93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

Harrison Cone, Laneya Grace At The The 93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade -At Hollywood Blvd In Hollywood CA, USA on November 30, 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

Harrison Cone At The The 93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade -At Hollywood Blvd In Hollywood CA, USA on November 30, 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

Harrison Cone At The The 93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade -At Hollywood Blvd In Hollywood CA, USA on November 30, 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

Harrison Cone, Laneya Grace At The The 93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade -At Hollywood Blvd In Hollywood CA, USA on November 30, 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - LA

Harrison Cone, Laneya Grace At The The 93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade -At Hollywood Blvd In Hollywood CA, USA on November 30, 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Puy-de-Dome

Illustration - Puy-de-Dome

FRANCE. PUY-DE-DOME (63). SAINT-OURS-LES-ROCHES. VULCANIA. VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF THE CONE SYMBOLIZING A VOLCANO OF THIS AMUSEMENT AND EXPLORATION PARK ON THE VOLCANOES OF AUVERGNE OPENED IN 2002. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - VATICAN MUSEUMS : SURROUNDED BY MUSEUM BUILDINGS, LA PIGNA COURTYARD (VISIBLE IN THE CENTER). THIS GIGANTIC SCULPTURE OF PINE CONE (PIGNA IN ITALIAN) WAS MADE IN 30-40 BC. JC BY ROMAN BRONZERS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bez Ombezhen Rehabilitation Centre in Kyiv

Bez Ombezhen Rehabilitation Centre in Kyiv

A patient with a prosthetic leg steps over cones during a training session at the Bez Obmezhen (Without Limits) Prosthetics, Orthotics and Rehabilitation Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 1, 2025.(Photo by Oleksandr Klymenko/Ukrinform)

Bez Ombezhen Rehabilitation Centre in Kyiv

Bez Ombezhen Rehabilitation Centre in Kyiv

Bohdan, 28, who used to serve in the 95th Brigade, walks on prosthetic legs between cones during a training session as founder Nagender Parashar stands by at the Bez Obmezhen (Without Limits) Prosthetics, Orthotics and Rehabilitation Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Oleksandr Klymenko/Ukrinform)

Bez Ombezhen Rehabilitation Centre in Kyiv

Bez Ombezhen Rehabilitation Centre in Kyiv

Bohdan, 28, who used to serve in the 95th Brigade, walks on prosthetic legs between cones during a training session at the Bez Obmezhen (Without Limits) Prosthetics, Orthotics and Rehabilitation Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Oleksandr Klymenko/Ukrinform)

Dog health

Dog health

21.10.2024, Randvere. Golden Retriever wearing a post-surgery cone. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Dog health

Dog health

21.10.2024, Randvere. Golden Retriever wearing a post-surgery cone. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Dog health

Dog health

21.10.2024, Randvere. Golden Retriever wearing a post-surgery cone. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Dog health

Dog health

21.10.2024, Randvere. Golden Retriever wearing a post-surgery cone. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Dog health

Dog health

21.10.2024, Randvere. Golden Retriever wearing a post-surgery cone. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Italian football Coppa Italia match - US Cremonese vs SS Bari

Italian football Coppa Italia match - US Cremonese vs SS Bari

Cone Ball Serie A 2024/2025 in Cremonese - Bari - Coppa Italia Frecciarossa 10 august 2024 during US Cremonese vs SS Bari, Italian football Coppa Italia match in Cremona, Italy, August 10 2024

(SP)LATVIA-RIGA-FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT-PHI VS GEO

(SP)LATVIA-RIGA-FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT-PHI VS GEO

(240705) -- RIGA, July 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Head coach of the Philippines Tim Cone reacts during the FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024 group A match between the Philippines and Georgia in Riga, Latvia, July 4, 2024. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

(SP)LATVIA-RIGA-FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT-PHI VS LAT

(SP)LATVIA-RIGA-FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT-PHI VS LAT

(240704) -- RIGA, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Head coach of the Philippines Tim Cone reacts during the FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024 group A match between Latvia and the Philippines in Riga, Latvia, July 3, 2024. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A person presents a seeded pine cone at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, June 20, 2024. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person presents a seeded pine cone at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, June 20, 2024. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

Rebuilding houses in Zaporizhzhia

Rebuilding houses in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 26, 2024 - A traffic cone and a crane are seen as works to rebuild a block of flats at 80 Nezalezhnoi Ukrainy Street/3 Yakova Novytskoho Street that was destroyed by a Russian missile strike are ongoing, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Giant snowman

