Pompoms rustle and silver shoes flash as "Japan Pom Pom" practices, moving to a lively cheer dance beat. With members ages 60 to 89, they're no ordinary squad. But don't you dare call them grannies. Originally started with five people 26 years ago after Takino saw an overseas senior cheer squad in the news, the group now has 17 active members. Members, all older than 55, must pass auditions. Now the group is featured in government pamphlets about active seniors, appears periodically in TV reports, and performs in popular charity shows. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON CHEER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Five year-old Lucia waves goodbye after Elizabeth Dejesus (R) helped her mother apply for rental payment assistance at La Colaborativa, which offers housing and rental assistance amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Five year-old Lucia plays with toys while Elizabeth Dejesus helps her mother apply for rental payment assistance at La Colaborativa, which offers housing and rental assistance amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Pompoms rustle and silver shoes flash as "Japan Pom Pom" practices, moving to a lively cheer dance beat. With members ages 60 to 89, they're no ordinary squad. But don't you dare call them grannies. Originally started with five people 26 years ago after Takino saw an overseas senior cheer squad in the news, the group now has 17 active members. Members, all older than 55, must pass auditions. Now the group is featured in government pamphlets about active seniors, appears periodically in TV reports, and performs in popular charity shows. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON CHEER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A lunchroom of five-star hotel 'Punta Tragara' is seen while it prepares for re-opening in mid-May, hoping for the return of foreign tourists and a busy summer season despite the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the glamorous tourist island of Capri, Italy, April 28, 2021. Picture taken April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

General manager of five-star hotel 'Punta Tragara', Paolo Federico, 59, looks on from the terrace of a hotel room while it prepares for re-opening in mid-May, hoping for the return of foreign tourists and a busy summer season despite the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the glamorous tourist island of Capri, Italy, April 28, 2021. Picture taken April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

The hall of five-star hotel 'Punta Tragara' is seen while it prepares for re-opening in mid-May, hoping for the return of foreign tourists and a busy summer season despite the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the glamorous tourist island of Capri, Italy, April 28, 2021. Picture taken April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

The coast of Capri is seen from a terrace of five-star hotel 'Punta Tragara' while it prepares for re-opening in mid-May, hoping for the return of foreign tourists and a busy summer season despite the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the glamorous tourist island of Capri, Italy, April 28, 2021. Picture taken April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto speaks during a media conference after attending a five-party meeting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto and Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto attend a media conference after a five-party meeting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a media conference after attending a five-party meeting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto and Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto attend a media conference after a five-party meeting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto adjusts her face mask during a media conference after attending a five-party meeting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto arrives for a media conference after attending a five-party meeting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on a screen) listens to the opening speech of Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto during a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa delivers an opening speech during a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto delivers an opening speech during a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons (on a screen) delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto listens during a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on a screen) delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto listens during a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on a screen) delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto (R) and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (L) listen during a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on a screen) and Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto wave to each other at the start of a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS

The full moon, also known as the Supermoon, is seen through a five-storied pagoda at Sensoji temple, in Tokyo, Japan April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato

The full moon, also known as the Supermoon, is seen near a five-storied pagoda at Sensoji temple, in Tokyo, Japan April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Richard Ratcliffe stands for a portrait during an interview with Reuters, after an Iranian court sentenced his wife, British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, to another year in jail, just weeks after she finished a prior five-year sentence, London, Britain, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Richard Ratcliffe sits for a portrait during an interview with Reuters, after an Iranian court sentenced his wife, British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, to another year in jail, just weeks after she finished a prior five-year sentence, London, Britain, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Richard Ratcliffe sits for a portrait during an interview with Reuters, after an Iranian court sentenced his wife, British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, to another year in jail, just weeks after she finished a prior five-year sentence, London, Britain, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Richard Ratcliffe stands for a portrait during an interview with Reuters, after an Iranian court sentenced his wife, British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, to another year in jail, just weeks after she finished a prior five-year sentence, London, Britain, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Richard Ratcliffe sits for a portrait during an interview with Reuters, after an Iranian court sentenced his wife, British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, to another year in jail, just weeks after she finished a prior five-year sentence, in London, Britain, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

A woman who works as a peanut vendor and wants to remain anonymous, shows a photo of her five-year-old daughter Olslina Janneus, who was kidnapped at her poor neighborhood and found dead days later, during an interview with Reuters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 9, 2021. Picture taken March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl

A woman who works as a peanut vendor and wants to remain anonymous and whose five-year-old daughter Olslina Janneus was kidnapped at her poor neighborhood and found dead days later, poses for a photo during an interview with Reuters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 9, 2021. Picture taken March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl

A woman who works as a peanut vendor and wants to remain anonymous and whose five-year-old daughter Olslina Janneus was kidnapped at her poor neighborhood and found dead days later, poses for a photo during an interview with Reuters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 9, 2021. Picture taken March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl

Eugenio Brito, Vice President of Bodegas of America, receives a Pfizer vaccination shot at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo embraces Radhames Rodriguez, President of United Bodegas of America, after Rodriguez received a Pfizer vaccination shot at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo looks on as Radhames Rodriguez, President of United Bodegas of America, receives a Pfizer vaccination shot at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo looks on as a public service advertisement is displayed at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo answers a reporter's question during a virtual news conference following an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo answers a reporter's question during a virtual news conference following an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo answers a reporter's question during a virtual news conference following an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stands with local leaders and workers as he speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo answers a reporter's question during a virtual news conference following an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo answers a reporter's question during a virtual news conference following an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stands with local leaders and workers as he speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stands with local leaders and workers as he speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event to announce five new walk-in pop-up vaccination sites for New York City Bodega, grocery store and supermarket workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Harlem section of Manhattan, in New York City, New York, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

Accompanied by her five year-old son Matteo, Neidmar Fonseca, a mother of five who worked cleaning houses before the pandemic and who may soon lose her apartment, talks to case worker Amber Perez at La Colaborativa, a non-profit organization helping residents during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic with services such as free groceries and housing assistance, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Accompanied by her five year-old son Matteo, Neidmar Fonseca, a mother of five who worked cleaning houses before the pandemic and who may soon lose her apartment, talks to case worker German Miranda at La Colaborativa, a non-profit organization helping residents during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic with services such as free groceries and housing assistance, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Case worker German Miranda talks to Neidmar Fonseca, a mother of five who worked cleaning houses before the pandemic and who may soon lose her apartment, at La Colaborativa, a non-profit organization helping residents during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic with services such as free groceries and housing assistance, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Accompanied by her five year-old son Matteo, Neidmar Fonseca, a mother of five who worked cleaning houses before the pandemic and who may soon lose her apartment, talks to a case worker at La Colaborativa, a non-profit organization helping residents during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic with services such as free groceries and housing assistance, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Case worker German Miranda talks to Neidmar Fonseca, a mother of five who worked cleaning houses before the pandemic and who may soon lose her apartment, at La Colaborativa, a non-profit organization helping residents during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic with services such as free groceries and housing assistance, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho raise their hands in a symbol of the "Five demands, not one less" as they arrive at the West Kowloon Courts for sentencing in landmark unlawful assembly case, in Hong Kong, China April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho raise their hands in a symbol of the "Five demands, not one less" as they arrive at the West Kowloon Courts for sentencing in a landmark unlawful assembly case, in Hong Kong, China April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu REFILE - REMOVING EXTRANEOUS WORD

15-year-old Rebecca Zammit Lupi, a cancer patient, celebrates her birthday with her friends Luisa Zammit and Elea Broger, following almost five months of lockdown during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak whilst she received treatment for cancer in the Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre in Mater Dei Hospital, at home in Kappara, Malta, August 3, 2020. "My 15th birthday was obviously quite a different experience for me since I couldn't see many friends or interact with them as I normally would and also had to spend most of the day in an N95 mask. However, I got to see some of my best friends whom I hadn't seen in months which felt great!" said Rebecca. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi SEARCH "REBECCA LUPI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES THE IMAGES SHOULD ONLY BE USED TOGETHER WITH THE STORY - NO STAND-ALONE USES