Interview with Latvian ambassador to U.N.

Interview with Latvian ambassador to U.N.

Latvian Ambassador to the United Nations Sanita Pavluta-Deslandes gives an interview in New York on Dec. 29, 2025.

Interview with Latvian ambassador to U.N.

Interview with Latvian ambassador to U.N.

Latvian Ambassador to the United Nations Sanita Pavluta-Deslandes gives an interview in New York on Dec. 29, 2025.

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025, shows National Stadium in Tokyo, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony venue, which will be renamed MUFG Stadium on Jan. 1, 2026 after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group obtained the stadium's naming rights.

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025, shows National Stadium in Tokyo, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony venue, which will be renamed MUFG Stadium on Jan. 1, 2026 after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group obtained the stadium's naming rights.

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025, shows National Stadium in Tokyo, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony venue, which will be renamed MUFG Stadium on Jan. 1, 2026 after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group obtained the stadium's naming rights.

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025, shows National Stadium in Tokyo, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony venue, which will be renamed MUFG Stadium on Jan. 1, 2026 after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group obtained the stadium's naming rights.

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025, shows National Stadium in Tokyo, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony venue, which will be renamed MUFG Stadium on Jan. 1, 2026 after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group obtained the stadium's naming rights.

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025, shows National Stadium in Tokyo, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony venue, which will be renamed MUFG Stadium on Jan. 1, 2026 after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group obtained the stadium's naming rights.

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

National Stadium to be renamed MUFG Stadium

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025, shows National Stadium in Tokyo, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony venue, which will be renamed MUFG Stadium on Jan. 1, 2026 after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group obtained the stadium's naming rights.

Figure Skating: Amber Glenn

Figure Skating: Amber Glenn

Screenshot shows American figure skater Amber Glenn speaking during an online press conference on Dec. 29, 2025, ahead of the U.S. championships in St. Louis, which will serve as a qualifier for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

Figure Skating: Ilia Malinin

Figure Skating: Ilia Malinin

Screenshot shows American figure skater Ilia Malinin speaking during an online press conference on Dec. 29, 2025, ahead of the U.S. championships in St. Louis, which will serve as a qualifier for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

U.N. session on Israeli recognition of Somaliland

U.N. session on Israeli recognition of Somaliland

Somali Ambassador to the United Nations Abukar Dahir Osmaan (C) speaks during an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 29, 2025, following Israel's formal recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia.

U.N. session on Israeli recognition of Somaliland

U.N. session on Israeli recognition of Somaliland

The U.N. Security Council convenes an emergency session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 29, 2025, to discuss Israel's formal recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia.

Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Photo taken at a ski resort in Otaru in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 29, 2025, shows a moving walkway (L) where a fatal accident involving a 5-year-old boy occurred the previous day. The boy died after his right arm became trapped in the moving walkway.

Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Flowers and juice bottles are placed at the site of a fatal accident involving a 5-year-old boy at a ski resort in Otaru in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 29, 2025. The boy died after his right arm became trapped in a moving walkway at the resort the previous day.

China starts drills around Taiwan

China starts drills around Taiwan

A large screen in Beijing on Dec. 29, 2025, shows a news report on the start of Chinese military drills around Taiwan involving army, navy, air and rocket force troops.

Takaichi moves to PM official residence

Takaichi moves to PM official residence

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi exits a vehicle at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2025. Takaichi moved to the residence, adjacent to the prime minister's office, the same day, two month after she took office.

Takaichi moves to PM official residence

Takaichi moves to PM official residence

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi exits a vehicle at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2025. Takaichi moved to the residence, adjacent to the prime minister's office, the same day, two month after she took office.

Takaichi moves to PM official residence

Takaichi moves to PM official residence

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi exits a vehicle at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2025. Takaichi moved to the residence, adjacent to the prime minister's office, the same day, two month after she took office.

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

A memorial ceremony is held at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2025, the first anniversary of the Jeju Air crash at the airport that left 179 of the 181 crew and passengers dead.

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

A memorial ceremony is held at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2025, the first anniversary of the Jeju Air crash at the airport that left 179 of the 181 crew and passengers dead.

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

A memorial ceremony is held at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2025, the first anniversary of the Jeju Air crash at the airport that left 179 of the 181 crew and passengers dead.

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

A memorial ceremony is held at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2025, the first anniversary of the Jeju Air crash at the airport that left 179 of the 181 crew and passengers dead.

Japanese Princess Kako turns 31

Japanese Princess Kako turns 31

Japanese Princess Kako, Emperor Naruhito's niece, waves on her way to meet the emperor at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2025, her 31st birthday.

Japanese Princess Kako turns 31

Japanese Princess Kako turns 31

Japanese Princess Kako, Emperor Naruhito's niece, waves on her way to meet the emperor at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2025, her 31st birthday.

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

1st anniv. of Jeju Air crash in S. Korea

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is projected on a screen during a memorial ceremony held at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2025, the first anniversary of the Jeju Air crash that left 179 of the 181 crew and passengers dead.

A-bomb survivor Sasamori

A-bomb survivor Sasamori

Photo taken on July 29, 2022, shows a portrait of Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her scars in the United States. The New York Times reported on Jan. 2, 2025, that she died on Dec. 15, 2024, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 92.

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist monks dust down statues at World Heritage-listed Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2024, in an annual event to prepare for New Year.

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist monks dust down statues at World Heritage-listed Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2024, in an annual event to prepare for New Year.

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

A Buddhist monk dusts down a statue at World Heritage-listed Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2024, in an annual event to prepare for New Year.

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

Buddhist statues at Yakushi-ji get dust-down for New Year

A Buddhist monk dusts down a statue at World Heritage-listed Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2024, in an annual event to prepare for New Year.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi reacts after scoring in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (front) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (front) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (3rd from R) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (C) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (C) scores in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against St Johnstone on Dec. 29, 2024, in Glasgow.

Year-end shopping in Tokyo's Ueno district

Year-end shopping in Tokyo's Ueno district

Ameyoko shopping street in Tokyo's Ueno district is crowded on Dec. 29, 2024, with shoppers buying food and other items ahead of New Year.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

Year-end shopping in Tokyo's Ueno district

Year-end shopping in Tokyo's Ueno district

Ameyoko shopping street in Tokyo's Ueno district is crowded on Dec. 29, 2024, with shoppers buying food and other items ahead of New Year.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

Japanese Princess Kako turns 30

Japanese Princess Kako turns 30

Japanese Princess Kako, Emperor Naruhito's niece, waves on her way to meet Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2024, her 30th birthday.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Jeju Air CEO Kim E Bae (L) speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2024, after one of the airline's passenger planes crashed and burst into flames the same day, killing 179 people on board, at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2024, shows the charred wreckage of a passenger plane that skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Family members and acquaintances of those who were aboard a passenger jet that crashed at Muan International Airport gather to hear South Jeolla Province Gov. Kim Yong Rok (L) speak in an airport lobby in Muan County in the province of South Korea on Dec. 29, 2024. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.