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COTE D'IVOIRE-GRAND-BASSAM-VIEW

(231215) -- GRAND-BASSAM, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 12, 2023 shows a view of the Edouard Aka house in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire. Grand-Bassam, the capital of the Grand-Bassam Department in the Sud-Comoé Region, is located about 40 kilometers east of Abidjan. It is home to many historic constructions dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. (Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua)

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COTE D'IVOIRE-GRAND-BASSAM-VIEW

(231215) -- GRAND-BASSAM, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 12, 2023 shows a view of the Ganamet house in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire. Grand-Bassam, the capital of the Grand-Bassam Department in the Sud-Comoé Region, is located about 40 kilometers east of Abidjan. It is home to many historic constructions dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. (Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua)

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COTE D'IVOIRE-GRAND-BASSAM-VIEW

(231215) -- GRAND-BASSAM, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A motorcyclist passes a house in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 12, 2023. Grand-Bassam, the capital of the Grand-Bassam Department in the Sud-Comoé Region, is located about 40 kilometers east of Abidjan. It is home to many historic constructions dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. (Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua)

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COTE D'IVOIRE-GRAND-BASSAM-VIEW

(231215) -- GRAND-BASSAM, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 12, 2023 shows a street view in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire. Grand-Bassam, the capital of the Grand-Bassam Department in the Sud-Comoé Region, is located about 40 kilometers east of Abidjan. It is home to many historic constructions dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. (Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua)

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COTE D'IVOIRE-GRAND-BASSAM-VIEW

(231215) -- GRAND-BASSAM, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man walks in front of the Edouard Aka house in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 12, 2023. Grand-Bassam, the capital of the Grand-Bassam Department in the Sud-Comoé Region, is located about 40 kilometers east of Abidjan. It is home to many historic constructions dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. (Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua)

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COTE D'IVOIRE-GRAND-BASSAM-VIEW

(231215) -- GRAND-BASSAM, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 12, 2023 shows a street view in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire. Grand-Bassam, the capital of the Grand-Bassam Department in the Sud-Comoé Region, is located about 40 kilometers east of Abidjan. It is home to many historic constructions dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. (Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua)

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COTE D'IVOIRE-GRAND-BASSAM-VIEW

(231215) -- GRAND-BASSAM, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A car passes the Ganamet house in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 12, 2023. Grand-Bassam, the capital of the Grand-Bassam Department in the Sud-Comoé Region, is located about 40 kilometers east of Abidjan. It is home to many historic constructions dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. (Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua)

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COTE D'IVOIRE-GRAND-BASSAM-VIEW

(231215) -- GRAND-BASSAM, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 12, 2023 shows a view of National Museum of Costume of Grand-Bassam in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire. Grand-Bassam, the capital of the Grand-Bassam Department in the Sud-Comoé Region, is located about 40 kilometers east of Abidjan. It is home to many historic constructions dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. (Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua)

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Türkiye's unemployment rate at lowest level in 11 years

STORY: Türkiye's unemployment rate at lowest level in 11 years SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a textile factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: Nov. 13, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of construction workers in Türkiye (shooting date: Nov. 25, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 3. various of a bread factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: July 3, 2023) (courtesy of Ankara Municipality) 4. various of a textile factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: Dec. 7, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: The jobless rate in Türkiye was 8.5 percent in October, the lowest level since November 2012 when it was 8.4 percent, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. The number of unemployed people, aged 15 years old and over, dropped by 163,000 to 2.96 million year-on-year in November, it said, adding the unemployment rate dropped by 0.5 percentage point

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Kim Kyong Hui

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Kim Kyong Hui, the younger sister of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, attending a gathering in Pyongyang in December 2012 to mourn for the death of her brother. Her husband, Jang Song Thaek, who had been considered the country's second-most powerful figure, was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Toyota President Toyoda

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 11, 2011, shows Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp. The Wall Street Journal picked Toyoda as one of 12 ''Corporate Executives to Watch Next Year'' on Dec. 30, 2011, saying 2012 may be a ''make or break year'' for the chief of the top Japanese automaker.

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Tokyo Tower still popular after ending relay role

TOKYO, Japan - A view of the Japanese capital from the Tokyo Tower's special observatory deck on Dec. 12, 2014, includes Tokyo Skytree (far back) and the Toranomon Hills skyscraper (fore L). The tower, designated as a national cultural property in June 2013, remains a popular sightseeing spot, drawing some 2 million visitors annually to its observatory deck, even after ceding its role as a radiowave transmission tower to Tokyo Skytree in 2012.

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Tokyo Tower still popular after ceding relay role

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Tower is lit up beneath the evening sky in the Japanese capital on Dec. 12, 2014. The tower, designated as a national cultural property in June 2013, remains a popular sightseeing spot, drawing some 2 million visitors annually to its observatory deck, even after ceding its role as a radiowave transmission tower to Tokyo Skytree in 2012.

