waters regardless of the weather. Gleb Garanich/Reuters
Actors Jack Nicholson (l.) and Adam Sandler sit courtside at an NBA basketball game between the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Monday. The Lakers won 98-92. Danny Moloshok/AP
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/23
In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
The number of tourists coming to Japan dropped dramatically after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. But between the weak currency and fading memories of the disaster, tourism saw a record high last month.
Tourists have stayed away in droves in the two years since a deadly triple disaster on Japan's northeast coast, but Japan is mounting a remarkable comeback, with foreign visitor numbers reaching a record high last month.
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