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Memorial Events For Pope Francis - Argentina

People cry during a mass in Metropolitan Cathedral, where Pope Francis, as Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, used to perform mass, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88, said the Vatican in a statement. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Francis was head of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013. Photo by Xinhua/Meng Dingbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial Events For Pope Francis - Argentina

A mass is on going in the Metropolitan Cathedral, where Pope Francis, as Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, used to perform mass, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88, said the Vatican in a statement. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Francis was head of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013. Photo by Xinhua/Meng Dingbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial Events For Pope Francis - Argentina

A man prays in Metropolitan Cathedral, where Pope Francis, as Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, used to perform mass, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88, said the Vatican in a statement. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Francis was head of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013. Photo by Xinhua/Meng Dingbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections

STORY: Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 16, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of polling centers in Baghdad STORYLINE: Iraqi security personnel cast their votes on Saturday in 15 of the country's 18 provinces ahead of the provincial elections slated for Monday following a 10-year hiatus. The voting began after 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when soldiers and policemen lined up to cast their ballots at polling centers in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and several other cities in the 15 provinces of the country, excluding the three provinces of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. According to figures from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, more than 1 million voters from the security personnel are expected to cast ballots in 565 polling centers in the 15 provinces. The last provincial elections in Iraq were held in April 2013. Xinhua News Agency correspondents repo

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China locomotive of world economy: Russian expert

STORY: China locomotive of world economy: Russian expert SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 7, 2013 DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. file footages of Chinese economy 2. SOUNDBITE (Russian): ALESKEY KORNILOV, Investment strategist, Russia's VTB Bank STORYLINE: China is a locomotive of the world economy and is expected to maintain its robust performance in 2024, a Russian expert told Xinhua in a recent interview. SOUNDBITE (Russian): ALESKEY KORNILOV, Investment strategist, Russia's VTB Bank "The Chinese economy is aiming at a growth of around 5 percent this year. Naturally, it is a locomotive of the global economy. We also believe that China's fast growth rates will continue next year. China is a major trading partner for many countries, and therefore it is a really important part of the global economy and for Russia as well. We also state that China is our largest trade partner. We see that the relations are very close, and this has laid a good foundation for t

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Ex-S.Korean President Lee Myung-bak granted special presidential pardon

STORY: Ex-S.Korean President Lee Myung-bak granted special presidential pardon DATELINE: Dec. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press briefing by the Ministry of Justice (courtesy of Yonhap) 2. various of former President Lee Myung-bak (courtesy of Yonhap) 3. various of Lee Myung-bak attending a court trial (courtesy of Yonhap) STORYLINE: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday granted his special pardons to former President Lee Myung-bak as well as some other politicians and former government officials, according to the Ministry of Justice. Lee, who had served a single, five-year presidency until February 2013, was sentenced in October 2020 to 17 years in prison for bribery and embezzlement, but his sentence has been put on hold since June for his health problems. With the special pardon to be effective on Wednesday, Lee will be exempted from the remaining 15 years in prison. It marked the second presidential pardon that Yoon has granted si

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2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center R) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (center L) visit the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum of his father and former leader Kim Jong Il and his grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, the second anniversary of the death of his father. Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae is seen at fourth from left, front row.

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2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, representing the country's army, delivers a speech at a memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, to mark the second anniversary of the death of the country's previous leader Kim Jong Il.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose appears tired as he listens to a question about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization, at a committee meeting of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Miss International 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Bea Rose Santiago, from the Philippines, wins the Miss International pageant at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Miss International 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Bea Rose Santiago, from the Philippines, is crowned as Miss International at a pageant held at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Iraqi deputy premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Shahristani (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose leaves the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013. Inose was grilled for 20 hours over four days the past two weeks by a committee session of the assembly about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization.

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2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A memorial service is held in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, to mark the second anniversary of the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Miss International 2013

TOKYO, Japan - The Miss International pageant is held at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Miss International 2013

TOKYO, Japan - The Miss International pageant is held at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose appears tired as he listens to a question about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization, at a committee meeting of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Iraqi deputy premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Shahristani holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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U.S. chopper crash

YOKOHAMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) shakes hands with Yuji Kuroiwa, governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, at the prefectural government offices in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 17, 2013. Kennedy visited the prefecture to hold talks with local government officials over a U.S. Navy helicopter crash in Miura the previous day.

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U.S. chopper crash

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Capt. Tim Faller (R), the U.S. Navy's second-in-command in Japan, holds talks with Hideo Yoshida (front), mayor of Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, and other city officials at the municipal government offices on Dec. 17, 2013, over a U.S. Navy helicopter crash in Miura the previous day.

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Starbucks at highest location in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - People drink coffee at a Starbucks Corp. store in the Shiga Kogen highlands in Nagano Prefecture on Dec. 17, 2013, at a preview the day before its limited period opening. The store stands at an altitude of 2,307 meters, the highest among all the company's outlets in Japan.

