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China: Elderly Woman Battles Kitchen Gas Explosion in Shaoxing

An 82-year-old woman in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, faced a gas explosion head-on while cooking alone on October 13, 2025. Video shows flames erupting from her stove, but she calmly shut off the gas valve before breaking down in tears. The blast was caused by a detached gas pipe, and fortunately, she was not injured.

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China: Flaming Truck Wheel Detaches and Rolls Down Road in Hebei

On June 20, 2025, a wheel was captured on video in China's Hebei Province as it detached from a truck and rolled down a busy road, emitting flames and smoke.

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Astronauts Stuck in Orbit for Nine Months Leave Iss for Earth

Handout photo dated March 16, 2025. shows The four SpaceX Crew-10 members and the seven Expedition 72 crew members join each other for a welcoming ceremony shortly after the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft docked to the International Space Station and the hatches opened. ISS on March 16, 2025. After nine months stranded aboard the ISS, American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will finally be returning to Earth. Their mission, initially scheduled for eight days, has been extended due to technical problems on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Accompanied by another American and a Russian cosmonaut, they left the station aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, which detached from the ISS early on March 18. Their return is scheduled for the evening off Florida, where their capsule will be slowed by parachutes before being recovered. Eager to be reunited with their loved ones, the astronauts have kept their sense of humor, with Suni Williams even throwing out to her family, “Don't plan anything without me!”. Ph

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Astronauts Stuck in Orbit for Nine Months Leave Iss for Earth

Handout photo dated on March 17, 2025, shows NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 members pose together for a portrait inside the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. From left, are NASA astronaut Suni Williams, Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Butch Wimore. ISS on March 17, 2025. After nine months stranded aboard the ISS, American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will finally be returning to Earth. Their mission, initially scheduled for eight days, has been extended due to technical problems on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Accompanied by another American and a Russian cosmonaut, they left the station aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, which detached from the ISS early on March 18. Their return is scheduled for the evening off Florida, where their capsule will be slowed by parachutes before being recovered. Eager to be reunited with their loved ones, the astronauts have kept their sense of humor, with Suni Williams even throwing out t

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Astronauts Stuck in Orbit for Nine Months Leave Iss for Earth

Handout photo dated March 17, 2025, shows NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 members pose together for a portrait inside the vestibule between the International Space Station and the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft. Clockwise from left, are NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. After nine months stranded aboard the ISS, American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will finally be returning to Earth. Their mission, initially scheduled for eight days, has been extended due to technical problems on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Accompanied by another American and a Russian cosmonaut, they left the station aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, which detached from the ISS early on March 18. Their return is scheduled for the evening off Florida, where their capsule will be slowed by parachutes before being recovered. Eager to be reunited with their loved ones, the astronauts have kept their sense of humor, with Suni Williams even throwing out to her family,

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Japan's H3 rocket launch

Officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. celebrate at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 1, 2024, after an Earth observation satellite detached from Japan's H3 rocket No. 3 following its liftoff from the space center.

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Japan's H3 rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 17 Kyodo-Officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. celebrate after two functioning microsatellites were detached from Japan's No. 2 H3 rocket following its lift-off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Japan's H3 rocket launch

Officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. celebrate after two functioning microsatellites were detached from Japan's No. 2 H3 rocket following its lift-off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Japan's H3 rocket launch

A solid rocket booster is detached from Japan's No. 2 H3 rocket carrying a dummy satellite and two functioning microsatellites that lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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After flooding in Hautes-Alpes

