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A Japanese town on Tuesday began mounting a large mesh barrier at a popular viewing spot for Mount Fuji in an attempt to deter tourists from taking photos. Workers began attaching black netting measuring 2.5 by 20 metres (eight by 65 feet) to metal poles along the pavement opposite the much-photographed convenience store Tuesday morning. IMAGES
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa returns to Earth after 12 days at the International Space Station. Footage from the landing site, around 150 kilometres (90 miles) southeast of the central Kazakhstan town of Zhezkazgan, shows Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hirano, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin smiling after being helped out of the Soyuz descent module and into evacuation vehicles in freezing, foggy conditions. IMAGES
Images of the four astronauts coming out of SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule after a busy six months on the International Space Station, landing off the coast of Florida. IMAGES
The situation is tense between the demonstrators of the "yellow vests" movement and the forces of law and order around the Place Wagram in Paris. While a car has been set on fire, a person with a head injury is being treated by the mobile teams of carers taking part in the demonstration. IMAGES
Journalist Jumpei Yasuda arrives in Japan after being held hostage in Syria for over three years. The 44-year-old Japanese freelancer was seized in June 2015 and appeared in a rare video released by militants over the summer. IMAGES
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