Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Polling Opens For Legislative Elections In Cote d'Ivoire - Abidjan

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on December 27, 2025. Polling stations opened on Saturday morning across Cote d'Ivoire for legislative elections to renew the 255 seats of the National Assembly, Xinhua reporters observed on site in Abidjan, the country's economic capital. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Polling Opens For Legislative Elections In Cote d'Ivoire - Abidjan

A staff member posts polling station information at the entrance of a polling station in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on December 27, 2025. Polling stations opened on Saturday morning across Cote d'Ivoire for legislative elections to renew the 255 seats of the National Assembly, Xinhua reporters observed on site in Abidjan, the country's economic capital. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Polling Opens For Legislative Elections In Cote d'Ivoire - Abidjan

A voter fills out a ballot at a polling station in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on December 27, 2025. Polling stations opened on Saturday morning across Cote d'Ivoire for legislative elections to renew the 255 seats of the National Assembly, Xinhua reporters observed on site in Abidjan, the country's economic capital. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Polling Opens For Legislative Elections In Cote d'Ivoire - Abidjan

A staff member verifies a voter's fingerprint at a polling station in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on December 27, 2025. Polling stations opened on Saturday morning across Cote d'Ivoire for legislative elections to renew the 255 seats of the National Assembly, Xinhua reporters observed on site in Abidjan, the country's economic capital. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Polling Opens For Legislative Elections In Cote d'Ivoire - Abidjan

A staff member explains the voting rules to a voter at a polling station in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on December 27, 2025. Polling stations opened on Saturday morning across Cote d'Ivoire for legislative elections to renew the 255 seats of the National Assembly, Xinhua reporters observed on site in Abidjan, the country's economic capital. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo

The Hiragishi Tenjin troupe performs on June 9, 2024, the final day of the Yosakoi Soran Festival, a five-day competitive folk dance event in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The troupe won the top prize at the event in which around 255 teams and 25,000 people from home and abroad participated.(Kyodo)

E

Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo

The Hiragishi Tenjin troupe performs on June 9, 2024, the final day of the Yosakoi Soran Festival, a five-day competitive folk dance event in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The troupe won the top prize at the event in which around 255 teams and 25,000 people from home and abroad participated.

E

Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo

Dancers fill a street in downtown Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 9, 2024, the final day of the Yosakoi Soran Festival, a five-day competitive folk dance event in which around 255 teams and 25,000 people from home and abroad participated.

E

Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo

The Hiragishi Tenjin troupe performs on June 9, 2024, the final day of the Yosakoi Soran Festival, a five-day competitive folk dance event in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The troupe won the top prize at the event in which around 255 teams and 25,000 people from home and abroad participated.

E

Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo

Dancers fill a street in downtown Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 9, 2024, the final day of the Yosakoi Soran Festival, a five-day competitive folk dance event in which around 255 teams and 25,000 people from home and abroad participated.

E

Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo

Dancers fill a street in downtown Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 9, 2024, the final day of the Yosakoi Soran Festival, a five-day competitive folk dance event in which around 255 teams and 25,000 people from home and abroad participated.

E

Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo

Dancers fill a street in downtown Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 9, 2024, the final day of the Yosakoi Soran Festival, a five-day competitive folk dance event in which around 255 teams and 25,000 people from home and abroad participated.

E

Zardari takes oath as 14th president of Pakistan

STORY: Zardari takes oath as 14th president of Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: March 10, 2024 DATELINE: March 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zardari taking oath as 14th president of Pakistan STORYLINE: Asif Ali Zardari took oath as the 14th president of Pakistan during a ceremony held at the President's House on Sunday, according to a statement from the President's Office. Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath of office to the newly-elected president at the ceremony attended by the outgoing President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, chiefs of the armed forces, politicians and foreign dignitaries. Earlier on Saturday, Zardari, co-chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, won the election by taking 411 against 181 votes from all the electoral colleges, including the parliament and four provincial assemblies, the Election Commission of Pakistan said. Ruling coalition candidate Zardari received 255 votes in

