Sand sculpture of Ukrainian President

Sand sculpture of Ukrainian President

Tõrva, 01.11.2023. A 5-meter high sand sculpture of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy depicted as the Statue of Liberty was built in the center of the Southern Estonian town of Tõrva in May has started to crumble. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

Sand sculpture of Ukrainian President

Sand sculpture of Ukrainian President

Tõrva, 01.11.2023. A 5-meter high sand sculpture of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy depicted as the Statue of Liberty was built in the center of the Southern Estonian town of Tõrva in May has started to crumble. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

Korean memorial in Hiroshima daubed with paint

Korean memorial in Hiroshima daubed with paint

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Part of a stone tower dedicated to Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is found splashed with florescent paint on Oct. 17. Passersby strolling along the city's Peace Memorial Park in Naka Ward found the head of the turtle-shaped base of the 5-meter-high, 10-ton tower vandalized with bright orange paint.

Survivors of killer cyclone take refuge in monastery in Myanmar

Survivors of killer cyclone take refuge in monastery in Myanmar

BOGALAY, Myanmar - A Buddhist monastery in Bogalay, a small delta town about 170 kilometers southwest of Yangon, is packed with survivors of Cyclone Nargis on May 8. People are taking refuge in the monastery after the cyclone devastated southern parts of Myanmar last weekend. Many farming and fishing villages in the Bogalay area were totally wiped out when 5-meter-high waves flooded the area, drowning more than half of its population, according to survivors. (Kyodo)

Buddha statue donated to 2011 tsunami-hit town

Buddha statue donated to 2011 tsunami-hit town

Monks from Myanmar offer prayers during a consecration ceremony for a Buddha statue in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2019. A Myanmar trading house donated the 5-meter-high statue for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Buddha statue donated to 2011 tsunami-hit town

Buddha statue donated to 2011 tsunami-hit town

Monks from Myanmar offer prayers during a consecration ceremony for a Buddha statue in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2019. A Myanmar trading house donated the 5-meter-high statue for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Korean memorial in Hiroshima daubed with paint

Korean memorial in Hiroshima daubed with paint

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Part of a stone tower dedicated to Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is found splashed with florescent paint on Oct. 17. Passersby strolling along the city's Peace Memorial Park in Naka Ward found the head of the turtle-shaped base of the 5-meter-high, 10-ton tower vandalized with bright orange paint.