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.

Mural featuring "One Piece" characters

Mural featuring "One Piece" characters

Kumamoto Gov. Takashi Kimura (2nd from L), poses for photos with Kumamon, the official black bear mascot of the southwestern Japan prefecture, during a ceremony to unveil a mural featuring characters from the best-selling Japanese manga series "One Piece," at Kumamoto airport on Dec. 2, 2024. The mural was produced as part of a project to help Kumamoto, where the pirate manga's author Eiichiro Oda is from, recover from the April 2016 earthquakes.

Mural featuring "One Piece" characters

Mural featuring "One Piece" characters

Kumamon, the official black bear mascot of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, poses during a ceremony to unveil a mural featuring characters from the best-selling Japanese manga series "One Piece" at Kumamoto airport on Dec. 2, 2024. The mural was produced as part of a project to help Kumamoto, where the pirate manga's author Eiichiro Oda is from, recover from the April 2016 earthquakes.

Russia's Medvedeva wins World Figure Skating Championships

Russia's Medvedeva wins World Figure Skating Championships

BOSTON, April 3 Kyodo - Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva performs during the women's free program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston on April 2, 2016. Medvedeva won the event with 223.86 points.

Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo - Photo taken April 2, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large number of people visiting Ueno Park in Tokyo to view cherry blossoms.

Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo - A large number of people visit Ueno Park in Tokyo to view cherry blossoms on April 2, 2016.