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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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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.

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis leads the Way of the Cross (Via Crucis) on Good Friday in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy on April 3, 2015. The traditional Catholic procession on Good Friday recalls the crucifixion of Jesus Christ ahead of Sunday's Easter holiday. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Multicolor rapeseed flowers bred in China's Jiangxi

STORY: Multicolor rapeseed flowers bred in China's Jiangxi SHOOTING TIME: March 29, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rapeseed flower field 2. various of Fu Donghui and his team 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU DONGHUI, Professor, Jiangxi Agricultural University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FU DONGHUI, Professor, Jiangxi Agricultural University 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): FU MEIKAI, Villager, Manhu Village, Ganjiang New District STORYLINE: A professor of China's Jiangxi Agricultural University has dedicated himself to the cultivation of multicolor rapeseed flowers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU DONGHUI, Professor, Jiangxi Agricultural University "We started to select and breed colored rapeseed flowers in 2015. At that time, people had high expectations about weekend travel and sightseeing. We saw this as a great social demand, so we began to select and breed colored rapeseed flowers." Over the past nine years, from the ini

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CHINA-CHONGQING-SINGAPORE-COOPERATION (CN)

(231012) -- BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A freight train waits for departure in the Jiangjin District of southwest China's Chongqing, April 3, 2023. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity was launched in 2015. It is the third such cooperation initiative between China and Singapore. Through the cooperation project, exchanges between Chongqing and Singapore in the business, leisure tourism and culture sectors have been deepened in recent years. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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The Village Of Missing Toddler May Be Cursed After Earlier Tragedies

File photo dated April 3, 2015 - Operations continue as rescuers search the Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crash site for the second black box and remaining bodies, near Seyne-les-Alpes, southeastern France on April 3, 2015. The Germanwings Airbus A320 aircraft crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015, carrying around 150 passengers and crew on board. - Residents of the French countryside hamlet of Haut Vernet where two-year-old boy Emile went missing on Saturday today referring to their home as a cursed 'village of the damned' because of its links with disaster. In March 2015, Vernet was cordoned off following a horrific air crash in which 150 people died, including two babies. Germanwings Airbus A320 was deliberately brought down by co-pilot Andres Lubitz, who had previously been treated for suicidal tendencies. In 2008, local cafe manager Jeannette Grosos, who ran the Café du Moulin, was brutally killed by a customer. Handout Photo by Yves Malenfer/DICOM/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Village Of Missing Toddler May Be Cursed After Earlier Tragedies

File photo dated April 3, 2015 - Operations continue as rescuers search the Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crash site for the second black box and remaining bodies, near Seyne-les-Alpes, southeastern France on April 3, 2015. The Germanwings Airbus A320 aircraft crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015, carrying around 150 passengers and crew on board. - Residents of the French countryside hamlet of Haut Vernet where two-year-old boy Emile went missing on Saturday today referring to their home as a cursed 'village of the damned' because of its links with disaster. In March 2015, Vernet was cordoned off following a horrific air crash in which 150 people died, including two babies. Germanwings Airbus A320 was deliberately brought down by co-pilot Andres Lubitz, who had previously been treated for suicidal tendencies. In 2008, local cafe manager Jeannette Grosos, who ran the Café du Moulin, was brutally killed by a customer. Handout Photo by Yves Malenfer/DICOM/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Village Of Missing Toddler May Be Cursed After Earlier Tragedies

File photo dated April 3, 2015 - Operations continue as rescuers search the Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crash site for the second black box and remaining bodies, near Seyne-les-Alpes, southeastern France on April 3, 2015. The Germanwings Airbus A320 aircraft crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015, carrying around 150 passengers and crew on board. - Residents of the French countryside hamlet of Haut Vernet where two-year-old boy Emile went missing on Saturday today referring to their home as a cursed 'village of the damned' because of its links with disaster. In March 2015, Vernet was cordoned off following a horrific air crash in which 150 people died, including two babies. Germanwings Airbus A320 was deliberately brought down by co-pilot Andres Lubitz, who had previously been treated for suicidal tendencies. In 2008, local cafe manager Jeannette Grosos, who ran the Café du Moulin, was brutally killed by a customer. Handout Photo by Yves Malenfer/DICOM/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Village Of Missing Toddler May Be Cursed After Earlier Tragedies

