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Ethiopia Tigray in Crisis

35-year-old Letebrahan sits outside the tent she shares with her one-year-old daughter Zenehawit in Mekele, Ethiopia, on March 20, 2025. The last aid they received was 9 kilograms of wheat per person from the NGO Samaritan’s Purse. The family can no longer afford essential medicine, previously covered by USAID. The suspension of USAID and cuts from other aid organisations have severely impacted citizens, leaving displaced communities without adequate food or medicine. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-DRONE DELIVERY-SEAFOOD (CN)

(240206) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Seafood store workers transport newly-caught crabs in Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 5, 2024. A drone delivery route for seafood has been put into operation between Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in the east of Shenzhen and the city's Longgang District. The drones take off with up to 20 kilograms load and the seafood will be delivered to local couriers and finally reach the customers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-DRONE DELIVERY-SEAFOOD (CN)

(240206) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- In this drone photo, a drone delivers seafood to Longgang District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 5, 2024. A drone delivery route for seafood has been put into operation between Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in the east of Shenzhen and the city's Longgang District. The drones take off with up to 20 kilograms load and the seafood will be delivered to local couriers and finally reach the customers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-DRONE DELIVERY-SEAFOOD (CN)

(240206) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- In this drone photo, a drone carrying seafood takes off from Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 5, 2024. A drone delivery route for seafood has been put into operation between Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in the east of Shenzhen and the city's Longgang District. The drones take off with up to 20 kilograms load and the seafood will be delivered to local couriers and finally reach the customers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-DRONE DELIVERY-SEAFOOD (CN)

(240206) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone carrying seafood takes off from Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 5, 2024. A drone delivery route for seafood has been put into operation between Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in the east of Shenzhen and the city's Longgang District. The drones take off with up to 20 kilograms load and the seafood will be delivered to local couriers and finally reach the customers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-DRONE DELIVERY-SEAFOOD (CN)

(240206) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member puts seafood package into a drone in Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 5, 2024. A drone delivery route for seafood has been put into operation between Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in the east of Shenzhen and the city's Longgang District. The drones take off with up to 20 kilograms load and the seafood will be delivered to local couriers and finally reach the customers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-DRONE DELIVERY-SEAFOOD (CN)

(240206) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A courier of SF Express takes seafood package from a drone in Longgang District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 5, 2024. A drone delivery route for seafood has been put into operation between Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in the east of Shenzhen and the city's Longgang District. The drones take off with up to 20 kilograms load and the seafood will be delivered to local couriers and finally reach the customers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-DRONE DELIVERY-SEAFOOD (CN)

(240206) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A seafood store worker picks crabs for delivery orders in Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 5, 2024. A drone delivery route for seafood has been put into operation between Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in the east of Shenzhen and the city's Longgang District. The drones take off with up to 20 kilograms load and the seafood will be delivered to local couriers and finally reach the customers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-DRONE DELIVERY-SEAFOOD (CN)

(240206) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A fisherman transports newly-caught crabs in Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 5, 2024. A drone delivery route for seafood has been put into operation between Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in the east of Shenzhen and the city's Longgang District. The drones take off with up to 20 kilograms load and the seafood will be delivered to local couriers and finally reach the customers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-DRONE DELIVERY-SEAFOOD (CN)

(240206) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A courier of SF Express delivers seafood to a customer's home in Longgang District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 5, 2024. A drone delivery route for seafood has been put into operation between Nan'ao Shuangyong Pier in the east of Shenzhen and the city's Longgang District. The drones take off with up to 20 kilograms load and the seafood will be delivered to local couriers and finally reach the customers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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Turkish police seize 500 kg meth in Istanbul

STORY: Turkish police seize 450 kg meth in Istanbul DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of police officers in operation 2. various of police officers unloading drugs 3. a photo of drugs seized from the operation STORYLINE: Five suspects, including a foreigner, were detained after almost 450 kilograms of methamphetamine was seized by Turkish anti-narcotics police in Istanbul, officials said on Monday. The operation comes as part of a probe into illicit trafficking of drugs. Acting on a tip-off, the police began tracking the suspects involved in drug trafficking and stopped a car and two trucks in Istanbul's Tuzla district, the governor's office said in a statement. During the search, the police found 447.5 kg of liquid narcotics drugs in 20 drums, the office said. Turkish security forces frequently launch operations against drug dealers as part of an ongoing nationwide crackdown on drug use and trafficking. Last month, the Istanbu

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Sea urchins return to Sea of Japan coastal waters

FUKUI, Japan - A diver is all smiles with a bagful of sea urchins she gathered after three hours of work on Aug. 6, the last day of the urchin-gathering season off the coast of Fukui Prefecture. Fishermen in the area say the volume of sea urchins caught off the Fukui coast have more or less returned to normal 10 years after the Russian oil tanker Nakhodka carrying 20,000 kiloliters of fuel oil broke up in stormy weather in the Sea of Japan and up to 6,200 kiloliters of oil washed up in the coasts of 10 prefectures. At one point, the volume of sea urchins gathered by a local fishermen's cooperative in Fukui dropped to 19 kilograms, compared with an annual average of 300 kg before the spill, fishermen say.

