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Activists of the British charity organization Oxfam, wearing masks of the G8 heads of state, pose as they perform karaoke in Japanese yukata outfits at a park in Sapporo, northern Japan, ahead of the G8 meeting in Hokkaido Toyako.REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
Activists of the British charity organization Oxfam, wearing masks of the G8 heads of state, pose as they perform karaoke in Japanese yukata outfits at a park in Sapporo, northern Japan, ahead of the G8 meeting in Hokkaido Toyako.REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
