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Pope Leo XIV in Turkey

Pope Leo XIV in Turkey

Pope Leo XIV (R) receives guard of honor during a visit to Ankara on Nov. 27, 2025, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walking beside him. The pope is making a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon, his first overseas trip outside Italy.

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Scene in Lebanon

Scene in Lebanon

Buildings destroyed by Israeli military strikes remain in the border area in southern Lebanon on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Scene in Lebanon

Scene in Lebanon

Buildings destroyed by Israeli military strikes remain in the border area in southern Lebanon on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Scene in Lebanon

Scene in Lebanon

Buildings destroyed by Israeli military strikes remain in the border area in southern Lebanon on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Scene in Lebanon

Scene in Lebanon

Buildings destroyed by Israeli military strikes remain in Khiam, southern Lebanon, on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Scene in Lebanon

Scene in Lebanon

Buildings destroyed by Israeli military strikes remain in Khiam, southern Lebanon, on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Miss International pageant

Miss International pageant

Ai Nozaki of Japan poses during the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025. She won the Miss Friendship special award.

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Miss International pageant

Miss International pageant

Ai Nozaki of Japan poses during the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025. She won the Miss Friendship special award.

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Miss International pageant

Miss International pageant

Catalina Duque (R) of Colombia reacts after winning the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Miss International pageant

Miss International pageant

Catalina Duque (R) of Colombia poses after winning the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Miss International pageant

Miss International pageant

Catalina Duque of Colombia poses after winning the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Miss International pageant

Miss International pageant

Catalina Duque of Colombia poses after winning the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Aeon opens shopping mall in China's Changsha

Aeon opens shopping mall in China's Changsha

Photo taken on Nov. 27, 2025, in Changsha in Hunan Province, China, shows a shopping mall that was opened by Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. the same day.

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Aeon opens shopping mall in China's Changsha

Aeon opens shopping mall in China's Changsha

Photo taken on Nov. 27, 2025, in Changsha in Hunan Province, China, shows a supermarket at a shopping mall that was opened by Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. the same day.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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LDP Vice President Aso

LDP Vice President Aso

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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LDP Vice President Aso

LDP Vice President Aso

Taro Aso (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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LDP Vice President Aso

LDP Vice President Aso

Taro Aso (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

A woman bursts into tears on Nov. 27, 2025, after coming out of a center where relatives identify family members from photos, following a massive fire that broke out the previous day in a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Firefighters head to the site of a massive fire at a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after the fire broke out leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

A woman receives meals provided by volunteers on Nov. 27, 2025, after a massive fire broke out the previous day in a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

A woman receives meals provided by volunteers on Nov. 27, 2025, after a massive fire broke out the previous day in a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

People pick up clothes given as relief supplies on Nov. 27, 2025, outside of a high-rise residential complex (in background) in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong where a massive fire broke out the previous day, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Firefighters spray water at a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after a deadly fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Firefighters prepare to tackle a massive fire at a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after the fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

A massive fire burns down bamboo scaffolding and protective mesh set up around a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after it broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead with 279 unaccounted for. Hong Kong's fire department said the mesh and foam board used for an ongoing refurbishment of exterior walls at the complex may have helped the fire to spread amid strong winds.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Smoke continues to rise from a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after a fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Firefighters spray water at a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after a deadly fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Smoke rises from a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after a fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Firefighters continue to spray water at a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after a fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

People look on as smoke rises from a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after a fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Firefighters spray water at a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after a deadly fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Firefighters spray water at a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after a fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

Smoke rises from a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after a fire broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Japan Emperor Naruhito

Japan Emperor Naruhito

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (4th from L on far L row) attends a luncheon with guests including the chief justice of the Supreme Court at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Japan Emperor Naruhito

Japan Emperor Naruhito

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) attends a luncheon with guests including the chief justice of the Supreme Court at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Japan Emperor Naruhito

Japan Emperor Naruhito

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) attends a luncheon with guests including the chief justice of the Supreme Court at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Japan Emperor Naruhito

Japan Emperor Naruhito

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) attends a luncheon with guests including the chief justice of the Supreme Court at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

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Japan Princess Aiko

Japan Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko attends a charity screening of the film "Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise" in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Aftermath of southwestern Japan fire

Aftermath of southwestern Japan fire

Photo shows the site of a massive fire in a residential area of the southwestern Japan city of Oita, unveiled to the media on Nov. 27, 2025. One person died and more than 170 buildings were damaged in the fire that started on Nov. 18.

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Aftermath of southwestern Japan fire

Aftermath of southwestern Japan fire

Photo shows the site of a massive fire in a residential area of the southwestern Japan city of Oita, unveiled to the media on Nov. 27, 2025. One person died and more than 170 buildings were damaged in the fire that started on Nov. 18.

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Aftermath of southwestern Japan fire

Aftermath of southwestern Japan fire

Photo shows the site of a massive fire in a residential area of the southwestern Japan city of Oita, unveiled to the media on Nov. 27, 2025. One person died and more than 170 buildings were damaged in the fire that started on Nov. 18.

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"Hina" dolls of 2025 news events

"Hina" dolls of 2025 news events

Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025, shows "hina" traditional dolls depicting Sanae Takaichi (R), Japan's first female prime minister, and U.S. President Donald Trump, unveiled by a local doll maker as one of a series of dolls modeled after news events of 2025.

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"Hina" dolls of 2025 news events

"Hina" dolls of 2025 news events

Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025, shows a series of "hina" traditional dolls featuring news events of 2025, unveiled by a local doll maker.

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"Hina" dolls of 2025 news events

"Hina" dolls of 2025 news events

Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025, shows a series of "hina" traditional dolls featuring news events of 2025, unveiled by a local doll maker.

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"Hina" dolls of 2025 newsmakers

"Hina" dolls of 2025 newsmakers

Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025, shows "hina" traditional dolls depicting the World Exposition in Osaka, unveiled by a local doll maker as one of a series of dolls modeled after the news events of 2025.

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"Hina" dolls of 2025 newsmakers

"Hina" dolls of 2025 newsmakers

Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025, shows "hina" traditional dolls depicting a recent rice price hike, unveiled by a local doll maker as one of a series of dolls modeled after newsmakers of 2025.

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"Hina" dolls of 2025 newsmakers

"Hina" dolls of 2025 newsmakers

Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025, shows "hina" traditional dolls depicting a recent rice price hike, unveiled by a local doll maker as one of a series of dolls modeled after newsmakers of 2025.

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