Firefighters from the Securite Civil military group came to help clear mud from a detached house, in the Hautes-Alpes region of France, the equivalent of two months rainfall fell in 48 hours. The floods caused widespread damage, including in the village of Guillestre and the ski resort of Risoul, France, on December 04, 2023. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A broken fence is seen outside a house affected by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A damaged car is seen after falling debris from downed Russian rockets landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A damaged roof is seen after falling debris from downed Russian rockets landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Broken windowpanes are piled on the ground after falling debris from downed Russian rockets landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A dog stands outside a house damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A tricycle is seen after falling debris from downed Russian rockets landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A house shows damage caused by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Glass shards cover the seats inside a car damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A damaged car is seen near a house affected by falling debris from downed Russian rockets which landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A place of impact is seen after falling debris from downed Russian rockets landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Damage is seen after falling debris from downed Russian rockets landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Local stay in the street after falling debris from downed Russian rockets landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A woman carries a bucket past a damaged car after falling debris from downed Russian rockets landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A damaged car is seen after falling debris from downed Russian rockets landed in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A volunteer meets people outside a house damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A burnt-out car is seen after falling debris from downed Russian rockets land in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Volunteers unload a particle board outside a house damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A dog is pictured outside a house damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Volunteers unload building materials outside a house damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A cat is pictured after falling debris from downed Russian rockets made landfall in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A room is pictured inside a house damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Volunteers visit a house damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Volunteers speak to local residents outside a residential building damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A senior woman speaks to the press outside a residential building damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A woman holds a girl outside a residential building damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A volunteer speaks to local residents outside a residential building damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Volunteers distribute particle boards to seal shattered windows as debris from downed Russian rockets fell in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Local residents stay outside a residential building damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Volunteers unload a particle board to seal shattered windows as debris from downed Russian rockets fell in Dnipro district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A shattered building is pictured at a residential building damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A woman holding a girl speaks to a volunteer outside a residential building damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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Consequences of Russian rocket attack on Dnipro district

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - A woman holds a cat outside a residential building damaged by falling debris from downed Russian rockets, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. On the night of October 30, 2023, Ukrainian defenders downed two Russian missiles over Dnipropetrovsk Region. The fragments landed in Dnipro district. A five-storey apartment block was damaged, as well as a detached house and a car.

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KENYA-KERICHO-ROAD ACCIDENT

(230702) -- KERICHO, July 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 1, 2023 shows people watching a container that was detached after a driver of a truck carrying the shipping container lost control of the vehicle at Londiani Junction, Kericho County of Kenya. The death toll from a road accident in western Kenya has risen to 51, police said Saturday, as rescue efforts are underway. A driver of a truck carrying a shipping container lost control of the vehicle which then ploughed into other cars and rammed into people on the pedestrian along the Nakuru-Kericho highway in Kericho County on Friday evening. (Photo by Joy Nabukewa/Xinhua)

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Power self-sufficiency town

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on June 6, 2013, shows an area of residential quarters, developed by Daiwa House Industry Co., comprising 65 detached homes all equipped with solar panels and battery storages, aiming to be the first town in Japan self-sufficient in electricity. Daiwa House held a ceremony the same day to mark the opening of the residential quarters.

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10,000 people in Kobe evacuate for removal of World War II dud

KOBE, Japan - A 250-kilogram unexploded bomb of World War II vintage is being removed from a construction site in Kobe on March 4 after a Ground Self-Defense Force bomb disposal team detached the bomb's detonation fuse. The Kobe municipal government sealed off a 300-meter radius around the site and 10,000 residents in the area were evacuated during the disposal work. The bomb was apparently dropped by the U.S. military during World War II, officials say.

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2 die in fall from Nagano cable car

MITAKE, Japan - Two passengers riding in a cable car in Mitake, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, died Oct. 15 after a cable became detached from a pulley and they were thrown from the gondola (shown).

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Cosmos sulphureus in full bloom in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Cosmos sulphureus are in full bloom at Hama Detached Palace Garden in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Aug. 13, heralding the arrival of autumn.

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Cosmoses lit up at Tokyo garden

TOKYO, Japan - Women walk in a cosmos field at the Hama Detached Palace Garden in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, which was lit up Sept. 7 as the opening hours of the garden extended to 8 p.m. for 10 days from the day.

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Mexican maguey blossoms at Tokyo's Hama detached palace

TOKYO, Japan - A maguey originally from Mexico blossomed at Tokyo's Hama Detached Palace on July 18 in what is thought to be the first such blossoming in Japan for 70 years.

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(2)Empress Dowager Nagako dies at 97

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at the Akasaka Detached Palace (now the government guesthouse) in 1925 portrays then Crown Prince Hirohito and Princess Nagako, one year after they were wed.