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Australian firefighters climb Sydney Tower for ALS research

SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 23 Kyodo - A firefighter crosses the finish line after climbing all 1,504 stairs of the iconic Sydney Tower Eye during an event in Sydney on Oct. 23, 2016. Some 446 firefighters, each carrying an additional 20 kilograms of gear, took part in the event aimed at raising money and awareness for the neurodegenerative disease ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

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World's longest pearl necklace

OSAKA, Japan - A 222-meter-long pearl necklace, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest, is displayed at Hanshin Department Store in Osaka on April 11, 2013. The necklace of around 28,000 pearls weighs about 20 kilograms.

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Steel beam removed from pool at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 20, 2012, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s operation employing a remote-controlled crane to remove a steel beam from a spent nuclear fuel pool in the No. 3 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The 7-meter steel beam weighing 470 kilograms dropped into the water-filled pool in September when the plant's operator TEPCO used a similar crane to remove debris from the upper portion of the building.

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Steel beam removed from pool at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 20, 2012, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s operation employing a remote-controlled crane to remove a steel beam from a spent nuclear fuel pool in the No. 3 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The 7-meter steel beam weighing 470 kilograms dropped into the water-filled pool in September when the plant's operator TEPCO used a similar crane to remove debris from the upper portion of the building.

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Chocolate cherry blossom

TOKYO, Japan - A cherry blossom artwork made of chocolate is unveiled to the media in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012. Students from the University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts as well as an artist took part in the project to make the work, about 1.20 meters in diameter and weighing around 85 kilograms, using KitKat, a chocolate product made by Nestle Japan Ltd., to encourage students preparing for entrance examinations. The work will be exhibited at Cafe Nescafe Harajuku in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward from Dec. 20 through Jan. 8.

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Huge New Year's bowl tea ceremony held in Nara

NARA, Japan - A woman is helped by another next to her to drink ''maccha'' green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony, believed to date back to the 13th century, at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Jan. 15. Several bowls measuring 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weighing 5 to 7 kilograms were used in the ceremony about 20 people took part in.

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Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry unveils gold pony to fete royal birth

TOKYO, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. on Sept. 20 unveils to the public a pony made with about 30 kilograms of pure gold to commemorate the birth of Prince Hisahito, who was born Sept. 6 to Princess Kiko and Prince Akishino, the second son of Emperor Akihito. The pony, whose market price is worth 150 million yen, will be sold if there is an order after being displayed at the company's main store in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, and outlets in Nagoya, Fukuoka and Osaka.

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Australian risotto sets Guinness World Record

SYDNEY, Australia - Some of Australia's leading chefs are in work to cook what would become the world's largest risotto on Sydney's harbor-side on Nov. 26. The recipe for the risotto, which was put on the Guinness Book of Records, included 1,600 kilograms of rice, 4,400 liters of vegetable stock, 800 kg of peas, 1.5 kg of saffron, 80 liters of olive oil, 320 kg of butter, 320 kg of parmesan cheese, 240 kg of diced onion, 160 kg of diced celery, 20 kg of crushed garlic and 2 kg of both salt and pepper.

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Rock on tracks may have caused Nagasaki derailment

NAGASAKI, Japan - A rock weighing 130 kilograms is removed from the scene of a train derailment in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 20. Investigators suspect the front car of a super-express train derailed and plunged into a rice field overnight after hitting the fallen rock.

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Rugby ball-shaped squashes harvested in Higashiosaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kosuke Matsubara holds up rugby ball-shaped squashes at his field in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. Matsubara started to cultivate the vegetables about 10 years ago as a way to help advertise his hometown, where the annual national high school rugby championship tournament is held. The squashes are around 20-30 centimeters high and weigh 2-3 kilograms.

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Platinam-made soccer ball to be auctioned on Internet

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a platinum soccer ball worth 20 million yen March 20 in Tokyo. The ball, made by Adidas Japan, one of the official sponsors of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, weighs 2.5 kilograms and is the same size and design an official ball for the finals to be co-hosted Japan and South Korea.

