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People gather around the funeral pyres on the day of the cremation ceremony for the victims People gather around the funeral pyres on the day of the cremation ceremony for the victims, following a mass shooting at a day care center in the town of Uthai Sawan, in the province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand, Oct. 11, 2022. 👉 The bodies of the many of the young victims whose lives were snuffed out in last week’s massacre at a day care center in rural northeastern Thailand were dressed Tuesday as doctors, soldiers or astronauts — what they wanted to be when they grew up  — before they were to be cremated in the evening at Buddhist temples. The gun and knife attack carried out by a former policeman Thursday on the Young Children’s Development Center in Uthai Sawan killed 36 people, including 24 children. Families of the victims gathered for the start of a shared cremation ceremony that marks an end to three days of funeral rites. Mourners also placed children’s toys, candles...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida greeted foreign leaders state funeral assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida greeted foreign leaders after the state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, Japan, September 27, 2022. Foreign leaders included U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former UK Prime Minister Theresa May, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Japan bid an emotional farewell Tuesday for Abe, one of modern Japan’s most influential leaders, who was assassinated in July. The state funeral, held at central Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan arena, drew thousands of Japanese citizens and foreign dignitaries, despite a domestic backlash against the ceremony. Abe’s remains were carried into the auditorium by his widow, Akie, and placed at an ornate, flower-decked display featuring a Japanese flag. Harris, who is leading the U.S. fune...