E

Zardari wins Pakistan's presidential election

STORY: Zardari wins Pakistan's presidential election SHOOTING TIME: March 9, 2024 DATELINE: March 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the voting, count of votes and announcement of the result STORYLINE: Ruling coalition candidate Asif Ali Zardari won the presidential election of Pakistan with an overwhelming lead on Saturday, the Election Commission of Pakistan announced. Zardari won the election by taking 411 votes from all the electoral colleges, including parliament and four provincial assemblies, the commission said. Zardari got 255 votes in the joint session of the two houses of the parliament, including the Senate and the National Assembly, 43 votes from the eastern Punjab province, eight from the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 47 votes from the southwest Balochistan province and 58 votes from the southern Sindh province. Zardari's rival Mahmood Khan Achakzai, joint candidate of the opposition parties, secured a total of 181 vot

E

Exploring China's new quantum computer prototype with digital reporter

STORY: Exploring China's new quantum computer prototype with digital reporter DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHENG, Xinhua's digital reporter 2. various of "Jiuzhang 3.0" STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHENG, Xinhua's digital reporter "I am Zheng, a digital reporter at the Xinhua News Agency. Today, let's go inside 'Jiuzhang 3.0' and explore China's new quantum computer prototype together." Chinese scientists unveiled a quantum computer prototype named "Jiuzhang 3.0" with 255 detected photons on Wednesday, once again pushing the boundaries of photonics quantum computing technology. Led by the renowned Chinese quantum physicist Pan Jianwei, the research team has successfully accomplished this quantum computing feat, achieving a speed that is 10 quadrillion times faster in solving Gaussian boson sampling (GBS) problems compared to the world's existing fastest supercomputers. Gaussian boson sampling, a classically intracta

E

Taxi strike in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Taxi drivers hold a rally in front of the Seoul city hall in the South Korean capital on June 20, 2012. About 86 percent of South Korea's 255,000 taxis held a strike that day to protest a fuel price surge and insufficient government support.

E

Large tuna offered at Nishinomiya Shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Fathers and children put coins on a large tuna -- 255 centimeters long and 295 kilogram in weight -- on Jan. 8 to pray for the recovery of the Japanese economy at Nishinomiya Shrine which enshrines a god of business prosperity.

E

Kirin to sell 1 mil. yen whisky to mark 1953 coronation

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. said May 29 it will sell six bottles of scotch whisky (photo) for 1 million yen each to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the coronation of British Queen Elizabeth II. Chivas Brothers Ltd. of Britain produced the whisky by blending mellowed malt of over 50 years, according to Kirin officials. The six bottles are among 255 bottles to be sold around the world.

E

Part-time work offered to evacuees near Mt. Usu

ABUTA, Japan - Women in Abuta, near the Mt. Usu volcano in southwestern Hokkaido, string young scallops on ropes April 20 for growing them in the sea. The Abuta town office began offering this kind of part-time work on coastal scallop farms the same day to about 255 residents who were forced to evacuate the area and became jobless because of the eruption of the mountain March 31.

E

China's 39th Antarctic expedition begins

STORY: China's 39th Antarctic expedition begins DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of 39th Antarctic expedition setting off 2. various of Antarctic expedition 3. various of Xuelong 2 in 2018 4. various of Xuelong 2 in 2019 STORYLINE: China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, set off from Shanghai on Wednesday, marking the start of the country's 39th Antarctic expedition. A total of 255 researchers will carry out investigations in the fields of atmospheric composition, water environment, sedimentary environment and ecosystem at the South Pole. They will arrive in two batches, with the second batch setting out on next Monday. The expedition team is expected to return to China in early April next year. Xuelong 2 has a total length of about 122 meters, a width of about 22 meters, a designed displacement of nearly 14,000 tonnes and an endurance of 20,000 nautical miles. It's China's first domestically built icebreaker f

E

CHINA-XUELONG-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION-START (CN)

(221026) -- SHANGHAI, Oct. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, sets off for the country's 39th Antarctic expedition from Shanghai, east China, Oct. 26, 2022. A total of 255 researchers will carry out investigations in the fields of atmospheric composition, water environment, sedimentary environment and ecosystem at the South Pole, and will arrive in two batches, with the second batch setting out on Oct. 31, 2022. The expedition team is expected to return to China in early April next year. (Polar Research Institute of China/Handout via Xinhua)

