Blast from the past: A man arranges material for an exhibition to commemorate one century of the Indische Partij, one of the first independence organizations on Indonesian soil, at the National Awakening Museum, Stovia building, in Jakarta, on Sunday. The exhibition will run from Monday to Sunday next week. (JP/ Jerry Adiguna)
Blast from the past
Sunday mourning: An Italian firefighter stands among rubble and destroyed cars in Modena, Italy, Sunday. A magnitude-6.0 temblor shook northern Italy early Sunday. The quake struck at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena and Mantova, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. (AP/Alessandro Fiocchi, Lapresse)
Sunday mourning
On fire: Performers take part in a two-day Fire Festival in Minsk, Belarus, on Saturday. (AP/Sergei Grits)
On fire
The winner takes it all: Chelsea players celebrate Didier Drogba's game-winning penalty kick in a shootout in the Champions League final soccer match against Bayern Munich in Munich, Germany, on Saturday (Sunday Jakarta time). (AP/Martin Meissner)
The winner takes it all
Hitting the ball: In this photo released by OneAsia, Indonesia's Rory Hie blasts out from a bunker during the third round of the SK Telecom Open golf tournament at the Pinx Golf Club on Jeju Island, South Korea, on Saturday. (AP/OneAsia, Paul Lakatos)
Hitting the ball
Koil coils audience: Bandung band Koil entertains an audience on the second day of the Bandung Berisik (Noisy Bandung) music festival at Sulaiman Airport in Bandung regency, West Java, on Saturday. As many as 34 rock bands were scheduled to perform throughout the day and into the evening. (JP/Arya Dipa)
Koil coils audience
Tea time: South Korean girls in traditional dresses drink tea during the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional "Gwan-Rye" at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday. The ceremony is held to authorize boys and girls at the age of 20, who have been living under the protection of their families, as independent individual. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)
Tea time
Indonesia in style: Models present creations of Indonesian fashion designer Monika Jufry during the Jakarta Fashion and Food Festival in Jakarta on Friday. (AP/Achmad Ibrahim)
Indonesia in style
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The organizer of the Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo's Asakusa district has decided to ban members of organized crime groups from wearing hanten coats bearing their groups' names at the event, it has been learned.
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