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Fireball lights up Japanese skies

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20-08-2025 18:08 HKT
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A fireball streaks across the sky, as seen from Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, on Aug 19, 2025, in this screengrab from a dashcam video obtained from social media. (Image: MARUPEKE/@MARUBATU7/via Reuters)
A fireball streaks across the sky, as seen from Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, on Aug 19, 2025, in this screengrab from a dashcam video obtained from social media. (Image: MARUPEKE/@MARUBATU7/via Reuters)

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