World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Visitors pack the site of the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2025, amid Japan's "bon" summer holiday season. The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition said the total number of visitors since its opening in April surpassed 15 million on Aug. 21.

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Visitors pack the site of the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2025, amid Japan's "bon" summer holiday season. The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition said the total number of visitors since its opening in April surpassed 15 million on Aug. 21.

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Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists Visit Tulip Fields - Netherlands

Tourists visit tulip fields during the May holiday Tulip Experience Amsterdam during spring, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. Tulips in bloom. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Children in Ukrainian national clothes play with eggs in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Easter bread loaves baked in remembrance of the fighters for Ukraines independence rest on towels in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Girls in Ukrainian national clothes play with eggs in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Women in Ukrainian national clothes hold hands outside Saint Sophia Cathedral at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

A girl in a Ukrainian national costume steps on the hands of people as part of a folk game in the garden of the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Children in Ukrainian national clothes dance in a circle in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Children in Ukrainian national clothes dance in a circle in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Children in Ukrainian national clothes play with eggs in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

A girl in a Ukrainian folk costume sits on the lawn under a tree in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

People hold each others wrists as part of a folk game in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Women in Ukrainian national clothes hold hands outside Saint Sophia Cathedral at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Easter bread loaves baked in remembrance of the fighters for Ukraines independence rest on towels in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

People queue to get inside the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025.(Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Children in Ukrainian national clothes dance in a circle in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

A girl in a Ukrainian national costume steps on the hands of people as part of a folk game in the garden of the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Girls in Ukrainian national clothes play with eggs in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Children in Ukrainian national clothes dance in a circle in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A woman shows handmade gerdans (Ukrainian necklaces made of seed beads) during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A man plays the kobza during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A woman shows handmade gerdans (Ukrainian necklaces made of seed beads) during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A woman shows a handmade gerdan (a Ukrainian necklace made of seed beads) during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A woman shows handmade gerdans (Ukrainian necklaces made of seed beads) during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A man looks at traditional motanka dolls during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A woman in a traditional Ukrainian costume stands by the stall with handmade necklaces during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Motanka dolls are on sale during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A woman stands by the stall with traditional motanka dolls during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A woman sells jewellery during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

People dressed in traditional Ukrainian clothes pose for a photo during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Third underground school opened in Kharkiv

Third underground school opened in Kharkiv

A student sits at the screen displaying the Ukrainian word for Easter during the opening of the third underground school in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 21, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

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 18, 2014. 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

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

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

Easter in Aleppo - Syria

Easter in Aleppo - Syria

An armed security staff of the new Syrian government stands guard as Syrian Christians celebrate Easter for the first time after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Aleppo, Syria, on April 20, 2025. Easter is a major Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, which is believed to have occurred on the third day after his crucifixion. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Easter in Aleppo - Syria

Easter in Aleppo - Syria

Syrian Christians celebrate Easter for the first time after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Aleppo, Syria, on April 20, 2025. Easter is a major Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, which is believed to have occurred on the third day after his crucifixion. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Easter in Aleppo - Syria

Easter in Aleppo - Syria

Syrian Christians celebrate Easter for the first time after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Aleppo, Syria, on April 20, 2025. Easter is a major Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, which is believed to have occurred on the third day after his crucifixion. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM