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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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Season for arctic animals arrives

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Visitors look at a polar bear at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 11, 2014, at the start of the zoo's wintertime operation lasting until April 7, 2015.

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N. Korean boys react to goal in U-15 soccer in S. Korea

YEONCHEON, South Korea - North Korea's April 25 Sports Club players rejoice as they score a goal against a South Korean junior high school squad to earn a 3-0 win in an under-15 friendly soccer competition in Yeoncheon, north of Seoul, on Nov. 7, 2014. Six teams from North and South Korea, Uzbekistan and China competed.

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Contrast of cemetery before and after 2011 quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A cemetery damaged by a tsunami-swept train car (above) is photographed on April 7, 2011, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The cemetery was restored later, as shown in the photo below taken on Sept. 10, 2014, with a railway station building under construction in the background.

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Signboards urge S. Africans to vote for ruling ANC

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Passersby walk past signboards in Johannesburg on April 24, 2014, urging voters to cast ballots for the ruling African National Congress in general elections to be held on May 7, 2014. Voting day comes 20 years after South Africans of all races voted in the nation's first democratic election which brought the ANC to power and made Nelson Mandela the country's first black president. The nation is still smarting from a big gap between the rich and the poor and widespread graft.

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Antinuclear candidate Udayakumar in India

KUDANKULAM, India - SP Udayakumar (R), an antinuclear activist running in the general election from the Aam Aadmi Party, talks with supporters in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, in March 2014. Voting in the nationwide election started on April 7, 2014 and will end on May 12.

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Pistorius looks exhausted during murder trial

PRETORIA, South Africa - South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius rubs his eye during his murder trial at the high court in Pretoria on April 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea warn North of sanctions for nuke test

WASHINGTON, United States - Hwang Joon Kook, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, speaks to reporters after meeting his Japanese and U.S. counterparts at the U.S. State Department in Washington on April 7, 2014. Hwang said the three sides made it clear they would make North Korea "pay the corresponding cost if it pushes ahead with a nuclear test."

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea meet in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Junichi Ihara, the director general for Asian and Oceanian affairs at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on April 7, 2014, after a meeting with Glyn Davies, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Hwang Joon Kook, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs. The three countries restated their commitment to peacefully removing nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula and pledged to continue working tightly with each other and with their allies and partners in the international community to focus international attention on the human rights situation in North Korea, according to the U.S. State Department.

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Pope Francis

TOKYO, Japan - This is an undated portrait of Pope Francis. The Vatican announced on April 7, 2014, that the pope had opted for a reform plan for the Institute for the Works of Religion, known as the Vatican bank, instead of closing down the scandal-hit institution after months of investigation and consultation.

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Milan's Honda celebrates his goal with Kaka

GENOA, Italy - Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda (C) of AC Milan is congratulated by teammate Kaka (R) after scoring his first goal in a Serie A match during the second half of a game against Genoa in Genoa, Italy, on April 7, 2014. Milan won 2-1.

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Honda scores winner in Milan victory vs Genoa

GENOA, Italy - Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda of AC Milan scores during the second half of a match against Genoa in Genoa, Italy, on April 7, 2014. It was his first goal in a Serie A match. Milan won 2-1.

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Honda scores in Milan victory vs Genoa

GENOA, Italy -Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda chips the ball over Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin to score his first goal in a Serie A match during the second half of a game against Genoa in Genoa, Italy, on April 7, 2014. Milan won 2-1.

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Honda acknowledges fans after Milan victory against Genoa

GENOA, Italy - Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda (C) of AC Milan acknowledges supporters after Milan's 2-1 victory against Serie A rival Genoa on April 7, 2014, in Genoa, Italy. Honda scored his first goal in a Serie A match.

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Ex-JFE Holdings chief Sudo to become TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Sudo, former president of steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc., answers reporters' questions after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. Sudo will become chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 1, replacing Kazuhiko Shimokobe.