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Sumo wrestlers Tosayutaka (right) and Toyohibiki fall headfirst to the dirt after Tosayutaka threw his opponent during their bout in the grand summer tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in May. Naohiko Hatta/AP Photo/Kyodo News hide caption
Gen. William K. Harrison, Jr., seated at left, and North Korean Gen. Nam Il, seated at right, sign armistice documents in Armistice Hall in Panmunjom, a no man's land between the Koreas, on July 26, 1953. AP hide caption
Protesters from Amnesty International in Hong Kong demonstrate in March 2009 against the death penalty in China. The human-rights group says China executed more than 1,700 people in 2008, roughly three-quarters of the world total. Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
An Iraqi army soldier and a U.S. Army soldier stand guard during a joint patrol in Mosul in March 2009. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption
Okinawans protest May 23 in front of the local government office in the city of Naha against the U.S. Marine base on the island. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Japanese whalers haul in a Baird's beaked whale off the coast of Wada, southeast of Tokyo, in this June 2009 photo. Shuji Kajiyama/AP hide caption
Chinese firemen evacuate a man trapped in the floods in central China's Jiangxi province on Sunday. Major rivers burst their banks in southern China, triggering massive floods that forced 860,000 to flee their homes. AP hide caption