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First Snowfall of The Season Over the Pyrenees

Handout photo dated on November 9, 2025 shows The Pyrenees are an important ecological corridor stretching between France and Spain, connecting Atlantic and Mediterranean ecosystems across a rugged mountain landscape. The mountain range supports high-altitude grasslands, ancient forests, and glacial valleys, providing habitat for endemic species. The arrival of snow marks the beginning of the alpine winter and plays a key role in regional water storage. This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 9 November 2025, shows fresh snowfall above 1,900 metres, while lower elevations remain in shades of green and brown. This snowfall followed an Atlantic front, which brought up to 12 cm of snow and more than 40 l/m² of rain to parts of Spain. Photo by European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Small drone to investigate interior of Fukushima plant reactor

Photo taken in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 1, 2025, shows a very small drone to be used to investigate the interior of the No. 3 reactor containment vessel at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The drone -- 13 centimeters by 12 CM -- weighing 95 grams was unveiled to the media the same day before its likely use from November.

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Apollo 13 Splashdown

A perilous space flight comes to a smooth ending with the safe splashdown of the Apollo 13 Command Module (CM) in the south Pacific Ocean, only four miles from the prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. The Command Module "Odyssey" with Commander, James A. Lovell Jr., Command Module pilot, John L. Swigert Jr. and Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise Jr. splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970. The crewmen were transported by helicopter from the immediate recovery area to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima..Photo by NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231212) -- BEIJING, Dec. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A snowplow clears a road after a heavy snow fall in Zhengdong New District in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 11, 2023. Blizzards have hit central China's Henan Province, with schools suspended and flights canceled in the provincial capital Zhengzhou on Monday morning. Within six hours, from late Sunday to early Monday, the precipitation at Zhengzhou station reached 14.2 mm, and the accumulated snow reached 10 cm, according to the city's weather station. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

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8 herders killed in central Mongolia due to snow storms

STORY: 8 herders killed in central Mongolia due to snow storms SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 4, 2023/Nov. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:48 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of snow storms that hit large parts of Mongolia STORYLINE: Eight herders have been killed in central Mongolia due to snow storms, the country's National Emergency Management Agency said Monday. One male, six female herders, and a 12-year-old boy from the central provinces of Tuv and Uvurkhangai lost their lives while looking after their herd in the snow storms that hit large parts of the country over the weekend, the agency said in a statement. Since Friday evening, snow and blizzards have caused icy roads and poor road visibility. The hardest-hit central Mongolia has been covered by a layer of snow up to 34 cm thick, according to the country's National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ulan Bator. (XHTV)

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Panasonic's world's smallest digital single-lens reflex camera

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Kanako Higuchi (C) and models hold up Panasonic Corp.'s Lumix GF1 digital single-lens reflex camera during a presentation in Tokyo on Sept. 2. The camera, which Panasonic claims the world's smallest of its kind, measures about 7 centimeters in height, about 12 cm in width and about 3.6 cm in thickness.

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Fukushima town sets new yakitori record

KAWAMATA, Japan - People from the town of Kawamata in Fukushima Prefecture, known for Japanese game fowl, work on what they claim to be Japan's longest yakitori on Aug. 26. They said their dish, 12 meters and 27 centimeters long, eclipsed the previous record of 11 meters and 7 cm set only on Aug. 14 by the town of Hidakagawa in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan's largest producer of the famed Bincho charcoal.

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2,700-year-old decorated ivory plaques discovered at Jerusalem site

STORY: 2,700-year-old decorated ivory plaques discovered at Jerusalem site DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:08 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the City of David 2. various of workers at the site 3. various of decorated ivory plaques STORYLINE: Archaeologists have discovered a rare and prestigious collection of decorated ivory plaques of about 2,700 years old, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Monday. The ancient ivories, made of elephant tusks, were unearthed among the ruins of a palatial building by the IAA and Tel Aviv University in the City of David archaeological site in Jerusalem. It is worth noting that the ivory was considered one of the most expensive raw materials in the ancient world, even more than gold. During the excavation, the team found 1,500 ivory fragments, which were the remnants of at least 12 small square plaques, 5 cm long and 5 mm thick. The decorated ivories were apparently inlaid in wooden furnishings used by the building's residents

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CANADA-WINTER

The city of Toronto was buried after the first snowstorm of the season dropped 10-15 cm of snow across the city in Toronto, Ontario, Canada., December 12, 2016. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) (Credit:Creative Touch Imaging Ltd/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

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Ground level in Mt. Hakone's volcanic area rises by 12 cm

Photo taken on May 17, 2015, shows the Owakudani hot spring area of Mt. Hakone, southwest of Tokyo, where the ground level is deemed to have risen by up to 12 centimeters since mid-April, days before volcanic activity intensified in the popular tourist spot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic's world's smallest digital single-lens reflex camera

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Kanako Higuchi (C) and models hold up Panasonic Corp.'s Lumix GF1 digital single-lens reflex camera during a presentation in Tokyo on Sept. 2. The camera, which Panasonic claims the world's smallest of its kind, measures about 7 centimeters in height, about 12 cm in width and about 3.6 cm in thickness. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima town sets new yakitori record

KAWAMATA, Japan - People from the town of Kawamata in Fukushima Prefecture, known for Japanese game fowl, work on what they claim to be Japan's longest yakitori on Aug. 26. They said their dish, 12 meters and 27 centimeters long, eclipsed the previous record of 11 meters and 7 cm set only on Aug. 14 by the town of Hidakagawa in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan's largest producer of the famed Bincho charcoal. (Kyodo)

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Another crack found in pipe of Tsuruga nuclear reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - Japan Atomic Power Co. released July 19 this picture showing a 7.6-centimeter-long crack on the inner wall of a pipe removed from a Tsuruga nuclear reactor in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The company has found a 9.9-cm-long crack on the outer surface of the pipe, from which more than 50 tons of radioactive water leaked July 12.

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Another crack found in pipe of Tsuruga nuclear reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - Japan Atomic Power Co. released July 19 this picture showing a 7.6-centimeter-long crack on the inner wall of a pipe removed from a Tsuruga nuclear reactor in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The company has found a 9.9-cm-long crack on the outer surface of the pipe, from which more than 50 tons of radioactive water leaked July 12.