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

US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

E

File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney arrives at the Centre National d'Entrainement (National training center) at Clairefontaine on April 1, 2019 near Paris, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Kadidiatou Diani of France celebrates her goal with Gaetane Thiney of France during the Women's International Friendly match between France and Japan at Stade Abbe Deschamps on April 4, 2019 in Auxerre, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney arrives at the Centre National d'Entrainement (National training center) at Clairefontaine on April 1, 2019 near Paris, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - French midfielder Gaetane Thiney poses in Nice, France, on April 01, 2013. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Patrice Masante/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - France Women International Football Team with technical staff poses in Nice, France, on April 01, 2013. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Patrice Masante/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

"Total Dictation" held in Russia

STORY: "Total Dictation" held in Russia SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: April 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the "Total Dictation" event in St. Petersburg, Russia STORYLINE: The International Russian Language Grammar Test "Total Dictation" was held simultaneously on Saturday in dozens of cities in Russia and worldwide. During the annual cultural event, people got together to write down a dictation in the Russian language, which will be checked and nominated by a special grammar commission. According to the organizer, this year's event took place in over 40 countries and regions. Total Dictation was created to draw attention to literacy and to develop a culture of literate writing in the Russian language. The first such event was organized by philology students from Novosibirsk, Russia on March 11, 2004. Since 2012, the Total Dictation has become an international event that was supported by Russians abroad and people studying

E

IOC launches Olympic AI Agenda

STORY: IOC launches Olympic AI Agenda SHOOTING TIME: April 19, 2024 DATELINE: April 20, 2024 LENGTH: 0:04:13 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): THOMAS BACH, IOC President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): THOMAS BACH, IOC President STORYLINE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched the Olympic AI Agenda in London on Friday, setting out the envisioned impact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can deliver for sport and how the IOC intends to lead on the global implementation of AI within sport. At the launching event held at Lee Valley VeloPark, one of the venues for the 2012 London Olympic Games, IOC president Thomas Bach introduced the Olympic AI Agenda as the first holistic approach by the leader of the Olympic Movement in this field. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): THOMAS BACH, IOC President "This Olympic AI Agenda lays out both opportunities and risks. It is a conceptual, and at the same time, a practical approach. It defines our vision, it defines o

E

Bus guides celebrate coming-of-age

TOKYO, Japan - Women dressed in kimono climb aboard a tour bus in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2012, ahead of the Coming-of-Age Day national holiday on Jan. 9. Hato Bus Co., which offers sightseeing bus services mainly around Tokyo and Yokohama, invited 18 of its tour guides who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 for a celebration because some of them will be unable to attend ceremonies on the national holiday as they will be at work.

E

Bus guides celebrate coming-of-age

TOKYO, Japan - Women pose in front of a tour bus in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2012, ahead of the Coming-of-Age Day national holiday on Jan. 9. Hato Bus Co., which offers sightseeing bus services mainly around Tokyo and Yokohama, invited 18 of its tour guides who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 for a celebration because some of them will be unable to attend ceremonies on the national holiday as they will be at work.

E

Supermarket operator Daiei to close 20 outlets in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Nishimi, president of the supermarket operator Daiei Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 10 about a plan to close 20 outlets, or about 10 percent of the total, by the end of February 2012.

E

Twin polar bear cubs at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs play with their mother "Rara" (R) in a pool at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 20, 2013. It was the first experience of the pool for the cubs that were born in December 2012.

E

Twin polar bear cubs at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs play with their mother "Rara" (C) in a pool at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 20, 2013. It was the first experience of the pool for the cubs that were born in December 2012.

E

N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

E

N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

E

New uniforms for JAL employees

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. unveils Dec. 20, 2012, at Tokyo's Haneda airport new uniforms for its pilots, cabin attendants and other employees to be introduced during the first half of the fiscal year starting April 2013.

E

New uniforms for JAL employees

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. unveils Dec. 20, 2012, at Tokyo's Haneda airport new uniforms for its pilots, cabin attendants and other employees to be introduced during the first half of the fiscal year starting April 2013.

E

Kansai Electric to incur record April-Sept. net loss

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks during a press conference at the utility's head office in Osaka on Sept. 20, 2012. Yagi announced the utility may incur a record group net loss of 125 billion yen for the April-September half year as most of its nuclear reactors remained idle.

E

Protest in Hiroshima against new U.S. nuke test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People stage a sit-in protest in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Sept. 20, 2012. They were protesting against a U.S. experiment from April to June using plutonium to examine the capabilities of nuclear weapons.

E

Boy forced to jump from 2nd floor of school building

SOKA, Japan - Photo on July 20, 2012, shows the site where a 13-year-old boy was forced by classmates in April to jump from the second floor of a junior high school building in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. The municipal education board said that day the boy sustained severe injuries after hitting the concrete ground about three meters below.

E

Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19, 2012, a cattle beast lies starved to death after its owner abandoned it in a barn. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

E

Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, a calf (front) looks almost skeletal because its mother is too weak to breastfeed it. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

E

Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, relaxes at his home after finishing his day's work of tending to pets and livestock. Without electricity, he relies on candles to light his room. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

E

Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012, an ostrich walks by the remains of another that starved to death after they were left abandoned at a breeding facility. In April 2011, the government designated Okuma and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

E

Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 21, 2012, shows dogs that have been abandoned by their owners. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

E

Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, Naoto Matsumura (C) and his friend Kazuo Endo (R) help a pony onto a truck so he can take it home and care for it, doing so at the request of a resident (L) who has returned home temporarily. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

E

Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, gives milk to a weakened calf via a feeding bottle. Behind him are the ostriches and the dog he keeps after their owners abandoned them. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

E

Redevelopment in central Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo on June 20, 2012, shows the Mansudae area in central Pyongyang as North Korea held a ceremony on June 20, 2012, to mark the completion of redevelopment of the area, including the construction of high-rise apartment buildings. The redevelopment was one of North Korea's major projects to mark the centennial of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung on April 15.