File photo dated April 3, 2015 - Operations continue as rescuers search the Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crash site for the second black box and remaining bodies, near Seyne-les-Alpes, southeastern France on April 3, 2015. The Germanwings Airbus A320 aircraft crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015, carrying around 150 passengers and crew on board. - Residents of the French countryside hamlet of Haut Vernet where two-year-old boy Emile went missing on Saturday today referring to their home as a cursed 'village of the damned' because of its links with disaster. In March 2015, Vernet was cordoned off following a horrific air crash in which 150 people died, including two babies. Germanwings Airbus A320 was deliberately brought down by co-pilot Andres Lubitz, who had previously been treated for suicidal tendencies. In 2008, local cafe manager Jeannette Grosos, who ran the Café du Moulin, was brutally killed by a customer. Handout Photo by Yves Malenfer/DICOM/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Namibia holds annual cultural festival

STORY: Namibia holds annual cultural festival DATELINE: April 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of cultural festival activities 2. SOUNDBITE (English): LYDIA AMUTENYA, City of Windhoek spokesperson 3. various of cultural festival activities STORYLINE: Namibia celebrated on Friday and Saturday the annual /Ae//Gams Arts and Cultural Festival in its capital of Windhoek. The two-day event held under the theme "The place that we live in" aimed to showcase cultural heritage and promote diversity. Boasting cultural splendor, the festival featured traditional games, exhibitions, performances, traditional attire, theatre, fashion show and local and international cuisine. SOUNDBITE (English): LYDIA AMUTENYA, City of Windhoek spokesperson "We are celebrating the Windhoek /Ae//Gams Arts and Cultural Festival. It is a festival that the city of Windhoek started in 2001. In 2015, we took a well-deserved break for us to review our concept of the festival and we are bac

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India jumps 6 places in World Bank's Logistics Performance Index

STORY: India jumps 6 places in World Bank's Logistics Performance Index DATELINE: April 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India Gate 2. various of export containers 3. various of port STORYLINE: India has improved in the logistics ranking, jumping six places to rank 38 out of 139 countries, as per the World Bank's seventh edition of Logistics Performance Index (LPI 2023) released recently. The country's Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday said that India has been taking numerous initiatives since 2015 to improve its logistics efficiency. The Indian government invested in trade-related soft and hard infrastructure connecting port gateways on both coasts to the economic zones in the hinterland, with technology acting as a critical component of this effort, said the ministry in a statement. The LPI is an interactive benchmarking tool created to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in their performance on

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Tanzanian youth innovates solution digitizing education system

STORY: Tanzanian youth innovates solution digitizing education system DATELINE: April 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:04 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST 1. SOUNDBITE (English): DEOGRATIUS MOSHA, Co-founder, Mainstream Media Limited 2. various of Deogratius Mosha working 3. various of students studying STORYLINE: Deogratius Mosha is the co-founder of Mainstream Media Limited, a Tanzanian company founded in 2015 dealing with digital innovations and software development. At the age of 35, Mosha has already broken the glass ceiling by innovating Smart University Initiative, or SmartUni, a solution digitizing the education system at the university level. Mosha said the solution aims at reducing the use of paper and print handouts for both students and lecturers. SOUNDBITE (English): DEOGRATIUS MOSHA, Co-founder, Mainstream Media Limited "We did our research and we discovered that most of the students at the college substitute the cost of getting the studying materials with the cost o

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BRI helps Pakistani young man pursue dream in China

STORY: BRI helps Pakistani young man pursue dream in China DATELINE: April 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kamran Malik, Pakistani postdoctoral researcher at Lanzhou University 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KAMRAN MALIK, Pakistani postdoctoral researcher at Lanzhou University 3. various of Kamran Malik, Pakistani postdoctoral researcher at Lanzhou University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KAMRAN MALIK, Pakistani postdoctoral researcher at Lanzhou University STORYLINE: A Pakistani postdoctoral researcher living in China's Lanzhou has expressed gratitude for the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), saying he had landed academic opportunities in China because of the BRI. Kamran Malik is a postdoctoral researcher at Lanzhou University. He applied for the Belt and Road scholarship at Lanzhou University in 2015, and completed his Ph.D. in microbiology in 2020. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KAMRAN MALIK, Pakistani postdoctoral researcher at Lanzh

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Ex-Japan PM Murayama to attend China's WWII event

TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, shown in this undated photo, is planning to attend a ceremony that China will hold in September 2015 marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Murayama told Kyodo News on April 3, 2015.

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Mt. Sakurajima eruption

KAGOSHIMA, Japan, April 3 Kyodo - Mt. Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, continues to fume in the evening of March 29, 2015, following increased volcanic activity since January. The photo was taken from a roadside station in the city of Tarumizu, a popular rest area among photographers in search of fantastic scenery.

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Chunichi Dragons mascot pitches terrace seats at Nagoya Dome

NAGOYA, April 3 Kyodo - Doala, mascot of the Japanese professional baseball team Chunichi Dragons, pitches the four-person Doala Terrace Seats at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, central Japan, on March 31, 2015. Four sets of the Doala seats are available.

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Narita airport to open terminal for LCCs in April

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2014 shows Terminal 3 of Narita airport near Tokyo, under construction to open as an exclusive facility for low-cost carriers on April 8, 2015. It will consist of a three-story building and a two-story satellite and have a total floor area of 66,000 square meters.

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Narita airport to open terminal for LCCs in April

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2014 shows Terminal 3 of Narita airport near Tokyo, under construction to open as an exclusive facility for low-cost carriers on April 8, 2015. It will consist of a three-story building and a two-story satellite and have a total floor area of 66,000 square meters.

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Amari vows to cut Japan's corporate tax rate below 30% within 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 3, 2014. He pledged to cut Japan's 35 percent effective corporate tax rate to below 30 percent within five years from the next fiscal year starting April 2015.

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Vladivostok, Tottori univs. agree on student exchanges

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Valentin Shumatov (L), president of Pacific State Medical University in Vladivostok, the Russian Far East, and Yasuaki Kawai, vice dean of Tottori University's Faculty of Medicine in Tottori Prefecture, pose for photos after signing a memorandum of understanding on June 3, 2014, as they reached a basic accord on the start of student exchanges starting in April 2015.

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New oil, gas field discovered in Egypt's Western Desert

STORY: New oil, gas field discovered in Egypt's Western Desert DATELINE: April 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the giant Zohr gas field and staff working 2. various of the cabinet's logo 3. various of a signing ceremony between Egypt and Eni on Wednesday STORYLINE: Italian company Eni on Thursday announced a new oil and gas discovery at its Merleha concession in Egypt's Western Desert. In a statement, ENI said the new discovery has already been tied into production, in line with the infrastructure-led exploration strategy, allowing to maximize exploration opportunities of the existing infrastructures nearby. On Wednesday, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and Eni signed in Cairo a framework agreement that will maximize gas production and liquefied natural gas exports. The agreement aims to promote Egyptian gas export to Europe in the context of the transition to a low carbon economy. In 2015, the Italian energy giant discovered the giant

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Rare plant species blossoms in NW China after "disappearing" for over a hundred years

STORY: Rare plant species blossoms in NW China after "disappearing" for over a hundred years DATELINE: April 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of students and teachers observing the Primula filchnerae 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHU SHA, Teacher of Yuandong Experimental Primary School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG YING, Senior researcher of Shaanxi Xi'an Botanical Garden 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG YING, Senior researcher of Shaanxi Xi'an Botanical Garden STORYLINE: Primula filchnerae is considered as one of the most endangered species from northwest China's Shaanxi Province. For over a hundred years, it had been believed to be extinct in the wild. After its rediscovery in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi in 2015, the species has been preserved thanks to the rescue work made by botanists. In autumn 2021, researchers planted Primula filchnerae in an elementary school in Xi'an to help the students further understand the characteristics of the spe