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Space reentry experiment device unveiled

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A space reentry device, called DASH (Demonstrator of Atmospheric reentry System with Hyperbolic Velocity), is unveiled to the media at the National Space Development Agency of Japan's (NASDA) space center in Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture on Dec. 16. DASH will be loaded into Japan's second H-2A rocket to be launched Jan. 31 by the government's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. The device consists of box-shaped storage equipment (fore) and a cylinder-shaped tester (center), which is 40 centimeters wide, 20 cm high and weighs 16 kilograms.

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Omron to sell lifelike cat robots

OSAKA, Japan - A model shows off cat robots, made by Omron Corp., that will go on the market from Nov. 20. The robots, called ''Necoro,'' can stretch their backs, lie down and purr. They are the same size as real cats and each weigh 1.6 kilograms. The robots contain various sensors which among other things allow them to memorize the frequency of human voices, so that they will face their owners when the owners call out the pet robots' names. Omron plans to sell 5,000 Necoro robots for about 185,000 yen each.

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Fukushima takes bronze in women's lightweight-class powerlifting

AKITA, Japan - Yukako Fukushima of Japan prepares to lift 117.5 kilograms in the benchpress in the women's lightweight powerlifting at the sixth World Games at Akita City Culture Hall on Aug. 20. World champion Raija Koskinen of Finland won the gold medal, followed by Chen Kuan-ting of Taiwan with the silver, while Fukushima took bronze.

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Brazilian woman nabbed for marijuana smuggling attempt

NARITA, Japan - The customs office at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 8 shows to the press 22.3 kilograms of marijuana which 22-year-old woman Keila Kakoi is suspected of trying to smuggle into Japan hidden in a carry-on bag. Kaoko, a resident of Kani, Gifu Prefecture, was arrested on July 20 when she arrived at the airport from Brazil. The drug haul is the largest found in a single piece of carry-on luggage at Narita since the airport's opening in 1978.

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Sniffer dog guards sleeping colleagues

STORY: Sniffer dog guards sleeping colleagues DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:24 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. shot of the police and the police dogs STORYLINE: After finishing a task, exhausted police officers and other police dogs in Dehong fell asleep on the ground. But one sniffer dog insisted on standing guard. This dog has participated in 185 border patrols in the region and helped seize more than 20 kilograms of narcotics. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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Dressing and undressing assistance robot at Kyushu Institute of Technology Graduate School

These cases are stored as a learning database. The robot will be able to respond to the differences between each person and each piece of clothing. The robot is a twin-armed robot with a payload of 2.3 kilograms, and it is a cooperative type, so there is no risk of injury to people even if it bumps into them while working. The placement of a camera that can respond to the sudden movement of a person is an issue, but Professor Shibata says, "In large facilities or places where the changing room can be fixed, such as hospitals, the camera can be installed on the ceiling. They aim to make improvements and put the system to practical use as soon as possible. (= December 20, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Double Giken's wire-suspended robot hand system

Double Giken (Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture) has developed a wire-suspended robot hand system called the Flying Carry System (photo). By stretching and loosening four wire cables stretched in the air, the system can move as if it were flying. The position of the winches is controlled by finely adjusting the winding of the winches. The robot hand is capable of handling a wide range of shapes and materials of objects with its original technology and can hold them firmly. The robot hand has a wide range of applications, and President Wada says, "We would like to collaborate with companies in different fields to build a suitable system. Since it can be powered via wires, it can operate longer than flying robots (drones). The payload is about 20 kilograms. (Photo taken on December 13, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Hokuriku Electric Power's "Assist Arm" robot for power distribution work

Hokuriku Electric Power Company has completed the development of the "Assist Arm" (photo), a robot for power distribution work, and has begun deploying it. The robot will assist in the construction work, which used to be done by two people in a high-altitude work truck, enabling the work to be done by one person. This is the first time such a robot has been used in Japan. The company plans to adopt 10 more robots, including those of group companies, by the end of fiscal year 2019. The robots will be used for the most frequent part of the power distribution work, the wire separator work. In the past, high-voltage wires were cut and the cut wires were connected to each other with a temporary equipment called a wire separator by lifting a stick-shaped tool weighing about 10 kilograms. The robot will be able to cut wires and grab objects with an arm that can move in six axes with a single control grip, saving labor. Photo taken on November 20, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Platinam-made soccer ball to be auctioned on Internet

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a platinum soccer ball worth 20 million yen March 20 in Tokyo. The ball, made by Adidas Japan, one of the official sponsors of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, weighs 2.5 kilograms and is the same size and design an official ball for the finals to be co-hosted Japan and South Korea.

