In this Wednesday, April 3, 2019, file photo, dancers dressed in South Korean traditional
In this Wednesday, April 3, 2019, file photo, dancers dressed in South Korean traditional "Hanbok" attire perform during a media preview of the Royal Culture Festival at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace in the Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea. The festival will take place for 9 days, from Apr. 27 to May 5. Photo: Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press

Dancers in traditional Korean “Hanbok” attire perform at the Royal Culture Festival at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul.

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In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga unveils the name of the new emperor’s era called “Reiwa,” or “Beautiful Harmony,” which will come into force May 1 when Crown Prince Naruhito succeeds his father.

A massive wildfire burns in Goseong, South Korea, fanned by strong winds in a mountainous province that hosted the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

People in Tokyo enjoy blooming cherry blossoms along the Chidorigafuchi Imperial Palace moat.

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In this Monday, April 1, 2019, file photo, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga unveils the name of new era “Reiwa” at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo. Japan says next emperor Naruhito’s era name is Reiwa, effective May 1 when he takes the throne from his father. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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In this Monday, April 1, 2019, file photo, Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, right, leaves Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia. The Vietnamese woman who is the only suspect in custody for the killing of the North Korean leader’s brother Kim Jong Nam pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a Malaysian court on Monday and her lawyer said she could be freed as early as next month. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
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In this Monday, April 1, 2019, file photo, a woman sits in the middle of the debris of a residential house damaged in rainstorm in Bara district, 125 kilometers (75 miles) south of Kathmandu, Nepal. Rescuers struggled Monday to reach villages in southern Nepal cut off by a powerful rainstorm that killed at least 28 people and injured hundreds more. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)
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In this Monday, April 1, 2019, file photo, a woman casts her vote on the demo electronic voting machines and checks on Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail or VVPAT as others wait in the queue during an election awareness drive by district administration amongst the tea garden laborers ahead of India’s general election in Jorhat, India. A VVPAT vending machine is an independent printing system connected to the electronic voting machines that allows voters to check that their votes are being cast as intended. The system will be used in the upcoming national elections to be held in seven phases starting from April 11. Votes will be counted on May 23. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
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In this Feb. 23, 2019, file photo, the Crusader horseman ride around the arena prior to the start of the Super Rugby match between the Crusaders and Hurricanes in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Crusaders announced Wednesday, April 3, 2019, that they will be considering a change to their name and branding following the Christchurch terrorist attacks on March 15 – insisting the status quo is “no longer tenable.” (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
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In this Wednesday, April 3, 2019, file photo, people on boat enjoy blooming cherry blossoms along the Chidorigafuchi Imperial Palace moat in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
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In this Wednesday, April 3, 2019, file photo, former Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, gets into a car after his court appearance at the Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Najib appeared in court Wednesday for the start of his corruption trial, exactly 10 years after he was first elected to office only to suffer a spectacular defeat last year on allegations he pilfered millions of dollars from a state investment fund. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
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This aerial photo shows burnt vehicles filling a junkyard after being hit by a massive forest fire in Sokcho, South Korea, Friday, April 5, 2019. The fire likely started Thursday night from a transformer spark near a resort in the town of Goseong in Gangwon province about 210 kilometers (130 miles) northeast of Seoul and then spread to the nearby mountains, according to Choi Jin-ho, a fire captain at Gangwon Fire Headquarters. (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP)
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In this Thursday, April 4, 2019, file photo, a wildfire burns in Goseong, South Korea. A few people died and thousands were evacuated after strong winds fanned a large fire Friday burning in a mountainous South Korean province that hosted the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, officials said. (Lee Jong-geun/Yonhap via AP, File)
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In this Saturday, March 30, 2019, file photo, Philippine Boy Scouts play with their flashlights at the countdown for the 12th Earth Hour event in suburban Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. Earth Hour is the symbolic switching off of the lights for one hour to help minimize fossil fuel consumption as well as mitigate the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
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In this Sunday, March 31, 2019, file photo, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s David Warner leaps in the air to celebrate scoring a century during the VIVO IPL T20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad, India. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)