E

CHINA-XUELONG-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION-START (CN)

(221026) -- SHANGHAI, Oct. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers wave goodbye as the research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, sets off for the country's 39th Antarctic expedition from Shanghai, east China, Oct. 26, 2022. A total of 255 researchers will carry out investigations in the fields of atmospheric composition, water environment, sedimentary environment and ecosystem at the South Pole, and will arrive in two batches, with the second batch setting out on Oct. 31, 2022. The expedition team is expected to return to China in early April next year. (Polar Research Institute of China/Handout via Xinhua)

E

CHINA-XUELONG-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION-START (CN)

(221026) -- SHANGHAI, Oct. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, sets off for the country's 39th Antarctic expedition from Shanghai, east China, Oct. 26, 2022. A total of 255 researchers will carry out investigations in the fields of atmospheric composition, water environment, sedimentary environment and ecosystem at the South Pole, and will arrive in two batches, with the second batch setting out on Oct. 31, 2022. The expedition team is expected to return to China in early April next year. (Polar Research Institute of China/Handout via Xinhua)

E

Ulan Bator Grand Slam of judo kicks off in Mongolia

STORY: Ulan Bator Grand Slam of judo kicks off in Mongolia DATELINE: June 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ulan Bator Grand Slam 2022 STORYLINE: The Ulan Bator Grand Slam 2022 kicked off in Mongolia's capital on Friday. A total of 255 judokas from 30 countries and regions are competing in the tournament which is being co-organized by the Mongolian Judo Association, the International Judo Federation, and the municipal government of Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator. The tournament is the first qualifying round for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and has a total prize fund of 154,000 euros. The event is scheduled to finish on Sunday. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ulan Bator. (XHTV)

E

Chinese researcher recalls Antarctic scientific expedition

STORY: Chinese researcher recalls Antarctic scientific expedition DATELINE: June 6, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Antarctic expedition mission 2 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI CHUANJIN, Researcher, China's 38th Antarctic expedition team STORYLINE: China's 174-day 38th Antarctic expedition ended in April. It involved a range of tasks, including the replenishment of materials and staff rotation at China's Zhongshan Station and Great Wall Station in the region, as well as marine observations and oceanic ecosystem investigations. Li Chuanjin, a researcher with Chinese Academy of Sciences, is one of 255 researchers taking part in the expedition. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI CHUANJIN, Researcher, China's 38th Antarctic expedition team "I started my third Antarctic scientific expedition aboard the 'Xuelong' on November 5, 2021. It was also my first scientific expedition circumnavigating the Antarctic. We had been to China's Zhongshan Station, Ross Sea Station an

E

China concludes 38th Antarctic expedition

STORY: China concludes 38th Antarctic expedition DATELINE: April 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the icebreaker Xuelong STORYLINE: China's research icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, returned to Shanghai on Tuesday, marking the end of the country's 38th Antarctic expedition. Two icebreakers participated in the 174-day Antarctic expedition, with the Xuelong 2 arriving in Shanghai six days ago. This is the second time that China has sent two icebreakers to the Antarctic since the 36th polar expedition. The scientific venture involved a range of tasks, including the replenishment of materials and staff rotation at China's Zhongshan Station and Great Wall Station in the region, as well as marine observations and oceanic ecosystem investigations. The two vessels carried a total of 255 researchers during the expedition. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

E

India's ruling party BJP wins 4 states, credit given to Modi's pro-poor policies

STORY: India's ruling party BJP wins 4 states, credit given to Modi's pro-poor policies DATELINE: March 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. shot of India gate 2. shot of Indian parliament 3. shots AAP headquarter 4. shots of celebration at BJP headquarter 5. shot of traffic STORYLINE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a shot in the arm when his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won four states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, in the election results that came in till late Thursday night. One state, Punjab, went to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the current ruling party in Delhi as the country's main opposition Indian National Congress (INC) couldn't show much presence. Final results were compiled by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and put up on its official website late Thursday night. According to the ECI's official data, the BJP won 255 Assembly constituencies out of the total 403 in Uttar Pradesh, 47 of the 70 in Uttarakhand, 20 of the