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Thai opposition party leader reelected

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (3rd from R) at an annual meeting of the opposition Democrat Party in Bangkok on Dec. 17, 2013. Abhisit was re-elected as party leader during the meeting.

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Starbucks at highest location in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - A preview is held at a Starbucks Corp. store in the Shiga Kogen highlands in Nagano Prefecture on Dec. 17, 2013, the day before its limited period opening. The store is located at an altitude of 2,307 meters, the highest among all the company's outlets in Japan.

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N. Korea anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit the portraits of national founder Kim Il Sung (L) and former leader Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference after a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, following an agreement between Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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Victims, Mitsui settle fight over cadmium pollution

TOYAMA, Japan - Kunihiro Takagi (R), leader of a sufferers' group, and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. President Sadao Senda shake hands, holding documents of agreement, in Toyama, Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013. The compensation issue over one of Japan's four major pollution-caused disease cases reached a complete settlement, as sufferers of cadmium poisoning, known as "Itai-Itai Disease," and the company responsible signed an agreement on it.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka heads to a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, after Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball agreed on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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N. Korea anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean military personnel offer flowers at a statue of former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, the second anniversary of his death.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference after a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, following an agreement between Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference after a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, following an agreement between Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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N. Korea anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, to offer flowers at a statue of former leader Kim Jong Il, on the second anniversary of his death.

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N. Korea anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, to offer flowers at a statue of former leader Kim Jong Il (right statue), on the second anniversary of his death. The large wreath seen in front was offered by Kim's son and current leader Kim Jong Un.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka heads to a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, after Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball agreed on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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Widow of subway gas attack victim speaks to U.S. journalist

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, widow of a 1995 subway gas attack victim, speaks during an interview with U.S. journalist Charlie Lyons in Tokyo in this file photo taken on Dec. 17, 2013. Lyons interviewed Takahashi at Kasumigaseki station, one of the sarin gas attack scenes, as part of his work to produce a film about weapons of mass destruction on behalf of the United Nations.

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Suntory Holdings sees record net profit

OSAKA, Japan - Nobutada Saji, president of Suntory Holdings Ltd., holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 17, 2014, to release the company's earnings results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013. The company said its group net profit in 2013 rose 5.3-fold from 2012 to a record 195.57 billion yen due to the sale of shares in Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. through the subsidiary's initial public offering.

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Suntory Holdings sees record net profit

OSAKA, Japan - Nobutada Saji, president of Suntory Holdings Ltd., holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 17, 2014, to release the company's earnings results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013. The company said its group net profit in 2013 rose 5.3-fold from 2012 to a record 195.57 billion yen due to the sale of shares in Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. through the subsidiary's initial public offering.

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Free meals in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Photo shows a facility serving free meals for poor people in Keratsini near Athens, Greece, on Dec. 17, 2013.

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CG, scientific studies bring dinosaurs closer to people

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at dinosaur skeletons displayed at the National Museum of Nature and Science in the Ueno district of Tokyo's Taito Ward on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Columbia University professor Gerald Curtis

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken Dec. 17, 2013, shows professor Gerald Curtis in his office at Columbia University in New York.

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Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Masahiro Tanaka, ace pitcher of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, smiles while speaking to reporters at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with team president Yozo Tachibana. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.

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Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Masahiro Tanaka, ace pitcher of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, speaks to reporters at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with team president Yozo Tachibana. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.

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Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Yozo Tachibana, president of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, smiles during a news conference at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with the team's ace pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.

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Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Yozo Tachibana, president of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, speaks at a news conference at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with the team's ace pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.

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Japan's Takanashi wins 2nd straight women's Cup jump

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi poses for photos after winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2013. Takanashi, 17, captured her second straight World Cup victory with a winning total of 266.8 points after jumps of 101m and 105m.

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Japan's Takanashi wins 2nd straight women's Cup jump

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi (C) poses for photos on the podium after winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2013. Takanashi, 17, captured her second straight World Cup victory with a winning total of 266.8 points after jumps of 101m and 105m.

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Japan's Takanashi wins 2nd straight women's Cup jump

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi smiles after winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2013. Takanashi, 17, captured her second straight World Cup victory with a winning total of 266.8 points after jumps of 101m and 105m.

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Japan's Takanashi wins 2nd straight women's Cup jump

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air at the women's ski jumping World Cup competition in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2013. Takanashi, 17, captured her second straight World Cup victory with a winning total of 266.8 points after jumps of 101m and 105m.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, leaving a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, attending a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Allure of taiko drums resonating across Pacific

KANAZAWA, Japan - Katsuji Asano (R) and his father Akitoshi (L) of centuries-old Japanese taiko drum maker Asano Taiko Co. have been preparing to open a Los Angeles shop and launch taiko lessons in July 2013. Photo was taken Dec. 17, 2012, at a shop of the taiko maker in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.