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    Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

    Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

    A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service is held on March 25, 2023, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean, where Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II. (Pool photo)
      Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

      Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

      A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service is held on March 25, 2023, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean, where Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II. (Pool photo)
        Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

        Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

        A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service is held on March 25, 2023, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean, where Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II. (Pool photo)
          Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

          Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

          A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service is held on March 25, 2023, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean, where Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II. (Pool photo)
            Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

            Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

            A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service is held on March 25, 2023, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean, where Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II. (Pool photo)
              Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

              Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

              A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service is held on March 25, 2023, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean, where Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II. (Pool photo)
                Iwoto Island

                Iwoto Island

                Photo taken on March 25, 2023, shows Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean, where Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II. (Pool photo)
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                  400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid in western Nimroz province

                  STORY: 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid in western Nimroz province DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the China-donated humanitarian assistance distribution site in western Nimroz province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Afghan authorities distributed China-donated humanitarian aid to 400 families in the western Nimroz province on Thursday, Mawlawi Sediqullah Nasrtat, the provincial director for refugees and repatriation affairs, said Friday. "We distributed China-donated humanitarian assistance to 400 poor families here in provincial capital Zaranj city yesterday afternoon and each family received a bag of 50 kg rice and 50 kg wheat," Nasrat told Xinhua. The assistance was distributed in the presence of Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the official said. China has provided foodstuff to nearly 1,800 families in Nimroz and neighboring Herat provinces over the past two months, officials said.

                    US: Thousands Gather For Trump Presidential Campaign Rally In Waco, Texas

                    Former U.S. President Donald Trump held the first presidential campaign event of the year in Waco, Texas on Saturday, March 25. Thousands of his supporters formed long lines to attend the rally. This video shows a man running down the streets of Waco holding an American flag with Trump's face printed on it.

                      Deutsche Bank stocks sink

                      STORY: Deutsche Bank stocks sink DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: FRANKFURT, Germany CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank AG 2. various of street views STORYLINE: The share prices of Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank (DB) plunged on Friday as concerns about the health of European banks are mounting in the wake of the collapse of banks in the United States. DB topped the list of companies that suffered the sharpest decline of their shares on the German stock exchange (Deutsche Boerse), down 8.53 percent at closing on Friday. The share price of Commerzbank AG, the second largest bank in Germany, dropped 5.45 percent. DB has lost some 30 percent of its market value since the onset of worries about the banking sector sparked by the shutdown of the U.S. Silicon Valley Bank about two weeks ago. There is still no sign that investors' nervousness about European banks is abating. The slump of share prices of DB and Commerzbank is believed to

                        Australia dims lights for Earth Hour to raise awareness of environment protection

                        STORY: Australia dims lights for Earth Hour to raise awareness of environment protection DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australia's landmarks switching off lights STORYLINE: Australia's landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge, went dark for one hour on Saturday night as part of a global movement to raise awareness about climate change and nature loss. Earth Hour 2023 aims to raise awareness of the importance of trees and nature to wildlife, communities, and people's mental and physical well-being. According to WWF Australia, continued deforestation and industrial logging are major contributors to climate change, noting that every year an estimated 70 million trees are being destroyed or damaged in the country. Earth Hour is an annual global environmental movement organized by the WWF. Every year on the last Saturday of March, it calls people around the world to switch off lights at 8:30 p.m.

                          Spanish wildfire burns 4,000 hectares, forces evacuation of 1,500

                          STORY: Spanish wildfire burns 4,000 hectares, forces evacuation of 1,500 DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: (courtesy of Fire Brigade from the Provincial Council of Castellon and Service of Wildfire Brigade of the Valencian Community) 1. various of the wildfire 2. various of firefighters and police evacuating people from towns 3. various of the fire 4. various of firefighters working STORYLINE: A recent wildfire in eastern Spain has burnt around 4,000 hectares of natural landscape and forced 1,500 people to evacuate from their homes. The wildfire, which began on Thursday between the provinces of Castellon and Teruel, is under control now. Eight small towns and villages in the surrounding area were evacuated between Thursday and Friday as the fire, which could have been started by crop burning, rapidly spread, helped by strong winds and unseasonably dry conditions. Cooler temperature and a lack of wind on Friday night helped some 500 firemen, f

                            Fish in Spanish reservoir culled for water quality during extreme drought

                            STORY: Fish in Spanish reservoir culled for water quality during extreme drought DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Sau reservoir STORYLINE: The Spanish region of Catalonia has launched an anti-drought measure to preserve water quality in a drying reservoir by killing and removing a certain number of fish in it. The operation will clear two tonnes of fish a day, many of them invasive species, to prevent their death due to lack of oxygen from contaminating the reservoir. The reservoir, which is located near Barcelona, is currently at 10 percent capacity, the lowest level since 1990, as drought continues to severely affect the region. The Catalan government estimates that the current volume of the reservoir can provide water to one million residents for three months. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Barcelona, Spain. (XHTV)

                              Iraqi traditional game thrives during Ramadan

                              STORY: Iraqi traditional game thrives during Ramadan DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqis playing the Mehiebes in a popular cafe STORYLINE: Iraqis play a traditional game of Ramadan, named Mehiebes, in a popular cafe in the al-Karkh district in downtown Baghdad. The Mehiebes, or the hidden ring, is an Iraqi communal game played by men of different ages divided into two teams. It gives the holy month its unique flavor. The objective of the game is to find a hidden ring, as the team leader has to seek out it in the hand of one of the members of the other team. Each team consists of ten or more people, up to 50 players. The game of Mehiebes is usually accompanied by local folkloric singing and traditional musical instruments. The winners will get large plates of popular Iraqi sweets, named Zalabiyah and Baqlawa, but traditionally the sweets are handed out to all the players and the audience during or after the game. The game
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                              Hanyu retires from competition

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                              Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu announces his retirement from competition at a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022.
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                              Ex-Japan PM Abe shot by person with shotgun

                              Ex-Japan PM Abe shot by person with shotgun

                              Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of Japan's most influential postwar leaders, died Friday at the age of 67 after being shot while delivering a stump speech in the western city of Nara two days ahead of a national election, stunning the world and drawing outrage against gun violence.
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