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Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry unveils gold pony to fete royal birth

TOKYO, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. on Sept. 20 unveils to the public a pony made with about 30 kilograms of pure gold to commemorate the birth of Prince Hisahito, who was born Sept. 6 to Princess Kiko and Prince Akishino, the second son of Emperor Akihito. The pony, whose market price is worth 150 million yen, will be sold if there is an order after being displayed at the company's main store in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, and outlets in Nagoya, Fukuoka and Osaka. (Kyodo)

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TAT unveils robotic suit

TOKYO, Japan - A man wearing a robotic suit developed by Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology lifts a bag of rice weighing 20 kilograms. The suit is designed to help reduce physical burden in agricultural work. The photo was taken on Jan. 9, 2008. (Kyodo)

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Omron to sell lifelike cat robots

OSAKA, Japan - A model shows off cat robots, made by Omron Corp., that will go on the market from Nov. 20. The robots, called ''Necoro,'' can stretch their backs, lie down and purr. They are the same size as real cats and each weigh 1.6 kilograms. The robots contain various sensors which among other things allow them to memorize the frequency of human voices, so that they will face their owners when the owners call out the pet robots' names. Omron plans to sell 5,000 Necoro robots for about 185,000 yen each.

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Kawasaki Heavy launches new sports bike Ninja 250SL

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. unveils the new "Ninja 250SL" lightweight compact motorcycle, to be available in green and red, ahead of its going on sale April 15, 2015. The 250 cc bike at 149 kilograms is 20 kg lighter than the existing model. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry unveils gold pony to fete royal birth

TOKYO, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. on Sept. 20 unveils to the public a pony made with about 30 kilograms of pure gold to commemorate the birth of Prince Hisahito, who was born Sept. 6 to Princess Kiko and Prince Akishino, the second son of Emperor Akihito. The pony, whose market price is worth 150 million yen, will be sold if there is an order after being displayed at the company's main store in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, and outlets in Nagoya, Fukuoka and Osaka. (Kyodo)

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Huge New Year's bowl tea ceremony held in Nara

NARA, Japan - A woman is helped by another next to her to drink ''maccha'' green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony, believed to date back to the 13th century, at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Jan. 15. Several bowls measuring 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weighing 5 to 7 kilograms were used in the ceremony about 20 people took part in. (Kyodo)

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Australian risotto sets Guinness World Record

SYDNEY, Australia - Some of Australia's leading chefs are in work to cook what would become the world's largest risotto on Sydney's harbor-side on Nov. 26. The recipe for the risotto, which was put on the Guinness Book of Records, included 1,600 kilograms of rice, 4,400 liters of vegetable stock, 800 kg of peas, 1.5 kg of saffron, 80 liters of olive oil, 320 kg of butter, 320 kg of parmesan cheese, 240 kg of diced onion, 160 kg of diced celery, 20 kg of crushed garlic and 2 kg of both salt and pepper. (Kyodo)

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Pacific bluefin tuna management meeting

Japanese officials are pictured during the first day of a three-day joint meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and the Northern Committee of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission on Sept. 3, 2019, held in Portland, Oregon, to discuss the management of Pacific bluefin tuna. Japan proposed an expansion of their catch quotas by 20 percent for bluefin tuna weighing more than 30 kilograms. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rock on tracks may have caused Nagasaki derailment

NAGASAKI, Japan - A rock weighing 130 kilograms is removed from the scene of a train derailment in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 20. Investigators suspect the front car of a super-express train derailed and plunged into a rice field overnight after hitting the fallen rock. (Kyodo)

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Rugby ball-shaped squashes harvested in Higashiosaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kosuke Matsubara holds up rugby ball-shaped squashes at his field in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. Matsubara started to cultivate the vegetables about 10 years ago as a way to help advertise his hometown, where the annual national high school rugby championship tournament is held. The squashes are around 20-30 centimeters high and weigh 2-3 kilograms. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima takes bronze in women's lightweight-class powerlifting

AKITA, Japan - Yukako Fukushima of Japan prepares to lift 117.5 kilograms in the benchpress in the women's lightweight powerlifting at the sixth World Games at Akita City Culture Hall on Aug. 20. World champion Raija Koskinen of Finland won the gold medal, followed by Chen Kuan-ting of Taiwan with the silver, while Fukushima took bronze.

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Brazilian woman nabbed for marijuana smuggling attempt

NARITA, Japan - The customs office at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 8 shows to the press 22.3 kilograms of marijuana which 22-year-old woman Keila Kakoi is suspected of trying to smuggle into Japan hidden in a carry-on bag. Kaoko, a resident of Kani, Gifu Prefecture, was arrested on July 20 when she arrived at the airport from Brazil. The drug haul is the largest found in a single piece of carry-on luggage at Narita since the airport's opening in 1978.