Giant snowman

14.01.2024, Tartu. Estonia's largest ever snowman, 11 meters in height, was completed in Nõo. Minecraft-like figure is made of three blocks, its eyes are made of go-kart wheels and nose is a traffic cone. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

China's first commercial space launch site reaches construction milestone

STORY: China's first commercial space launch site reaches construction milestone SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 29, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of launch site in Wenchang 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG TIANLIANG, Chairman of Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd. 3. various of launch site in Wenchang STORYLINE: Construction work was completed Friday on the No. 1 launch pad of China's first commercial spacecraft launch site, in the city of Wenchang, on south China's island province of Hainan. The project serves as the dedicated site for China's new-generation medium-sized rocket, Long March 8, according to Yang Tianliang, chairman of Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd. The construction of the No. 1 launch pad has introduced several advanced technologies for the first time, including a cone exhaust guide and extrusion water spray for cooling and noise reduction, said Yang. Constructio

Winter in Kyiv

Winter in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 14, 2023 - Snow covers a spruce tree with cones in a park in winter, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter in Ukrainian Carpathians

Winter in Ukrainian Carpathians

YABLUNYTSIA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 30, 2023 - Conifer cones hang on a fir tree covered in snow in the Ukrainian Carpathians, Yablunytsia village, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, western Ukraine.

All 5 people on board missing submersible dead

STORY: All 5 people on board missing submersible dead DATELINE: June 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger addressing the press conference STORYLINE: The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Thursday that a debris field found by searchers near the Titanic earlier in the day is wreckage from the missing Titan submersible. In a press briefing Thursday afternoon, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) discovered the tail cone of the Titan submersible about half a kilometer from the bow of the Titanic on the sea floor. "The ROV subsequently found additional debris. In consultation with experts from within the unified command, the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," Mauger said. "I offer my deepest condolences to the families," he said. Shortly before the announcement, OceanGate Expeditions, the U.S.-based company that owned and

Chinese cultural center in Israel celebrates Dragon Boat Festival

STORY: Chinese cultural center in Israel celebrates Dragon Boat Festival DATELINE: June 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:48 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebrations and activities 2. SOUNDBITE (English): LEAD, Student, China's University of International Business and Economics STORYLINE: The China Cultural Center in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv held an event on Thursday evening to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, attracting 150 visitors from various countries. Originating in China thousands of years ago, the Dragon Boat Festival, which annually commemorates the Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan (about 340 BC-278 BC) on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, has now become a national holiday when people enjoy eating zongzi, a sticky rice dumpling, and watch dragon boat races. Decorated with red lanterns, the center was permeated with a lively atmosphere of traditional Chinese festivals. Coiling several bamboo leaves into the shape of a cone, the visit

Turkish dondurma ice cream

Turkish dondurma ice cream

A man scoops traditional Turkish dondurma ice cream onto a cone at its birthplace in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, on March 6, 2023.

Wreckage of lost Cessna plane sighted on Philippine volcano

STORY: Wreckage of lost Cessna plane sighted on Philippine volcano DATELINE: Feb. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. aerial views of wreckage site 2. aerial photos of wreckage site STORYLINE: A military helicopter has sighted the wreckage of a small plane that went missing on Saturday morning in Albay province, southeast of Manila, a government spokesperson said Sunday. Tim Florece, the information officer of Camalig town, told a local radio interview that the military chopper saw the tail of the aircraft less than 2 km from the crater of Mt. Mayon, a 2,460-meter cone-shaped volcano located in Albay province approximately 300 km southeast of Manila on the island of Luzon. The Cessna 340A aircraft went down three minutes after take-off for Manila from the Bicol International Airport in Daraga town on Saturday. Four people were on board, including the pilot, a crew and two Australian passengers. In a statement, Camalig town Mayor Caloy Baldo confirmed the inf

(SP) PHILIPPINES-BULACAN PROVINCE-BASKETBALL-PBA FINALS-BAY AREA DRAGONS VS GINEBRA SAN MIGUEL

(SP) PHILIPPINES-BULACAN PROVINCE-BASKETBALL-PBA FINALS-BAY AREA DRAGONS VS GINEBRA SAN MIGUEL

(230115) -- BULACAN PROVINCE, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Coach Tim Cone of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel reacts after game 7 against Bay Area Dragons at the Commissioner's Cup Finals of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in Bulacan Province, the Philippines on Jan. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

Projection mapping art event at Nara's Takamatsuzuka Tomb

Projection mapping art event at Nara's Takamatsuzuka Tomb

NARA, Japan - The image of a Vermillion bird from one of the four murals at Takamatsuzaka Tomb depicting the gods said to rule over the four cardinal compass directions is projected around the cone-shaped ancient burial mound in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 20, 2014. The projection mapping was shown to the press ahead of the start of an event by Japanese and British artists from Feb. 22.

