People walk under colorful paper streamers for the Tanabata Star Festival at a shopping arcade at Asagaya in Tokyo Saturday, August 5, 2017. According to legend, deities Orihime (Vega) and her lover Hikoboshi (Altair), separated by the Milky Way, are allowed to meet only once a year during this period. People celebrate the festival by writing wishes on strips of paper and hanging them under bamboo trees. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
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