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Umbrella substitute

A man walks with a plastic bag on his head during a sudden shower on a street in central Seoul, Wednesday. Most parts of the nation are likely to have rainfall Thursday and Friday, and central parts through Saturday. / Yonhap

Support for comfort women

Foreign women attend a rally for victims of Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement infront of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Wednesday, to call on the Japanese government to apologize to the women and compensate them. / Yonhap

Hanjin's Creative Center

President Park Geun-hye listens to Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, left, after the opening ceremony for a Creative Economy Center that will supervise the group’s project to nurture startups specializing in logistics, aircraft maintenance and automotive materials in Incheon, Wednesday. / Yonhap

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Shoot enemy

The Army’s special warfare forces conduct an infiltration drill off Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Tuesday. / Yonhap

Preparing to become grandmas

Elderly women who will become grandmothers soon learn how to give a bath to a baby during a childcare class at Songpa Maternity Care Center in southeastern Seoul, Tuesday. / Yonhap

Leaving for homeland

Immigrant wives from the Philippines and their children wave at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul before departing for their homeland, Monday. Their visits were sponsored by the Korea Airports Corporation and Korean Red Cross, which initiated the program in 2010 to give biracial families a chance to visit their homelands. They have sponsored a total of 789 families from 11 countries. / Yonhap

Bike ride for peace

Overseas Korean students start a bicycle ride at Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Monday, during a Peace Korea DMZ event organized to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Korea’sindependence from Japanese colonial rule. / Yonhap

Mayor in 'cool biz' style

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, wearing shorts, delivers greeting messages during the Seoul Youth Council meeting at the Seoul Metropolitan Council building in central Seoul, Sunday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government has adopted a “cool biz” campaign each summer since 2012 to encourage employees to wear less formal clothing in order to fight the heat without using much electricity for air conditioners, including wearing short sleeved shirts without ties. / Yonhap