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.

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.

Crested ibis on Sado Island

Crested ibis on Sado Island

TOKYO, Japan - A crested ibis flies in the city of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on April 24, 2010.

Hiroshima A-bomb survivor looks at Nagasaki bomber

Hiroshima A-bomb survivor looks at Nagasaki bomber

DAYTON, United States - Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivor Rumi Hanagaki looks at the U.S. bomber Bockscar which dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki in 1945 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, on April 24, 2010. Hanagaki came to the United States ahead of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York.

Matsui gets within 1 hit of 1,000 in MLB

Matsui gets within 1 hit of 1,000 in MLB

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a single to center in the ninth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Angel Stadium in California on April 24, 2010. Matsui belted another hit the same day moving within one hit of 1,000 for his major league career.

Ichiro's laser beam

Ichiro's laser beam

CHICAGO, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki returns the ball to home after fielding a single off the bat by the Chicago White Sox's Mark Teahen in the fifth inning of a game at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on April 24, 2010. The Mariners lost 4-5.

Matsui gets within 1 hit of 1,000 in MLB

Matsui gets within 1 hit of 1,000 in MLB

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui is forced out at second during a game against the New York Yankees at Angel Stadium in California on April 24, 2010. Matsui hit two singles the same day moving within one hit of 1,000 for his major league career.

Matsui gets within 1 hit of 1,000 in MLB

Matsui gets within 1 hit of 1,000 in MLB

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a single to center in the ninth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Angel Stadium in California on April 24, 2010. Matsui belted another hit the same day moving within one hit of 1,000 for his major league career.

Matsui gets within 1 hit of 1,000 in MLB

Matsui gets within 1 hit of 1,000 in MLB

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a single to right in the second inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Angel Stadium in California on April 24, 2010. Matsui belted another hit the same day moving within one hit of 1,000 for his major league career.

Ichiro grounds out

Ichiro grounds out

CHICAGO, United States - Seattle Mariners leading hitter Ichiro Suzuki grounds out in the eighth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on April 24, 2010. The Mariners lost 4-5.

Baseball player Kimura's passing mourned

Baseball player Kimura's passing mourned

TOKYO, Japan - Baseball fans offer prayers in front of flowers dedicated to the memory of Yomiuri Giants coach Takuya Kimura, who died suddenly aged 37 three weeks earlier, near Tokyo Dome on April 24, 2010, prior to a memorial game designated by the club for Kimura.

Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists stroll through a field of pink moss phlox, called shibazakura in Japanese, at Yachonomori Garden in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on April 24, 2010. About 220,000 plants grow in the field of around 40,000 square meters.

Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists stroll through a field of pink moss phlox, called shibazakura in Japanese, at Yachonomori Garden in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on April 24, 2010. About 220,000 plants grow in the field of around 40,000 square meters.

Baseball player Kimura's passing mourned

Baseball player Kimura's passing mourned

TOKYO, Japan - Baseball fans offer prayers in front of flowers dedicated to the memory of Yomiuri Giants coach Takuya Kimura, who died suddenly aged 37 three weeks earlier, near Tokyo Dome on April 24, 2010, prior to a memorial game designated by the club for Kimura.

China's Xinjiang region chief replaced

China's Xinjiang region chief replaced

BEIJING, China - Wang Lequan (in this March 2010 file photo) has been replaced as chief of the Communist Party in China's restive Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. China's official Xinhua News Agency made the announcement April 24, 2010.

China's Xinjiang region chief replaced

China's Xinjiang region chief replaced

BEIJING, China - Wang Lequan (in this March 2010 file photo) has been replaced as chief of the Communist Party in China's restive Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. China's official Xinhua News Agency made the announcement April 24, 2010.

Baseball player Kimura's passing mourned

Baseball player Kimura's passing mourned

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara hugs deceased coach Takuya Kimura's son, Koki, at Tokyo Dome on April 24, 2010. The 10-year-old boy threw the ceremonial first pitch at a memorial game designated by the club for Kimura, who died suddenly aged 37 three weeks earlier.

JAL flies Doraemon jet

JAL flies Doraemon jet

TOKYO, Japan - People take photos near a Japan Airlines plane bearing pictures of main characters of the popular manga series Doraemon at Tokyo's Haneda airport April 24, 2010. The plane took tourists to a 90-minute sightseeing tour over areas including Mt. Fuji.

Japanese crested ibis

Japanese crested ibis

SADO, Japan - A crested ibis, an endangered species with the scientific name Nipponia nippon, flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on April 24, 2010. The bird is one of a pair taking care of eggs that could herald the birth of the country's first wild-born ibis in 36 years.

Rebuilt Nara imperial hall draws tourists

Rebuilt Nara imperial hall draws tourists

NARA, Japan - Tourists admire the rebuilt Daigokuden imperial audience hall in Nara on April 24, 2010, at the venue of a festival to mark the 1,300th anniversary of the western Japan city's establishment as a Japanese capital in 710.

Rebuilt Nara imperial hall draws tourists

Rebuilt Nara imperial hall draws tourists

NARA, Japan - Tourists admire the rebuilt Daigokuden imperial audience hall in Nara on April 24, 2010, at the venue of a festival to mark the 1,300th anniversary of the western Japan city's establishment as a Japanese capital in 710.

Rebuilt Nara imperial hall draws tourists

Rebuilt Nara imperial hall draws tourists

NARA, Japan - Tourists admire the rebuilt Daigokuden imperial audience hall in Nara on April 24, 2010, at the venue of a festival to mark the 1,300th anniversary of the western Japan city's establishment as a Japanese capital in 710.

FY 2010 budget clears Diet

FY 2010 budget clears Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Finance Minister Naoto Kan chat during a House of Councillors plenary session March 24, 2010, before the upper chamber approved a fiscal 2010 budget. The record 92.3 trillion yen budget for the year starting April 1 cleared parliament the same day.

FY 2010 budget clears Diet

FY 2010 budget clears Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) and his Cabinet members bow after the House of Councillors Budget Committee approved a fiscal 2010 budget March 24, 2010. The record 92.3 trillion yen budget for the year starting April 1 cleared the upper house's plenary session the same day, which meant final endorsement by parliament.