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Preserving Rwanda's culture through fashion design

STORY: Preserving Rwanda's culture through fashion design DATELINE: April 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Moshions fashion house 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MOSES TURAHIRWA, Founder of Moshions 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BELYSE BUGINGO, Store manager of Moshions STORYLINE: Founded in 2015, Moshions is a Kigali-based "Made in Africa" fashion brand. Inspired by his own cultural roots, 30-year-old Moses Turahirwa founded the brand to pay homage to the visual storytelling tradition across the African continent. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MOSES TURAHIRWA, Founder of Moshions "I started realizing the characteristics of my culture, my roots, my heritage, and finding around these expressions and ways of interpreting the cultural roots into something modern, using my talent, and using my creativity. What is unique, I think is the interpretation and also the discovery, because I think every artist, not only fashion designers, but every artist, they try to express themse

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Hidden Buddha statue at temple in central Japan opens to public

People visit Zenko-ji temple in Nagano, central Japan, on April 3, 2022, as the temple opens its hidden Buddha statue to the public in a rare event last held in 2015.

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Eduardo scores in Kashiwa's 3-2 win over Jeonbuk in ACL game

Defender Eduardo (far L) of Japan's Kashiwa Reysol scores the opening goal with a header in the first half of an Asian Champions League match against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in Kashiwa outside Tokyo on April 22, 2015. The home side won 3-2 to secure a berth in the final round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Feroukhi meets with Hiroshima mayor

Taous Feroukhi (L), an Algerian ambassador who will chair the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference, meets with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at the Hiroshima city hall on April 3, 2015. Feroukhi plans to visit Nagasaki, another A-bombed city, April 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New terminal for LCC at Narita airport

Terminal 3 (front L) at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, to be used exclusively for low-cost carriers from April 2015 is seen on Jan. 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inside of Narita airport Terminal 3

The inside of Terminal 3 at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, is seen on Jan. 16, 2015, showing uncovered pipes and no open ceiling space to cut construction costs and maximize air-conditioning efficiency. The terminal will be used exclusively for low-cost carriers from April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial view of Terminal 3 at Narita airport

Photo taken Jan. 20, 2015, shows Terminal 3 at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The terminal will be used exclusively for low-cost carriers from April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic India sets sales target of $3 bil. by 2018

Manish Sharma, president and chief executive officer of Panasonic India and South Asia, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in New Delhi on April 4, 2016. Sharma, who also serves as an executive officer of Panasonic Corp., said his company will target $3 billion in sales by 2018, two and half times the level in fiscal 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Lydia Ko wins 2nd straight major title

Top-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand holds the trophy after winning the ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 3, 2016. Ko captured her second straight major title, having won the Evian Championship in France in September 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kuroda shuts out Giants in Hiroshima

Former New York Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda throws a four-hit shutout in a 3-0 win over the Yomiuri Giants at Mazda Stadium on April 2, 2016, his first complete-game shutout since his return to Japan in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation plan compiled for residents around Takahama nuclear plant

The Cabinet Office and three western Japan prefectures finalize an evacuation plan in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015, for residents within 30 kilometers of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s idled Takahama nuclear plant. The Nos. 3 and 4 reactors of the plant in Fukui Prefecture have cleared new safety regulations set after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and are poised to restart operations, but a court injunction in April has banned Kansai Electric from bringing them back online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nadeshiko Japan icon Sawa retires

File photo shows Homare Sawa standing next to a banner celebrating her 150th career goal in INAC Kobe Leonessa's 3-1 win away over AS Elfen Saitama in the Japanese Nadeshiko League on April 26, 2015. Sawa announced her retirement from soccer on Dec. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill simulating maritime terror attack conducted in western Japan

Coast guard personnel take part in a drill simulating a maritime terror attack at Hiroshima port in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Dec. 3, 2015, prior to a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers to be held in the city in April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill simulating maritime terror attack conducted in western Japan

