Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Sightings Across The World 7

Comet C/2023A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), a comet visible only once every 80,000 years has been spotted streaking across skies around the world.

Belgium: Protesting Farmers Arrive At EU Capital Brussels With Tractors 3

Hundreds of farmers arrived at the EU Capital Brussels with tractors on Monday morning, February 26, ahead of the EU agriculture ministers’ meeting. Chaotic scene erupted as police deployed water cannons to deter demonstrators away from EU institutions and rowdy protesters setting fires, dumping manure, and driving their trucks onto roadblocks.

'Giant' robotic statue on display at Osaka city hall

'Giant' robotic statue on display at Osaka city hall

OSAKA, Japan - A visitor admires a 7.2-meter robotic statue put on display at the entrance lobby of the Osaka city hall as part of a 52-day ''Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009'' event starting Aug. 22 in the western Japan city. Produced by 43-year-old artist Kenji Yanobe and named ''Giant Tora-yan,'' the baby-faced statue, whose body shape resembles a person wearing a radiation protection suit, is equipped with a gadget that enables it to spew fire as its ''ultimate weapon,'' though using it in the sprinkler-installed city hall is forbidden.

Japan's Kuroki defends WBC women's minimumweight crown

Japan's Kuroki defends WBC women's minimumweight crown

Japan's Yuko Kuroki (R) and compatriot Masae Akitaya exchange punches in the first round of their WBC women's minimumweight title match at Aqua Bunka Hall in Osaka on May 9, 2015. The 24-year-old Kuroki won the second defense of her title in a unanimous decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Kuroki defends WBC women's minimumweight crown

Japan's Kuroki defends WBC women's minimumweight crown

Japan's Yuko Kuroki (R) delivers a punch to compatriot Masae Akitaya in the fourth round of their WBC women's minimumweight title match at Aqua Bunka Hall in Osaka on May 9, 2015. The 24-year-old Kuroki won the second defense of her title in a unanimous decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Kuroki defends WBC women's minimumweight crown

Japan's Kuroki defends WBC women's minimumweight crown

Japan's Yuko Kuroki wearing her champion belt poses for a photo after beating compatriot Masae Akitaya in the WBC women's minimumweight title match at Aqua Bunka Hall in Osaka on May 9, 2015. The 24-year-old Kuroki won the second defense of her title in a unanimous decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Aerial photography. To Aquapolis Okinawa

Aqua-polis, the main symbol of the Okinawa International Marine Exposition, was completed at the Hiroshima Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), and a naming ceremony was held at Aqua-polis' Aqua Hall on April 17 with about 200 people in attendance. Equipped with seawater desalination and sewage treatment equipment, it will become a symbol of the Ocean Expo as a model for the future. 　 Aerial shot of the completed Aquapolis, naming ceremony with invited guests, model of Aquapolis, sailing from Hiroshima to Okinawa, date of shooting unknown, release date: April 25, 1975.

'Giant' robotic statue on display at Osaka city hall

'Giant' robotic statue on display at Osaka city hall

OSAKA, Japan - A visitor admires a 7.2-meter robotic statue put on display at the entrance lobby of the Osaka city hall as part of a 52-day ''Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009'' event starting Aug. 22 in the western Japan city. Produced by 43-year-old artist Kenji Yanobe and named ''Giant Tora-yan,'' the baby-faced statue, whose body shape resembles a person wearing a radiation protection suit, is equipped with a gadget that enables it to spew fire as its ''ultimate weapon,'' though using it in the sprinkler-installed city hall is forbidden. (Kyodo)