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China: Zoo Monkey Gifts Apple Slices to Woman After She Strokes its Hand

On March 7, 2026, at a zoo in Inner Mongolia, northern China, a video captured a woman holding and gently stroking a monkey's hand through a hole in a glass barrier. The monkey appeared relaxed and seemed to enjoy the contact, before suddenly turning and running away. A short while later, it returned carrying two pieces of apple and passed them through the hole to the woman, who appeared delighted by the unexpected gesture.

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-25TH GPHG-CHINA-WATCH BRAND

A man views a watch at the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 13, 2025. Chinese independent watch brand Fam al Hut on Thursday won the Audacity Prize at the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG), widely regarded as the "Oscars of the watch industry." This is the second time a Chinese brand has claimed a GPHG award. In 2021, China's CIGA Design won the Challenge Watch Prize for its original model, "the Blue Planet." Photo by Lian Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-25TH GPHG-CHINA-WATCH BRAND

People visit the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 13, 2025. Chinese independent watch brand Fam al Hut on Thursday won the Audacity Prize at the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG), widely regarded as the "Oscars of the watch industry." This is the second time a Chinese brand has claimed a GPHG award. In 2021, China's CIGA Design won the Challenge Watch Prize for its original model, "the Blue Planet." Photo by Lian Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-25TH GPHG-CHINA-WATCH BRAND

People visit the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 13, 2025. Chinese independent watch brand Fam al Hut on Thursday won the Audacity Prize at the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG), widely regarded as the "Oscars of the watch industry." This is the second time a Chinese brand has claimed a GPHG award. In 2021, China's CIGA Design won the Challenge Watch Prize for its original model, "the Blue Planet." Photo by Lian Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-25TH GPHG-CHINA-WATCH BRAND

A woman views a watch at the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 13, 2025. Chinese independent watch brand Fam al Hut on Thursday won the Audacity Prize at the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG), widely regarded as the "Oscars of the watch industry." This is the second time a Chinese brand has claimed a GPHG award. In 2021, China's CIGA Design won the Challenge Watch Prize for its original model, "the Blue Planet." Photo by Lian Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-25TH GPHG-CHINA-WATCH BRAND

Dai Xinyan (C, L), founder of Fam al Hut, speaks at the awarding ceremony of the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 13, 2025. Chinese independent watch brand Fam al Hut on Thursday won the Audacity Prize at the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG), widely regarded as the "Oscars of the watch industry." This is the second time a Chinese brand has claimed a GPHG award. In 2021, China's CIGA Design won the Challenge Watch Prize for its original model, "the Blue Planet." Photo by Lian Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-25TH GPHG-CHINA-WATCH BRAND

Dai Xinyan (C, rear), founder of Fam al Hut, attends the awarding ceremony of the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 13, 2025. Chinese independent watch brand Fam al Hut on Thursday won the Audacity Prize at the 25th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG), widely regarded as the "Oscars of the watch industry." This is the second time a Chinese brand has claimed a GPHG award. In 2021, China's CIGA Design won the Challenge Watch Prize for its original model, "the Blue Planet." Photo by Lian Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan crown prince at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito addresses the award ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025.

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Japan crown prince at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (R) and Crown Princess Kiko attend the award ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025.

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Japan Crown Prince at Blue Planet Prize ceremony

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from L) attend an award ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Prince at Blue Planet Prize ceremony

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito speaks at an award ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024.

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UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

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UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession 2

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (front, second from L) and Crown Princess Kiko (front, 3rd from R) attend a party after a ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (L) and Crown Princess Kiko attend a party after a ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Scientist won Blue Planet Prize for climate change projections

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken June 21, 2013 in Yokohama shows Taro Matsuno, a senior researcher at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, who was selected as one of two recipients of the year's Blue Planet Prize, an award presented to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to the solution of global environmental problems.

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2 U.S. scholars named winners of Japanese environment award

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Joseph Sax (R), professor emeritus at the University of California in Berkeley and a prominent environmental legal scholar, and Amory Lovins, chairman and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, an organization that mainly studies the efficient use of energy, who were named on June 21 by the Asahi Glass Foundation as the recipients of the 2007 Blue Planet Prize for their contributions to environmental conservation.

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Prince Akishino attends Blue Planet Prize award-ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino (2nd from R) and his wife Princess Kiko (R) attend an award-ceremony of the Blue Planet Prize, the international environmental award sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation, in Tokyo on Nov. 15. (Pool photo)

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Prince Akishino attends Blue Planet Prize award-ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino speaks during an award-ceremony of the Blue Planet Prize, the international environmental award sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation, in Tokyo on Nov. 15.

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Ex-Norwegian premier Brundtland wins environment award

TOKYO, Japasn - Norway's former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland (in file photo) is one of the two recipients of the 2004 Blue Planet Prize for their contributions to the search for solutions to global environmental problems, the Asahi Glass Foundation said June 23.

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Blue Planet Prize

Bhutan's Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck addresses a ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Blue Planet Prize

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from L) attend a ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Blue Planet Prize

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito addresses a ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2022. (Pool photo)

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2 U.S. scholars named winners of Japanese environment award

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Joseph Sax (R), professor emeritus at the University of California in Berkeley and a prominent environmental legal scholar, and Amory Lovins, chairman and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, an organization that mainly studies the efficient use of energy, who were named on June 21 by the Asahi Glass Foundation as the recipients of the 2007 Blue Planet Prize for their contributions to environmental conservation. (Kyodo)

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Prince Akishino attends Blue Planet Prize award-ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino (2nd from R) and his wife Princess Kiko (R) attend an award-ceremony of the Blue Planet Prize, the international environmental award sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation, in Tokyo on Nov. 15. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Prince Akishino attends Blue Planet Prize award-ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino speaks during an award-ceremony of the Blue Planet Prize, the international environmental award sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation, in Tokyo on Nov. 15. (Kyodo)

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U.S. scientist Solomon wins environment award

TOKYO, Japan - Susan Solomon (in file photo), a senior scientist of the Aeronomy Laboratory of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is one of the two recipients of the 2004 Blue Planet Prize for their contributions to the search for solutions to global environmental problems, the Asahi Glass Foundation said June 23. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Norwegian premier Brundtland wins environment award

TOKYO, Japasn - Norway's former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland (in file photo) is one of the two recipients of the 2004 Blue Planet Prize for their contributions to the search for solutions to global environmental problems, the Asahi Glass Foundation said June 23. (Kyodo)