Policemen take part in a drill simulating a maritime terror attack at Hiroshima port in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Dec. 3, 2015, prior to a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers to be held in the city in April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Smartwatch sales competition intensifying

Photo taken Sept. 3, 2015, shows the new lineup of Sony Corp.'s smartwatch wearable devices. The Wena Wrist is to be displayed at IFA 2015, the world's largest home electronics showcase in Berlin from Sept. 4. Global sales competition in wearable devices has intensified since Apple Inc. launched the Apple Watch in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Smartwatch sales competition intensifying

Photo taken Sept. 3, 2015 in Berlin shows Samsung Electronics Co.'s new smartwatch wearable device, the Gear S2, to be displayed at IFA 2015, the world's largest home electronics showcase, in the German capital from Sept. 4. Global sales competition in wearable devices has intensified since Apple Inc. launched the Apple Watch in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Venue of Japan-Russia culture festival set for September in Siberia

Photo taken on April 29, 2015, shows the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude in Russia's Eastern Siberia. The Russia-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship is to be held on Sept. 3 at the theater, built by Japanese soldiers detained by the Soviet Union after World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese dancer performs at Buryat Theater in Eastern Siberia

Morihiro Iwata, a Japanese ballet dancer and former soloist of the Russian Bolshoi Theater Ballet, performs at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude in Russia's Eastern Siberia on April 29, 2015. Iwata has planned and is to organize the Russo-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship, which will be held at the theater on Sept. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3-D virtual display lets viewers experience A-bomb devastation in Nagasaki

Two visitors watch a panoramic view of the devastation in Nagasaki immediately after the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city displayed by a prototype 3-D imaging display system on April 2, 2015, at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims. The system is being developed by Nagasaki University professor Takashi Fujiki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3-D printing technology produces ceramics

Photo taken on April 21, 2015, shows a range of ceramics produced by a 3-D printer at the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The laboratory has been researching and developing ceramic ware production using a 3-D printer since 2013 and is aiming to put it to practical use by the end of March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3-D printing technology produces ceramics

Photo taken in April 2015 shows a 3-D printer successfully used to make ceramics at the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The laboratory has been researching and developing ceramic ware production using a 3-D printer since 2013 and is aiming to put it to practical use by the end of March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't urged to promote elderly people's emigration to regions

Soichiro Suzuki (R), a 72-year-old resident of a community house in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, talks with fellow occupants running a store in the facility on June 3, 2015. Suzuki, who moved to the central Japan city in April from Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, says he is satisfied with his new life. The Japan Policy Council, a private-sector research body, has suggested that the government promote elderly people's emigration to provincial areas from the Tokyo region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka earns 3rd win in comeback

New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka throws against Kyle Seager of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning in a game at Safeco Field on June 3, 2015, his first outing in the major leagues since he was sidelined in April with right wrist tendinitis and forearm strain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka earns 3rd win in comeback

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka shouts after completing the second inning in a 3-1 win over the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on June 3, 2015, his first start in the major leagues since he was sidelined in April with right wrist tendinitis and forearm strain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka preparing for 1st start since late April

Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees throws a bullpen session, with pitching coach Larry Rothschild looking on, in Oakland, California, on May 31, 2015. Tanaka will return from the disabled list and pitch against the Seattle Mariners on June 3, his first start since April 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Souvenir shops begin to reopen in quake-hit Kathmandu

Souvenir shops begin operating again in Kathmandu's crowded Thamel area, the "citadel" for backpackers trekking in the Himalaya Mountains, on May 3, 2015, a little more than a week after a devastating earthquake hit Nepal on April 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Some souvenir shops reopen in quake-hit Kathmandu

Some souvenir shops reopen in Durbar Square, Kathmandu, on May 3, 2015, a little more than a week after a devastating earthquake hit Nepal on April 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gurkha soldier distributes water to quake victim in Kathmandu

A Gurkha soldier distributes purified drinking water to a girl affected by the devastating earthquake in Kathmandu on May 3, 2015. An engineering brigade of 25 Gurkha soldiers from ethnic minorities arrived in Kathmandu on April 30 for relief activities expected to last several months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo