Boryeong Mayor Kim Dong-il takes part in a mud shower challenge in Boryeong, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, on July 22, 2021, one day ahead of the annual Boryeong Mud Festival. (Yonhap)

A statue of a girl representing "comfort women," or the Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, is on display at Super+Centercourt in Munich, Germany, on July 21, 2021. (Yonhap)

A reporter looks at "Women and Jars" by late Korean painter Kim Whan-ki during a press preview of a special exhibition of late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee's art collection at the National Mu

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South Korean ballerina Park Sae-eun speaks during a press meeting at an arts center in Seoul on July 19, 2021.

This photo, provided by Korea National Railway, shows a 5.9-kilometer railroad bridge linking the western cities of Pyeongtaek and Asan, completed on July 19, 2021.

Banners rooting for South Korean athletes are hung at the athletes' village for the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on July 18, 2021. (Yonhap)
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This photo, taken with a thermal imaging camera, shows Namsan Tower in downtown Seoul amid a heat wave on July 16, 2021. (Yonhap)
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A worker cares for the national flower Mugungwha in full bloom at a flower garden in Suwon, 45 kilometers south of Seoul, on July 15, 2021, two days ahead of Constitution Day. (Yonhap)

A medical worker looks at roses during a break at a COVID-19 testing station in Seoul on July 12, 2021. (Yonhap)
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