E

Redevelopment in central Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a ceremony on June 20, 2012, for completion of redevelopment of the Mansudae area in central Pyongyang including the construction of high-rise apartment buildings. The redevelopment was one of the country's major projects to mark the centennial of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung on April 15.

E

Redevelopment in central Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women applaud during a ceremony on June 20, 2012, to mark the completion of redevelopment of the Mansudae area in central Pyongyang including the construction of high-rise apartment buildings. The redevelopment was one of North Korea's major projects to mark the centennial of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung on April 15.

E

Blind human rights activist Chen's brother

BEIJING, China - Chen Guangfu, 55, the older brother of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, stands on June 8, 2012 next to a wall (R) that the younger Chen clambered over to escape house arrest in the village of Dongshigu, Shandong Province, on April 20, 2012. Afterwards Chen sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and is now studying at New York University after China allowed him to leave for the United States.

E

Blind human rights activist Chen's mother

BEIJING, China - Wang Jinxiang, 78, the mother of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, is interviewed at their home in the village of Dongshigu, Shandong Province, on June 8, 2012. After escaping from house arrest on April 20, 2012, Chen sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and is now studying at New York University after China allowed him to leave for the United States.

E

Blind human rights activist Chen's home in China

BEIJING, China - Chen Guangfu, 55, the older brother of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, stands in front of empty bookshelves at the younger Chen's home in the village of Dongshigu, Shandong Province, on June 8, 2012. The books were confiscated by men who kept Chen under surveillance during his life there under house arrest, his family said. After escaping from house arrest on April 20, 2012, Chen sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and is now studying at New York University after China allowed him to leave for the United States.

E

Wildlife in Bonito, Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photos show piraputanga in a fresh stream in the town of Bonito on April 21, 2012 (top), and piranha from a river in the Pantanal wetlands, on April 20, 2012 (bottom), both in western Brazil.

E

Wildlife in Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photos show birds in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil -- blue-and-yellow macaws on April 20, 2012 (top), and a roseate spoonbill on April 22, 2012 (bottom).

E

Wildlife in Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo taken on April 20, 2012, shows a black-collared hawk catching fish in a river in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil.

E

London Olympics shooting venue

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken on April 20, 2012, shows the shooting venue for the London Olympics in July-August 2012.

E

Nissan to launch Cima luxury hybrid sedan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. shows the Cima luxury hybrid sedan at its head office in Yokohama on April 25, 2012. The automaker said it will launch the Cima in May 2012 following a production hiatus of more than 20 months.

E

Anti-S. Korea rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A mass rally is held in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on April 20, 2012, accusing the South Korean government led by President Lee Myung Bak.

E

Sompo Japan, Nipponkoa presidents

TOKYO, Japan - Kengo Sakurada (L), president of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., and Masaya Futamiya, president of Nipponkoa Insurance Co., shake hands before being jointly interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 10, 2012. The presidents of Sompo Japan and Nipponkoa, which will merge under the umbrella of NKSJ Holdings Inc., said synergy effects from the merger are expected to amount to over 20 billion yen a year on a pretax profit base.

E

U.S. studied babies of A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a room where materials on survivors of U.S. atomic bombings and their babies are kept at Hiroshima University in Hiroshima on April 20, 2012. The United States has returned the materials after research. Internal documents of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, or AFIP show that organ samples and medical records of more than 1,200 babies of Japanese survivors of atomic bombings, born dead or who died shortly after birth, were sent to the United States for radiation research.

E

N. Korea rally denounces S. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a mass rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 20, 2012, to denounce the administration of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak for maintaining a hard-line policy toward Pyongyang and ''slandering'' the North's leadership.

E

N. Korea rally denounces S. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a mass rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 20, 2012, to denounce the administration of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak for maintaining a hard-line policy toward Pyongyang and ''slandering'' the North's leadership.

E

G-20 meeting wraps up

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (R) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a press conference after a two-day meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 leading economies in Washington on April 20, 2012.

E

S. Korea expo

SEOUL, South Korea - The site of Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, an upcoming international exposition in South Korea's Yeosu, is shown to reporters on April 20, 2012.

E

N. Korea rally denounces S. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean soldiers denounce the administration of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak as North Korea held a mass rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 20, 2012. The rally criticized the Lee administration for maintaining a hard-line policy toward Pyongyang and ''slandering'' the North's leadership.

E

Takahashi finishes 1st at World Team Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi of Japan performs in the men's free skate of the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 20, 2012. Takahashi finished first in the men's event, earning 276.72 points, the second-highest total score ever.

E

G-20 trade ministers meet

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Trade ministers from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies wrap up their first meeting on April 20, 2012, in Puerto Vallarta, western Mexico.

E

Takahashi finishes 1st at World Team Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi of Japan performs in the men's free skate of the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 20, 2012. Takahashi finished first in the men's event, earning 276.72 points, the second-highest total score ever.

E

S. Korea expo

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the exterior of the Japan Pavilion as the site of Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, an upcoming international exposition in South Korea's Yeosu, is shown to reporters on April 20, 2012.