E

Publisher finds images of Tanizaki notes used to compose novel

Shunji Chiba, a professor at Waseda University, holds up an image on photographic paper of notes made in the 1930s by Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) during a press conference in Tokyo on April 2, 2015. Publisher Chuokoron-Shinsha Inc. said it has found a total of 255 images showing Tanizaki's process of trial and error between 1933 and 1938 in composing the novel "Sasameyuki" ("The Makioka Sisters"). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Publisher finds images of Tanizaki notes used to compose novel

Publisher Chuokoron-Shinsha Inc. unveils a total of 255 images on photographic paper of notes made in the 1930s by Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) in Tokyo on April 2, 2015. The publisher said they show Tanizaki's process of trial and error between 1933 and 1938 in composing the novel "Sasameyuki" ("The Makioka Sisters"). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Sharp expects to fall back into red in FY 2014

Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi bows his head at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015, to apologize, announcing the company is expecting to slide back into the red this fiscal year amid intense price competition with Asian rivals in display panels and televisions. It cut its full-year earnings guidance for the second time in 10 months, forecasting a group net loss of 30 billion yen ($255 million) for fiscal 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Sharp expects to fall back into red in FY 2014

Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi is surrounded by reporters following a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015, as the company announced it is expecting to slide back into the red this fiscal year amid intense price competition with Asian rivals in display panels and televisions. It cut its full-year earnings guidance for the second time in 10 months, forecasting a group net loss of 30 billion yen ($255 million) for fiscal 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Large tuna offered at Nishinomiya Shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Fathers and children put coins on a large tuna -- 255 centimeters long and 295 kilogram in weight -- on Jan. 8 to pray for the recovery of the Japanese economy at Nishinomiya Shrine which enshrines a god of business prosperity.

E

Osaka reports record 255 new coronavirus cases

People wearing face masks walk in Osaka's Minami area on Aug. 7, 2020, amid the continued spread of the novel coronavirus. Osaka Prefecture reported a record 255 new cases of the virus the same day.

E

Osaka reports record 255 new coronavirus cases

People wearing face masks walk in Osaka's Minami area on Aug. 7, 2020, amid the continued spread of the novel coronavirus. Osaka Prefecture reported a record 255 new cases of the virus the same day.

E

Osaka reports record 255 new coronavirus cases

People wearing face masks walk in Osaka's Minami area on Aug. 7, 2020, amid the continued spread of the novel coronavirus. Osaka Prefecture reported a record 255 new cases of the virus the same day.

E

Japan Post logs 29 bil. yen net loss, 1st since privatization

Masatsugu Nagato, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2017. The postal and financial services provider said it logged a group net loss of 28.98 billion yen ($255 million) in fiscal 2016, its first red ink since its privatization in 2007. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Japan Post logs 29 bil. yen net loss, 1st since privatization

Masatsugu Nagato, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2017. The postal and financial services provider said it logged a group net loss of 28.98 billion yen ($255 million) in fiscal 2016, its first red ink since its privatization in 2007. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Kirin to sell 1 mil. yen whisky to mark 1953 coronation

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. said May 29 it will sell six bottles of scotch whisky (photo) for 1 million yen each to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the coronation of British Queen Elizabeth II. Chivas Brothers Ltd. of Britain produced the whisky by blending mellowed malt of over 50 years, according to Kirin officials. The six bottles are among 255 bottles to be sold around the world. (Kyodo)

E

Part-time work offered to evacuees near Mt. Usu

ABUTA, Japan - Women in Abuta, near the Mt. Usu volcano in southwestern Hokkaido, string young scallops on ropes April 20 for growing them in the sea. The Abuta town office began offering this kind of part-time work on coastal scallop farms the same day to about 255 residents who were forced to evacuate the area and became jobless because of the eruption of the mountain March 31.