Chinese protest over Senkakus

Chinese protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - A man hurls a cone at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 16, 2012, following the arrest by Japan the previous day of 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

Ryogoku Kokugikan arena

Ryogoku Kokugikan arena

TOKYO, Japan - A security officer places a traffic cone at the entrance of Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2011.

(7)Japan vs N. Korea qualifier

(7)Japan vs N. Korea qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan's skipper Mitsuo Ogasawara (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of the World Cup Asian cone final-round qualifier against North Korea at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Feb. 9.

(6) Japan vs N. Korea qualifier

(6) Japan vs N. Korea qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan's skipper Mitsuo Ogasawara (far L) drives home a free kick for the opening goal in the first half of the World Cup Asian cone final-round qualifier against North Korea at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Feb. 9.

Mazda develops new impact-absorbing aluminum hood

Mazda develops new impact-absorbing aluminum hood

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. said April 2 it has developed a ''shock cone aluminum hood'' (ih handout photo) with an impact-absorbing structure aimed at enhancing pedestrian protection. Compared with conventional framed aluminum hoods, the new structure has the potential to significantly reduce the severity of head injuries that can result when a pedestrian is struck by a car, the carmaker said.

Mariners' Ichiro goes 3-for-5 against Red Sox

Mariners' Ichiro goes 3-for-5 against Red Sox

BOSTON, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff batter Ichiro Suzuki hits a single to center field off Boston Red Sox starter David Cone in the fifth inning at Boston's Fenway Park on Aug. 16, raising his hitting average to .344. The Red Sox won 6-4. (MLB)

Outdoor sculpture exhibition draws crowds to Sydney's eastern coast

STORY: Outdoor sculpture exhibition draws crowds to Sydney's eastern coast DATELINE: Oct. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the outdoor sculpture exhibition STORYLINE: With over 100 sculptures by Australian and international artists, the free-to-public outdoor exhibition dubbed "Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi" is drawing visitors to the iconic Bondi Beach in Sydney's east, which will run until Nov. 7. The 2-km coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama was once again decorated with art installations featuring various materials that include metal, glass, polyethylene and augmented reality technologies. About 450,000 visitors are expected to enjoy the seaside sculpture show. Though being postponed in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the returning 24th edition of the exhibition stages a series of artworks focusing on climate change and environmental protection. The 3-meter-tall, cone-shaped installation "Just a Drop in the Ocean" was create

Turkey's Cappadocia to host 3rd int'l hot air balloon festival

STORY: Turkey's Cappadocia to host 3rd int'l hot air balloon festival DATELINE: July 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:04 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the hot air ballons in the sky 2 various of tourists STORYLINE: The third international hot air balloon festival "BalonFest 2022" will kick off in the Cappadocia region on July 21. 15 classic air balloons and 25 special-shaped air balloons from 12 countries will fill the sky of Cappadocia during the four-day event. The festival will host balloon shows at sunrise, local tasting and music events, concerts and DJ performances, movie screening, parachuting and laser shows. Cappadocia region in central Anatolia is a UNESCO World Heritage site and famous for its fairy chimneys-cone-shaped rock formations. The unique volcanic cones and caves in valleys were used by early Christians as underground cities to hide from persecution. Some of the caves are now used as boutique hotels and houses carved into the rock. Xinhua News Agency correspondents

View Of Cumbre Vieja Volcano Eruption - La Palma

View Of Cumbre Vieja Volcano Eruption - La Palma

One of the eruptive mouths of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, on 10 October 2021, in La Palma, Canary Islands (Spain). This Saturday saw the collapse of the north flank of the Cumbre Vieja volcano after a partial rupture of the cone wall was recorded in the early hours of Friday morning. This has caused the release of large blocks of material and the appearance of new lava flows. The lava flow to the south of the cone of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma, located close to the main flow, is the one that most worries experts at present as it is a large mass of lava, according to the latest report from the Department of Homeland Security. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tremont Creek Wildfire Burning In BC - Canada

Tremont Creek Wildfire Burning In BC - Canada

A man takes a photo and a woman eats an ice cream cone as they stop to view the Tremont Creek wildfire burning on the mountains above Ashcroft, BC, Canada on Friday, July 16, 2021. As of the morning of Friday the Tremont Creek wildfire east of Ashcroft was approximately 2,100 hectares in size and moving in a northeasterly direction. The fire was reported on July 13, and is part of the Lytton complex, which includes the Lytton Creek and George Road fires. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM