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China: Drone Malfunction Sparks Fire at National Day Celebration

During China’s National Day on October 2, 2025, in Liuyang, Hunan, a drone used to launch fireworks malfunctioned, causing sparks to fall near spectators and ignite a small hillside fire. Firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control within about a minute, preventing further spread, while onlookers backed away from the flickering flames.

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Golden Week holidays in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, May 5 Kyodo - A domestic departure lobby at Tokyo's Haneda airport is crowded with passengers during the Golden Week holiday season in Japan on May 3, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Golden Week holidays in Japan

A domestic departure lobby at Tokyo's Haneda airport is crowded with passengers during the Golden Week holiday season in Japan on May 3, 2025.

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Golden Week holidays in Japan

A domestic departure lobby at Tokyo's Haneda airport is crowded with passengers during the Golden Week holiday season in Japan on May 3, 2025.

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Golden Week holidays in Japan

A domestic departure lobby at Tokyo's Haneda airport is crowded with passengers during the Golden Week holiday season in Japan on May 3, 2025.

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Golden Week holidays in Japan

A shinkansen platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in the western Japan city of Osaka is crowded with passengers during the Golden Week holiday season in Japan on May 3, 2025.

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Golden Week holidays in Japan

A shinkansen platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with passengers during the Golden Week holiday season in Japan on May 3, 2025.

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Golden Week holidays in Japan

A shinkansen platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with passengers during the Golden Week holiday season in Japan on May 3, 2025.

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Rafting tours in western Japan

Rafting tours commence for the year on a river in the Wakayama Prefecture village of Kitayama, western Japan, during the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2024.

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Rafting tours in western Japan

Rafting tours commence for the year on a river in the Wakayama Prefecture village of Kitayama, western Japan, during the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2024.

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Hong Kong records some 766,000 mainland visitor arrivals during Labor Day holiday

STORY: Hong Kong records some 766,000 mainland visitor arrivals during Labor Day holiday SHOOTING TIME: May 1, 2024 DATELINE: May 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of visitors in Hong Kong STORYLINE: Hong Kong has recorded about 766,000 visitor arrivals from the Chinese mainland through the air, sea and land control points during the Labor Day Golden Week of the mainland (May 1 to 5), with an average daily arrivals of about 153,000, up 22 percent year-on-year. Citing statistics from the Hong Kong Immigration Department, a spokesperson for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Monday that the overall number of inbound mainland visitors was in line with earlier estimates, and the operation at boundary control points and different arrangements for receiving visitors were conducted smoothly in general. A total of about 570 inbound mainland tour groups visited Hong Kong during the holidays, registering around 19,000 arri

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Kansai airport in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Powerful quake in central Japan

JR Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture is overcrowded with passengers as shinkansen bullet train service is suspended amid the Golden Week holidays in the wake of a powerful earthquake that rocked the central Japan prefecture and its surrounding areas.

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Powerful quake in central Japan

JR Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture is overcrowded with passengers as shinkansen bullet train service is suspended amid the Golden Week holidays in the wake of a powerful earthquake that rocked the central Japan prefecture and its surrounding areas.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Chinese outbound tourists key to Egyptian tourism

STORY: Chinese outbound tourists key to Egyptian tourism DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists in Egypt STORYLINE: The recovery of the outbound tourism industry in China is now providing a significant boost to Egyptian tourism. This surge in outbound travel coincided with one of China's most significant annual holidays, the Golden Week, which began on Sept. 29 and extended for eight days. During this period, Chinese people celebrated both the country's National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival. "In the world's No. 2 economy, spending on holidays and inbound and outbound tourism is expected to surge, contributing to the world's tourism recovery," said Mohamed Othman, chairman of the Cultural Tourism Marketing Committee in Upper Egypt. According to China Tourism Academy, a Beijing-based research institution, overseas destinations received a total of 40.37 million visitors from the Chinese mainland during the first half of the year. "Chi

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Kansai airport in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Powerful quake in central Japan

JR Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture is overcrowded with passengers as shinkansen bullet train service is suspended amid the Golden Week holidays in the wake of a powerful earthquake that rocked the central Japan prefecture and its surrounding areas.

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Powerful quake in central Japan

JR Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture is overcrowded with passengers as shinkansen bullet train service is suspended amid the Golden Week holidays in the wake of a powerful earthquake that rocked the central Japan prefecture and its surrounding areas.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Visitors flock to Murakami Suigun Museum

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Visitors look at exhibited items at the Murakami Suigun Museum in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on May 5, 2014. Some 7,500 people visited the museum during this year's Golden Week holidays from April 26 to May 6, 2014, an all-time high, according to the museum. The high figure was possibly due to the popularity of the 2014 bookstore grand prix-winning novel "Murakami kaizoku no musume" (Daughter of Murakami Pirates) by Ryo Wada.

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Holidaymakers flood transport routes as Golden Week travel peaks

TOKYO, Japan - The domestic departure lobby at Tokyo's Haneda aiport is crowded with people heading for resort areas and hometowns on May 3, 2014, as Japan's Golden Week spring holidays reaches its peak.

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Return rush by holidaymakers peaks in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - JR Tokyo Station is crowded with travelers on May 5, 2011, many of whom are on the way home after spending their ''Golden Week'' holidays away. The annual major spring holidays are from late April to early May.

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Return rush by holidaymakers peaks in Japan

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Kansai international airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on May 5, 2011, who are on the way home after spending their ''Golden Week'' holidays away. The annual major spring holidays are from late April to early May.