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Mini model of N. Korea's Unha-3 rocket on display

TOKYO, Japan - A miniature model of North Korea's Unha-3 rocket is on display at the Three Revolution Exhibition museum in Pyongyang on Dec. 18, 2013. The rocket, suspected by Japan, South Korea and the United States to be an improved model of the Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, is said to have carried the Kwangmyongsong (Shining Star) 3-2 satellite when it was launched on Dec. 12, 2012.

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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Jan. 30, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea, shows a signboard with a message praising the successful launch of what North Korea claims was a satellite. Many other countries suspect the launch Dec. 12, 2012, was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korea's rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a North Korean long-range rocket lifting off from the Sohae Space Center in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea is presumed to have independently built most key parts of the rocket, while some commercially available materials were imported, South Korea's Defense Ministry said in a statement on Jan. 21, 2013.

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Student helping asylum seekers in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Maho Hadano, a graduate student at Nagoya University and the only full-time coordinator at the Nagoya-based support office for refugees, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 12, 2012 at the office in the city's Naka Ward. The Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Japan Association for Refugees and the Japan Lawyers Network for Refugees set up the Nagoya office in July 2012 to cope with a sharp increase in applications for asylum with the Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau.

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Maya rite in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - Indigenous people pray during a ceremony in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Dec. 12, 2012, to celebrate an upcoming new era in the Maya Long Count Calendar.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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N. Korea celebrates rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - A rally is held in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate North Korea's successful launch of an "earth observation satellite" on Dec. 12. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korea celebrates rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - A rally is held in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate North Korea's successful launch of an "earth observation satellite" on Dec. 12. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korea celebrates rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A rally is held in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate North Korea's successful launch of an "earth observation satellite" on Dec. 12. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korea celebrates rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (far R), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, is seen during a rally in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate North Korea's successful launch of an "earth observation satellite" on Dec. 12. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korea celebrates rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People participate in a rally in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate North Korea's successful launch of an "earth observation satellite" on Dec. 12. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Koreas says Kim Jong Un ordered launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The Dec. 14, 2012, edition of the Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, carries a photo on its front page of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (top) ordering the launch of a "satellite" on Dec. 12 as well as a photo of his handwriting that says the party leadership "approves a satellite launch."

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N. Korea's rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C), Jang Song Thaek (far R), vice chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission, and others visiting the General Satellite Control and Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Dec. 12, 2012. Kim issued the order for a rocket launch on Dec. 12, 2012, and stressed that "satellite" launches need to be continued, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Dec. 14.

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N. Korea celebrates rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel applaud in front of a slogan praising North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate North Korea's successful launch of an "earth observation satellite" on Dec. 12. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korea celebrates rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People applaud at a rally in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate North Korea's successful launch of an "earth observation satellite" on Dec. 12. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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N. Korea's rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C), Jang Song Thaek (far R), vice chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission, and others visiting the General Satellite Control and Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Dec. 12, 2012. Kim issued the order for a rocket launch on Dec. 12, 2012, and stressed that "satellite" launches need to be continued, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Dec. 14.

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N. Korea celebrates rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People participate in a rally in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate North Korea's successful launch of an "earth observation satellite" on Dec. 12. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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N. Korea's rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a North Korean long-range rocket lifting off from the Sohae Space Center in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012.

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N. Korea's rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting the General Satellite Control and Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Dec. 12, 2012. Kim issued the order for a rocket launch on Dec. 12, 2012, and stressed that "satellite" launches need to be continued, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Dec. 14.

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N. Korean rocket launch video

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Image captured from a video released on Dec. 13, 2012, shows a North Korean long-range rocket lifting off from the Sohae Space Center in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012.

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N. Korea's rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a North Korean long-range rocket lifting off from the Sohae Space Center in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012.

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N. Korea's rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a written order regarding North Korea's rocket launch on Dec. 12, 2012, given earlier that day by the country's leader Kim Jong Un. Kim gave a final written order to the Korean Committee of Space Technology, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Dec. 14, 2012.

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N. Korean rocket launch video

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Image captured from a video released on Dec. 13, 2012, shows a North Korean long-range rocket lifting off from the Sohae Space Center in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012.

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N. Korean rocket launch video

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Image captured from a video released on Dec. 13, 2012, shows a North Korean long-range rocket lifting off from the Sohae Space Center in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012.

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N. Korean rocket launch video

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Image captured from a video released on Dec. 13, 2012, shows a North Korean long-range rocket lifting off from the Sohae Space Center in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012.

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N. Korea launches rocket

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo of an image on the screen of North Korea's satellite control center shows a rocket, following its launch from the Sohae rocket launching facility in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country, on Dec. 12, 2012. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch is a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korea launches rocket

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A screen at North Korea's satellite control center shows a rocket at the Sohae rocket launching facility in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country, on Dec. 12, 2012, which was launched later the same day. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch is a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korea launches rocket

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo of an image on the screen of North Korea's satellite control center shows an image from a rocket which was launched from the Sohae rocket launching facility in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country, on Dec. 12, 2012. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch is a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.