A worker cleans oil spills caused by a leak from an undersea pipeline 20 km (12.4 miles) off Thailand's eastern coast at Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong province, Thailand, January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

79-year-old Shouhei Nomura pauses as he puts a windbreak around the protesters' campsite near Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear power station in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, August 6, 2015. Japan is due to switch on a nuclear reactor for the first time in nearly two years as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that tougher standards mean the sector is now safe after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. The head of Japan's atomic watchdog has said that the new safety regime meant a repeat of the Fukushima disaster would not happen, but protesters outside the Sendai plant are not convinced. REUTERS/Issei KatoPICTURE 25 OF 30 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "PROTESTING JAPAN'S NUCLEAR RESTART".SEARCH "KATO SENDAI" FOR ALL PICTURES. 

Windbreaker underpants are pictured in the Carinthian village of Techendorf January 29, 2015. Techendorf is hosting the Alternatieve Elfstedentocht Weissensee (Alternative Eleven City Races Weissensee) races, a traditional Dutch series of speed skating events for both professionals and amateurs with some 5,000 participants, until January 31, 2015. Picture taken January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT SPEED SKATING SOCIETY) 

Women ride electric bicycles wearing windbreakers on a cold winter day in Beijing December 26, 2014.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TRANSPORT) 

A fisherman looks on as he repairs a fishing net at a boatyard in the southern Indian city of Kochi June 26, 2013. REUTERS/Sivaram V (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

The gold medal of men's 1500m freestyle swimming winner Sun Yang of China lays against his countrys flag during the medal ceremony at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, November 18, 2010. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: SPORT SWIMMING) 

A supporter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, wearing a jacket with his picture, arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok February 26, 2010. Thousands of police and soldiers went on alert across Bangkok on Friday, ready to tackle any violence by supporters of Shinawatra if a court orders the seizure of $2.3 billion of his family's assets. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Workers pack up the windbreakers after the practice for the third event of the four-hills ski jumping tournament was cancelled in Innsbruck January 2, 2010. The practice and the qualification were cancelled due to heavy wind and snowfall. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT SKIING) 

Abduhl Wali-i-Musi, accused of hijacking the Maersk Alabama and taking its captain Richard Phillips hostage, is led into a federal building in New York April 20, 2009. The sole surviving Somali pirate from the hijacking is being tried in New York and is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES CONFLICT SOCIETY) 

Abduhl Wali-i-Musi, accused of hijacking the Maersk Alabama and taking its captain Richard Phillips hostage, is led into a federal building in New York April 20, 2009. The sole surviving Somali pirate from the hijacking is being tried in New York and is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES CONFLICT SOCIETY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) 

Brazil's soccer player Ronaldo sits on cones during a training session at Flamengo club in Rio de Janeiro, September 8, 2008. Ronaldo is going through a rehabilitation programme at the Brazilian club after he ruptured a tendon in his left knee during a Serie A game for AC Milan against Livorno in February. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL) 

A man holds onto a fence as Hurricane Gustav hits Los Palacios, 100 km (62 miles) west of Havana, August 30, 2008. The Category 4 storm swept across Cuba in a matter of hours and now poses a threat to Gulf oil fields on a projected path that could take it ashore near New Orleans, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. REUTERS/Claudia Daut (CUBA) 

Reuters Hong Kong based photographer Bobby Yip at work in front of a damaged building during an earthquake in the village of Renhe near Shifang city west of Chengdu, Sichuan province May 20, 2008. (CHINA) JOURNALIST IN THE FIELD 

Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger kicks the ball during their English Premier League soccer match against Manchester United at Old Trafford in Manchester, northern England April 13, 2008. REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR "LIVE" SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 45 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. 

French police leave Place de la Concorde during the foot-relay of the Olympic torch through Paris, April 8, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE) 

Mykola Kutsenko keeps a soccer ball in the air as he walks to complete the marathon distance of 42.192 metres (26.2 miles) to set a world record in Keepy Uppy in Kiev March 30, 2008. Kutsenko aims for an entry in the Guinness Book of Records with his attempt to juggle a soccer ball for the longest ever distance, a stunt he plans to top in May by walking with a ball from Kiev to Warsaw in 30 days, he said in a statement. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE) 

A homeless man drinks warm soup near Lille railway station as winter temperature fall below freezing in northern France, December 17, 2007. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE) 

A protester tries to throw a drain cover at riot police during a rally against South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) talks and non-regular workers bills in central Seoul November 11, 2007. Workers, farmers and civic members rallied on Sunday to demand a stop to South Korea-U.S. FTA talks, the abolition of non-regular workers bills which they insist discriminates against temporary workers, and the despatching of South Korean troops to Iraq. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

Firemen try to extinguish the fire in the main cargo dock of Sharjah August 18, 2007. The Gulf emirate of Sharjah closed its main cargo port on Saturday after a major fire overnight at a lubricants warehouse, police and port authorities said. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) nearly loses his cap while fishing with his father former U.S. President George H.W. Bush in the waters off Kennebunkport, Maine August 12, 2007. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

A group of young tourists from Poland stop on their bicycles in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin August 12, 2007. Berlin has been re-discovering its painful Cold War past and putting the finishing touches on a $6 million bike trail that follows the path of the 160-km (100-mile) Wall built on August 13, 1961 by Communist East Germany and torn down almost as quickly in 1989 in a rush to obliterate memories of the loathed barrier. To match feature GERMANY-WALL/ REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (GERMANY) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (front L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) ride in former U.S. President George H.W. Bush's (front R) boat in the waters off Kennebunkport, Maine July 1, 2007 REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

Tourists watch Paramilitary police patrol in Tiananmen Square opposite the Great Hall of the people during the Fifth day of sessions of the National People's Congress in Beijing March 9, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Colombian anti-riot police spray water over a student during a protest in Bogota March 8, 2007. Colombia's leftists guerrillas are planning attacks and sabotage during U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to his closest South American ally this weekend, the country's top police commander said on Thursday. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz (COLOMBIA) 

A man and dog on a mobility scooter ride through snow in Leicestershire, central England, February 8, 2007. Travel chaos ensued on Thursday as much of the country was covered by a thick blanket of snow at the height of the morning rush-hour. REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN) 

Actors Bill Murray (L) and Andy Garcia look over a shot during the celebrity challenge portion of the Pebble Beach National Pro-AM in Pebble Beach, California February 7, 2007. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES) 

Entertainer George Lopez eats a snack while waiting to play the 18th hole during the celebrity challenge portion of the Pebble Beach National Pro-AM in Pebble Beach, California February 7, 2007. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES) 

Actor Bill Murray tosses his putter to his caddy at the second green during the celebrity challenge portion of the Pebble Beach National Pro-AM in Pebble Beach, California February 7, 2007. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES) 

An Iraqi soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad February 6, 2007. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (IRAQ) 

A man rides a bicycle in spite of freezing temperatures in Kenosha, Wisconsin February 5, 2007. A cold wave blanketing the Midwest and northern plains States has left much of the United States with below freezing temperatures for the last three days. REUTERS/Allen Fredrickson 

A chihuahuas takes part in a fashion show at the Woefstock dog festival in Antwerp October 21, 2006. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM) 

Kashmiri earthquake survivors receive free food from an open-air kitchen in the devastated city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir December 15, 2005. The world's largest disaster relief agency on Thursday appealed for $335.4 million to help it mitigate the deadly effects of hunger, hurricanes and epidemics over the next two years. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic Pictures of the Month December 2005 

A Palestinian youth uses a sling during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Anata near Jerusalem December 6, 2005. Israel began a clampdown in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday in the early stages of what it vowed would be a harsh military response to a Palestinian suicide bombing that killed five Israelis. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk Pictures of the Month December 2005 

