Olympic puppet, MOCCO, from Japan tsunami-hit region reaches Tokyo ahead of the games
A performer gestures after a performance of a 10-metre high (33 ft.) giant puppet named 'MOCCO', brought down from the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan which was devastated in 2011 by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, at a media event as part of the Tokyo 2020 Nippon Festival in Tokyo.
(Photograph:AFP)