Hong Kong fire

Hong Kong fire

A massive fire burns down bamboo scaffolding and protective mesh set up around a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, a day after it broke out, leaving at least 94 people dead with 279 unaccounted for. Hong Kong's fire department said the mesh and foam board used for an ongoing refurbishment of exterior walls at the complex may have helped the fire to spread amid strong winds.

[Breaking News]Typhoon in Japan

MAKINOHARA, Japan, Sept. 5 Kyodo - Video taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan. (Kyodo)

Typhoon in Japan

Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan.

Typhoon in Japan

Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan.

Typhoon in Japan

Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan.

Typhoon in Japan

Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of western and eastern Japan.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Block Building

Block Building

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2024 - The exterior walls of several buildings on the south bank of Tangdao Bay look like they are made of colored building blocks in the West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 28, 2024.

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 8, 2024 - Workers paint the exterior walls of an old residential area at the renovation site in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Oct 8, 2024.

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 8, 2024 - Workers paint the exterior walls of an old residential area at the renovation site in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Oct 8, 2024.

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 8, 2024 - Workers paint the exterior walls of an old residential area at the renovation site in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Oct 8, 2024.

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 8, 2024 - Workers paint the exterior walls of an old residential area at the renovation site in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Oct 8, 2024.

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 8, 2024 - Workers paint the exterior walls of an old residential area at the renovation site in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Oct 8, 2024.

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 8, 2024 - Workers paint the exterior walls of an old residential area at the renovation site in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Oct 8, 2024.

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

Old Residential Areas Renovate in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 8, 2024 - Workers paint the exterior walls of an old residential area at the renovation site in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Oct 8, 2024.

MOROCCO-MARRAKECH-MEDINA-EARTHQUAKE-AFTERMATH

MOROCCO-MARRAKECH-MEDINA-EARTHQUAKE-AFTERMATH

(230914) -- MARRAKECH, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 13, 2023 shows the exterior of the wall of the Koutoubia Mosque at the medina of Marrakech, Morocco. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the North African country at 11:11 p.m. local time (2211 GMT) last Friday at a depth of 18.5 km. The death toll from the devastating earthquake has risen to 2,901, and the injuries to 5,530, according to the latest statement released by the Moroccan government on Tuesday. The medina of Marrakech is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The district dates back centuries and is enclosed by walls built of red sandstone. Many of the old buildings inside the medina have been damaged. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-PRISON-HUMAN EXPERIMENTS

U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-PRISON-HUMAN EXPERIMENTS

(230210) -- PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2022 shows the exterior view of a building of Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia, the United States. TO GO WITH "Feature: Human experiments -- chilling crimes behind walls of U.S. prison" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-PRISON-HUMAN EXPERIMENTS

U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-PRISON-HUMAN EXPERIMENTS

(230210) -- PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2022 shows the exterior view of a building of Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia, the United States. TO GO WITH "Feature: Human experiments -- chilling crimes behind walls of U.S. prison" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

Bangladesh village houses shine bright with colorful folk arts

STORY: Bangladesh village houses shine bright with colorful folk arts DATELINE: April 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:54 LOCATION: CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Bangladesh CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of women painting 2. various of motifs 3. SOUNDBITE (Bengali): DAYKHON BARMAN, Local artist STORYLINE: Almost all the houses in a village in Bangladesh's Chapainawabganj district, some 302 km northwest of the capital Dhaka, are adorned with traditional art called Alpona. In the village, every mud house wall is a canvas, while their inhabitants are artisans. The colorful motifs on the exterior walls of the houses have won the village the fame of "Alpona Gram (art village)" of the country. Motifs on as many as 50 houses in the Tikoil village are drawn by women. Daykhon Barman is one of the elderly village ladies who said she got married between the ages of 12 and 13. SOUNDBITE (Bengali): DAYKHON BARMAN, Local artist "It is the custom of our Hindu family to make Alpona in the yard with three drops of vermilion and rice

Green substance affecting exterior of Taj Mahal

Green substance affecting exterior of Taj Mahal

This file photo taken in February 2016 shows tourists visiting the Taj Mahal in Agra in the northern India state of Uttar Pradesh. A green substance produced by huge numbers of mosquito-like insects, emerging out of extreme pollution of the nearby Yamuna River, has discolored the white marble walls of the Taj Mahal, causing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to order a probe into the discoloring, as of May 24, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo snapshot: Tokyo Tech's environment-conscious building

Tokyo snapshot: Tokyo Tech's environment-conscious building

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2015, shows the exterior walls of the Environment Energy Innovation Building covered with some 4,600 solar panels at the Ookayama Campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) in the western part of the Japanese capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ice Bar

Ice Bar

Tourists play in an ice bar along the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan 6, 2021. The exterior walls, bar and chairs are all made of ice.

Luxury Shops

Luxury Shops

A huge Cartier inscription appears on the facade of Henglong square on Nanjing West Road. On the left and right exterior walls, Hermes and Bvlgari shops are being renovated. April 2, 2021, Shanghai

Luxury Shops

Luxury Shops

A huge Cartier inscription appears on the facade of Henglong square on Nanjing West Road. On the left and right exterior walls, Hermes and Bvlgari shops are being renovated. April 2, 2021, Shanghai

Luxury Shops

Luxury Shops

A huge Cartier inscription appears on the facade of Henglong square on Nanjing West Road. On the left and right exterior walls, Hermes and Bvlgari shops are being renovated. April 2, 2021, Shanghai

Luxury Shops

Luxury Shops

A huge Cartier inscription appears on the facade of Henglong square on Nanjing West Road. On the left and right exterior walls, Hermes and Bvlgari shops are being renovated. April 2, 2021, Shanghai

Luxury Shops

Luxury Shops

A huge Cartier inscription appears on the facade of Henglong square on Nanjing West Road. On the left and right exterior walls, Hermes and Bvlgari shops are being renovated. April 2, 2021, Shanghai

Luxury Shops

Luxury Shops

A huge Cartier inscription appears on the facade of Henglong square on Nanjing West Road. On the left and right exterior walls, Hermes and Bvlgari shops are being renovated. April 2, 2021, Shanghai

Ice Bar

Ice Bar

Tourists play in an ice bar along the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan 6, 2021. The exterior walls, bar and chairs are all made of ice.

Ice Bar

Ice Bar

Tourists play in an ice bar along the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan 6, 2021. The exterior walls, bar and chairs are all made of ice.

Ice Bar

Ice Bar

Tourists play in an ice bar along the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan 6, 2021. The exterior walls, bar and chairs are all made of ice.

Ice Bar

Ice Bar

Tourists play in an ice bar along the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan 6, 2021. The exterior walls, bar and chairs are all made of ice.