A hawker peddles second-hand dolls as he walks past eateries in Kilimani district of Nairobi, Kenya April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A hawker peddles second-hand dolls as he walks past eateries in Kilimani district of Nairobi, Kenya April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Chairman of Thomas Goode and Co, Johnny Sandelson poses with a piece from the Queen Mary's Dolls' House Dinner Service ahead of their Sotheby's auction, at their gallery in London, Britain, December 22, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley 

Chairman of Thomas Goode and Co, Johnny Sandelson poses with pieces from the Queen Mary's Dolls' House ahead of their Sotheby's auction, at their gallery in London, Britain, December 22, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley 

Soccer Football - Europa League - Group A - Apoel Nicosia v Qarabag - GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus - November 7, 2019 Apoel Nicosia coach Thomas Doll before the match REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou 

Soccer Football - Europa League - Group A - Apoel Nicosia v Qarabag - GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus - November 7, 2019 Apoel Nicosia coach Thomas Doll reacts REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou 

Soccer Football - Europa League - Group A - Apoel Nicosia v F91 Dudelange - GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus - September 19, 2019 Apoel Nicosia coach Thomas Doll reacts REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou 

Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Bayern Munich v Hannover 96 - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - May 4, 2019 Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac and Hannover coach Thomas Doll after the match REUTERS/Michael Dalder DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video 

Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Bayern Munich v Hannover 96 - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - May 4, 2019 Hannover coach Thomas Doll before the match REUTERS/Michael Dalder DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video 

Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Bayern Munich v Hannover 96 - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - May 4, 2019 Hannover coach Thomas Doll before the match REUTERS/Michael Dalder DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video 

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Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A student at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practices on a baby doll during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on a baby doll during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A student at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practices on a baby doll during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Baby dolls used during a course teaching childcare are seen packed into a cabinet at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A student at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practices on a baby doll during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A student at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practices on a baby doll during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Baby dolls used during a course teaching childcare lie on a table at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, practice on baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Students at Ayi University, a training program for domestic helpers, hold baby dolls during a course teaching childcare in Beijing, China December 5, 2018. The training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping and other skills for domestic workers and is designed to meet the demand of China's middle class after the country scrapped the one-child policy. Picture taken December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

An apprentice practices hairstyling on a doll in the street outside a hair salon in Beijing, China June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Women tie the hair of a doll at the Girls Cosme stall at the Tokyo Toy Show trade fair in Tokyo June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

English teacher Laura Thomas, who is a British citizen, poses for a picture near a traditional Matryoshka doll made of used tyres near her campus on a day off in the town of Lesosibirsk, north of the Russian Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, April 23, 2015. Thomas, 25, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, developed an interest in the Russian language and culture as a teenager, and left her native town of Congleton, Cheshire in Britain for Lesosibirsk seven months ago to educate Russian trainee teachers in the English language at a local educational institute, a branch of the Siberian Federal University. Thomas has since experienced her first severe Siberian winter and has already made new acquaintances among the local residents. She plans to live and work in the region for at least several years to come. Picture taken April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin 

A scarecrow lies behind a shed in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 23, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 31 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Scarecrows are seen at sunset in Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 23, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

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Tsukimi Ayano serves tea in her house in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 29 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Tsukimi Ayano sows an ear onto a scarecrow in her house in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 28 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Tsukimi Ayano steps out of her house in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 30 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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A scarecrow stands in a field overlooking the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 22 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Scarecrows representing pupils and a teacher sit in a classroom in a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 17 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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A scarecrow representing a pupil holds a book in a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 16 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Scarecrows representing former pupils and a teacher sit in a classroom in a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 14 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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A scarecrow representing a teacher sits in a classroom in a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. The board reads, "Let's spread around the good of Nagoro". REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) PICTURE 18 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Scarecrows hold fishing rods in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 10 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Scarecrows sit in front of a house in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 13 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Tsukimi Ayano stands in a classroom with scarecrows at a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) PICTURE 15 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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A scarecrow sits on a tree in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) PICTURE 23 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Tsukimi Ayano walks towards a scarecrow, which she made as a likeness of herself, in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 20 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Scarecrows sit in front of a shed in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) PICTURE 11 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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A scarecrow is seen outside the house of Tsukimi Ayano in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 25 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Tsukimi Ayano carries a scarecrow to place it on the road leading into the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 8 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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A scarecrow is arranged to look as if it is plowing a field in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 21 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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A scarecrow is pictured in the house of Tsukimi Ayano in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 27 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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A scarecrow is reflected in a window next to a letterbox in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 19 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Tsukimi Ayano arranges a scarecrow, which represents her father, in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 9 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Tsukimi Ayano arranges a scarecrow at a bus stop in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 12 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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A scarecrow sits in a field in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

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A scarecrow is pictured in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 26 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Tsukimi Ayano props up a scarecrow in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 5 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Scarecrows sit in at the edge of a field in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) PICTURE 7 OF 32 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'THE VILLAGE OF THE SCARECROWS'

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Scarecrows stand in a field in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life. Nagoro, like many villages in Japan's countryside, has been hit hard by inhabitants flocking to cities for work and leaving mostly pensioners behind. Its greying community is a microcosm of Japan, whose population has been falling for a decade. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN

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