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China: Specialist Tackles Swarm of Asian Giant Hornets

This video, shot in Yunnan on August 18, shows a lone specialist dressed in a head-to-toe protective suit approaching an enormous hornet nest crawling with aggressive Asian giant hornets. Carefully navigating the buzzing swarm, he methodically dismantled parts of the nest to reach the honeycomb inside.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240602) -- BEIJING, June 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A businessman shows a souvenir table tennis ball set made for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Zongzhi)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240602) -- BEIJING, June 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A businessman shows a souvenir table tennis ball set made for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Employees work at a tailoring workshop in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 31, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A businessman shows licensed silicone wristbands for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A businessman introduces football products to customers from Egypt in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A businessman shows licensed silicone wristbands for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A businessman shows a souvenir table tennis ball set made for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A businessman shows licensed silicone wristbands for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A businessman shows licensed silicone wristbands for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A businessman introduces football products to customers from Egypt in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Employees work at a tailoring workshop in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 31, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES (CN)

(240601) -- YIWU, June 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A businessman shows a souvenir table tennis ball set made for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2024. Yiwu, a world-famous small commodities manufacturing hub, is buzzing with production orders with the approach of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. D-backs

Pest control company employee Matt Hilton (L) arrives at Chase Field to remove a buzzing bee colony that formed on the top of the protective netting behind home plate at the ballpark, delaying the first pitch of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks for about two hours on April 30, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. D-backs

Pest control company employee Matt Hilton (L) in his beekeeper suit waves to the crowd before throwing the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 30, 2024. He received a standing ovation for removing a buzzing bee colony on the top of the protective netting behind home plate at the ballpark that delayed the game's first pitch for about two hours.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. D-backs

Pest control company employee Matt Hilton throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 30, 2024. He received a standing ovation for removing a buzzing bee colony on the top of the protective netting behind home plate at the ballpark that had delayed the game's first pitch about two hours.

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Markets, malls in Bangladesh bustling ahead of Eid festival

STORY: Markets, malls in Bangladesh bustling ahead of Eid festival SHOOTING TIME: March 29, 2024 DATELINE: April 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people buying goods ahead of the Eid festival in Dhaka new market, Bangladesh STORYLINE: Markets and shopping malls across Bangladesh have been buzzing with shoppers as the Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, is drawing near. Stores are adorned with colorful lights, wooing shoppers to stay late in the markets. Many temporary stalls also pop up in numerous markets, selling bangles, henna, cosmetics and other decorative accessories. Readymade garment stores attract customers who are busy buying new clothes for the holiday. Eid al-Fitr, one of the largest religious festivals in Bangladesh, will be celebrated on or around April 11 based on the sighting of the new moon. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moonlighting methodology t

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Xinhua Headlines: China eyes buzzing low-altitude skies for new growth engine

(240319) -- BEIJING, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aircraft takes off at Huaizhou Airport in Jintang County of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

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Xinhua Headlines: China eyes buzzing low-altitude skies for new growth engine

(240319) -- BEIJING, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 5, 2023 shows a Matrix 1 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft displayed by Vertaxi at the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)

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Xinhua Headlines: China eyes buzzing low-altitude skies for new growth engine

(240319) -- BEIJING, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors look at an aerial vehicle of EHang during the 25th China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF) in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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Xinhua Headlines: China eyes buzzing low-altitude skies for new growth engine

(240319) -- BEIJING, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned food delivery drone is pictured in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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Xinhua Headlines: China eyes buzzing low-altitude skies for new growth engine

(240319) -- BEIJING, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A 5-seat electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft flies during a demonstration flight near Shekou Cruise Home port in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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Chinese-built section of key highway to open in Algeria

STORY: Chinese-built section of key highway to open in Algeria DATELINE: July 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:43 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the highway 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): DJOTNI BENAISSA, Head of the 84-kilometer project of Algeria's National Highway Agency 3. various of the highway construction site STORYLINE: The construction site of the 84-kilometer section of Algeria's East-West Highway is buzzing with activity. Chinese and Algerian workers, employed by China's CITIC Construction, are making final preparations for the upcoming opening of the road to traffic. According to Djotni Benaissa, head of the 84-kilometer project at Algeria's National Highway Agency, the completion of this section holds significant economic and social importance, changing the fate of the country's economic artery as a "dead-end highway." SOUNDBITE (Arabic): DJOTNI BENAISSA, Head of the 84-kilometer project of Algeria's National Highway Agency "It completes the East-West Highway, which connects th

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-EID AL-FITR-SHOPPING

(230417) -- ISLAMABAD, April 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl shops at a temporary market built for the Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on April 16, 2023. With only a few days left until the Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr, Pakistani markets and malls are buzzing with enthusiastic shoppers, especially women and children, spending extravagantly while getting into a festive mood to celebrate the upcoming special occasion. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-EID AL-FITR-SHOPPING

(230417) -- ISLAMABAD, April 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People shop at a temporary market built for the Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on April 16, 2023. With only a few days left until the Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr, Pakistani markets and malls are buzzing with enthusiastic shoppers, especially women and children, spending extravagantly while getting into a festive mood to celebrate the upcoming special occasion. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-EID AL-FITR-SHOPPING

