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TOPSHOTS This handout picture taken by Kagoshima Local Meteorological Observatory on August 18 and released by Japan Meteorological Agency on August 19, 2013 shows smoke rising from the 1,117-meter Mount Sakurajima at Kagoshima city in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. The volcano erupted an ash plume up to 5,000 metres into the air. It was the 500th eruption this year of Sakurajima, which is about 950 kilometres southwest of Tokyo. AFP PHOTO / JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY ---EDITORS NOTE---HANDOUT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS JAPAN OUT