U.S. President George W. Bush (C) straddles his bike as he prepares to go riding with Chinese Olympic mountain bike hopefuls on the Laoshan Olympic mountain bike course in Beijing November 20, 2005. Bush took time out of his busy two-day Beijing schedule to exercise on his bike with Chinese cyclists vying for a spot in the Beijing 2008 Olympic team. REUTERS/Jason Reed Pictures of the Month November 2005 

An Algerian passenger waits to board behind a security fence on the SNCM (National Maritime-Corsica Mediterranean company ) car-ferry "Mediterranee" blocked by CGT trade union sailors in Marseille September 21, 2005. More than 1,500 passengers and nearly a thousand of vehicles remained blocked on the Marseille docks. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier JPP/JG 

U.S. President George W. Bush visits with U.S. Army troops stationed at Ft. Hood in Killeen, Texas, April 12, 2005. The president will meet privately with family members of fallen soldiers killed in Iraq before departing for the White House later today. Pictures of the Month April 2005 REUTERS/Larry Downing LSD/HB 

An Iranian student attends at Azadi (freedom) square to mark the 26th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution as he wears a red rain coat in Tehran February 10, 2005. Pictures of the month February 2005 REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl MN/AA 

A Palestinian boy rests inside a destroyed house in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern part of Gaza strip December 21, 2003. The Israeli army demolished ten Palestinian houses during an overnight raid in the area near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Pictures of the month December 2003. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic GOT/JDP 

A young girl braces herself against a sand storm which turned the sky
amber and greatly reduced visibility in front of Beijing's Tiananmen
Gate March 20, 2002. Extensive deforestation and desertification in
northern China have fueled the dust stoms. Nearly one million tonnes of
Gobi Desert sand blows into Beijing each year. REUTERS/Guang Niu

GN/JD 

Technicians ski past a billowing windbreak on the K-185 hill after the
second day of the Ski Flying World Championship in Harrachov was
cancelled due to a bad weather conditions. The results stood from
yesterday's event. Germany's Sven Hannawald won ahead of his compatriot
Martin Schmitt and third placed Matti Hautamaeki of Finland.
REUTERS/Petr Josek

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A serene-looking Pope John Paul II, wearing a mountain windbreaker, stops to pray and contemplate nature during a mountain walk near a waterfall amid the peaks the Youla (La Thuille) area at an altitude of 1,700 metres (5,610 feet) in the Aosta Valley region near the French border on July 13, 2001. The 81-year-old Pope, who is on a private mountain holiday, appeared rested and in good form. 

A tranquil-looking Pope John Paul II, wearing a mountain windbreaker, rides a chairlift to an altitude of 2,700 metres (8.910 feet) to the top of the Colle Bettaforca (Gressoney La Trinite') mountain in the Italian Val d'Aosta region near the French border July 13, 2001. The 81-year-old Pope, who is on a private mountain holiday, appeared rested and in good form. He visited some areas devasted by floods last October and prayed for the victims. 

Pope John Paul II, wearing a sporty grey windbreaker over his traditional white cassock, stops to contemplate the majesty of the towering rocky peaks of the Dolomite mountains during a hike on July 15 in northern Italy, where he is on a two-week private rest. The 78-year-old Pontiff, who has had a series of health problems in recent years, seems to have been re-invigorgated by the rest and exercise in the area that he loves so much because it reminds him of his beloved Tatra mountains in his Polish homeland. 

Pope John Paul II, wearing a sporty grey windbreaker over his traditional white cassock, stops to contemplate the majesty of the towering rocky peaks of the Dolomite mountains during a hike on July 15 in northern Italy, where he is on a two-week private rest. The 78-year-old Pontiff, who has had a series of health problems in recent years, seems to have been re-invigorgated by the rest and exercise in the area that he loves so much because it reminds him of his beloved Tatra mountains in his Polish homeland.

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