(230417) -- ISLAMABAD, April 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People shop at a temporary market built for the Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on April 16, 2023. With only a few days left until the Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr, Pakistani markets and malls are buzzing with enthusiastic shoppers, especially women and children, spending extravagantly while getting into a festive mood to celebrate the upcoming special occasion. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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Buzzing holiday journeys snap back after China optimized COVID response

STORY: Buzzing holiday journeys snap back after China optimized COVID response DATELINE: Feb. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Spring Festival travel rush 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Passenger 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN YUNFENG, Hebei Airport Management Holding Co., Ltd. 4. various of Spring Festival travel rush 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG, Passenger 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG, Passenger 7. various of activities STORYLINE: With most of the COVID-19 restrictions lifted in China, this year's Spring Festival travel rush has seen the return of the hustle and bustle in the world's second-largest economy. The Spring Festival travel rush, also known as "chunyun," lasts from Jan. 7 to Feb. 15 this year. Hundreds of millions of Chinese people have joined the 40-day travel rush around the nation's most important traditional holiday, the Spring Festival, reuniting with relatives in their hometowns or taking long-awaited vacations. During the Spring Fest

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(SP)MALTA-PAOLA-FOOTBALL-FRIENDLY MATCH-MANCHESTER UNITED VS BIRKIRKARA

(230107) -- PAOLA, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Birkirkara's Yasmeen Bajada (L) competes against Manchester United's Alessia Russo during a friendly women's football match at the Tony Buzzing Stadium in Paola, Malta on Jan. 6, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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(SP)MALTA-PAOLA-FOOTBALL-FRIENDLY MATCH-MANCHESTER UNITED VS BIRKIRKARA

(230107) -- PAOLA, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Manchester United's Lucia Garcia (C) takes a shot during a friendly women's football match at the Tony Buzzing Stadium in Paola, Malta on Jan. 6, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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(SP)MALTA-PAOLA-FOOTBALL-FRIENDLY MATCH-MANCHESTER UNITED VS BIRKIRKARA

(230107) -- PAOLA, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Birkirkara's Ann-Marie Said (L) competes against Manchester United's Lucia Garcia during a friendly women's football match at the Tony Buzzing Stadium in Paola, Malta on Jan. 6, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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(SP)MALTA-PAOLA-FOOTBALL-FRIENDLY MATCH-MANCHESTER UNITED VS BIRKIRKARA

(230107) -- PAOLA, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Birkirkara's Yasmeen Bajada (L) competes against Manchester United's Vilde Boe Risa during a friendly women's football match at the Tony Buzzing Stadium in Paola, Malta on Jan. 6, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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China's tourism market recovering from COVID-19

STORY: China's tourism market recovering from COVID-19 DATELINE: Dec. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists destinations in China 2. various of tourists 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Tourist 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Tourist 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Tourist 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YU YANG, Deputy general manager of a local tourism company 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): QIAN YISU, Deputy curator of a memorial museum in Jiangxi Province 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): DU JIANWEI, Official from local tourism authority in Meizhou Island, Fujian Province STORYLINE: China's tourism market has seen accelerated recovery following the release of 10 optimized measures on Dec. 7 to better coordinate anti-virus efforts and economic development. Tengchong City in southwest China's Yunnan, a scenic spot known for its hot springs, is buzzing with visitors. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Tourist "I took my family here for a year-end vacation." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Tourist "I fee

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(1)Brazilians rooting for Japan defender Tulio

PALMEIRA D'OESTE, Brazil - Yoshiyuki Tanaka (R) and his wife Teruko, grandparents of Japan's Olympic soccer team defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka, pose for photos at their home in Palmeira d'Oeste. The population of this small farming town of just 11,000 in southeastern Brazil is buzzing with anticipation ahead of Japan's opening match against Paraguay in the men's soccer tournament at the Athens Olympics.

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Drones used in central China to carry out artificial maize pollination

STORY: Drones used in central China to carry out artificial maize pollination DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the maize field 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI CHENGSHUAI, Technician 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SONG JIANCHAO, Local farmer STORYLINE: A buzzing fleet of plant protection drones hover over maize fields in Huaxian, the largest grain-producing county in central China's Henan Province, carrying out artificial maize pollination efficiently and precisely. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI CHENGSHUAI, Technician "The wind field generated by plant protection drones can blow pollen and improve the pollination rate of maize. A drone can carry out artificial pollination on a 200-mu (13.3-ha) maize field in one hour." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SONG JIANCHAO, Local farmer "I plant about 50 to 60 mu (3.3 to 4 ha) of maize. Plant protection drones can finish the artificial pollination by flying back and forth two or three rounds, w

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(1)Brazilians rooting for Japan defender Tulio

PALMEIRA D'OESTE, Brazil - Yoshiyuki Tanaka (R) and his wife Teruko, grandparents of Japan's Olympic soccer team defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka, pose for photos at their home in Palmeira d'Oeste. The population of this small farming town of just 11,000 in southeastern Brazil is buzzing with anticipation ahead of Japan's opening match against Paraguay in the men's soccer tournament at the Athens Olympics. (Kyodo)