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China: Sharp Rain Boundary Leaves Half Street Soaked in Hunan

This is the surreal moment that a street in Hunan, China appeared to be divided by a line of rain, one half soaking wet, the other completely dry on July 13. The video highlighted the clearly visible boundary between the wet and dry halves of the street, astonishing passersby with the extreme contrast.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - A table divided into two halves stands for the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stage a performance at a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - A table divided into two halves stands for the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stage a performance at a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stage a performance at a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - A table divided into two halves stands for the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stand behind a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - A table divided into two halves stands for the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stage a performance at a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - A table divided into two halves stands for the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - A table divided into two halves stands for the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stage a performance at a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stage a performance at a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stand behind a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stand behind a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-POW rally in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - Activists stage a performance at a table divided into two halves symbolising the way Christmas will be celebrated in Ukraine and Russian captivity during the Third Christmas in Captivity rally set to remind about Ukrainian POWs and missing persons, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Egypt's currency halves in value in 10 months

STORY: Egypt's currency halves in value in 10 months DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egyptian pound 2. various of banks in Egypt STORYLINE: The Egyptian pound further declined against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, plunging to below 31 pounds to the dollar before settling at 29.7 in the afternoon. The Egyptian local currency has lost about half of its value since March 2022, when a dollar was worth about 15.7 pounds. Egypt devalued its local currency twice in 2022, the latest of which was in late October. The devaluation is part of the country's "shift to a durable exchange rate regime" demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has recently approved a loan of 3 billion dollars to Egypt to finance its economic and structural reforms. Over the past year, Egypt has been facing soaring inflation driven by the global hike in food and energy prices. Egyptian annual urban consumer inflation rose to 21.3 percent in December compar

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Toyota halves FY 2011 net profit forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011. The Japanese automaker slashed its full-year net profit forecast to 180 billion yen from 390 billion yen, reflecting the impact of the strong yen and supply chain disruptions triggered by the flooding in Thailand.

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Colonel Sanders statue found in Osaka 24 yrs after Hanshin win

OSAKA, Japan - A statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders is shown to the media in Osaka on March 11, after its upper- and lower- halves were recovered separately from a river in Osaka on March 10 and 11. When Japan's Central League baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the league title in 1985, exited Tigers fans tossed the statue into the river because they thought it resembled Randy Bass, who was then the American slugger for the team.

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Colonel Sanders statue found in Osaka 24 yrs after Hanshin win

OSAKA, Japan - Reporters and camera crew surround a statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders in Osaka on March 11 after its upper- and lower- halves were recovered separately from a river in Osaka on March 10 and 11. When Japan's Central League baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the league title in 1985, exited Tigers fans tossed the statue into the river because they thought it resembled Randy Bass, who was then the American slugger for the team.

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TOKYO, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru are lifted onto a salvage barge in the Pacific off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 20 a day after it collided with Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago, which is equipped with high-tech Aegis radar systems.

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TOKYO, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru are lifted onto a salvage barge in the Pacific off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 20 a day after it collided with Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago, which is equipped with high-tech Aegis radar systems.

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TATEYAMA, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru which collided with the Japanese destroyer Atago off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 are lifted to the deck of a support vessel on Feb. 20. Coast Guard investigators will examine the wreckage to help determine the cause of the accident. Two fishermen -- father and son -- on board the Setoku Maru remain missing.

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Separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet dies at 26

TOKYO, Japan - Nguyen Viet (C), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, died in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 6 at age 26. The photo, taken in 2006 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, shows Viet surrounded by his brother Duc and Duc's wife. The twins were separated through surgery at age 7 by a group of Japanese and Vietnamese doctors in 1988. They had been conjoined at the lower halves of their bodies and sharing some organs.

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Inter-Korean summit set for June 12-14 in Pyongyang

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korean top leader Kim Jong Il will hold first-ever summit talks between the leaders of the two halves of the divided Korean Peninsula on June 12-14 in Pyongyang. Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (L) and Culture and Tourism Minister Park Jie Won (R) make public the agreement at a press conference in Seoul on April 10.

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North-South Korean summit slated for June 12-14 in Pyongyang

SEOUL, Japan - South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung (L, file photo) will meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il (R, file photo) for the first-ever summit between the two halves of the divided Korean Peninsula on June 12-14 in Pyongyang, the governments of both countries announced April 10.

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Hawaii activates National Guard amid Mauna Loa eruption

STORY: Hawaii activates National Guard amid Mauna Loa eruption DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, the United States CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the eruption of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano (courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) STORYLINE: The eruption of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, the world's largest active volcano, has prompted Hawaii's National Guard to help as residents and tourists flock to witness the rare scene. Since its eruption on Nov. 27, Mauna Loa has been shooting jets of lava toward the sky and down the massive mountain. While officials said there is still no immediate risk to communities on Hawaii's Big Island, lava has now crept within 2 miles of the main highway connecting the eastern and western halves of the Big Island. "The leading edge of the lava flow continues to have minimal movement... and is approximately 2 miles from Daniel K. Inouye highway," the County of Hawaii's hazards website said Tuesday morning. "It does not pose a threat to any comm

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Malaysian PM Anwar unveils cabinet

STORY: Malaysian PM Anwar unveils cabinet DATELINE: Dec. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim 2. various of conference press 3. various of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim 4. various of street views STORYLINE: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim unveiled his cabinet on Friday, naming two deputy prime ministers in an effort to better represent both halves of the country. In a televised speech, Anwar said he himself will assume the finance minister's portfolio, a post which he previously held from 1991 to 1998. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is president of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), is one of the deputy prime ministers, while Fadillah Yusof who hails from the northern Borneo state of Sarawak is the other deputy prime minister. Anwar had previously pledged to give greater representation to the northern Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kuala

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North-South Korean summit slated for June 12-14 in Pyongyang

SEOUL, Japan - South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung (L, file photo) will meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il (R, file photo) for the first-ever summit between the two halves of the divided Korean Peninsula on June 12-14 in Pyongyang, the governments of both countries announced April 10.

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Heroes : Season 1 (2006)

Hayden Panettiere & Jack Coleman Characters: Claire Bennet & Noah Bennet Television: Heroes : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2006-2010, / Episode 1.06: 'Das Zweite Gesicht' (Chapter Six 'Better Halves', Dir. Greg Beeman, 2006) 25 September 2006 (L-R) Hayden Panettiere and Jack Coleman Date: 25 September 2006

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Heroes : Season 1 (2006)

Painting Of Ali Larter & Santiago Cabrera Characters: Isaac Mendez Television: Heroes : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2006-2010, / Episode 1.06: 'Das Zweite Gesicht' (Chapter Six 'Better Halves', Dir. Greg Beeman, 2006) 25 September 2006 Date: 25 September 2006

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Heroes : Season 1 (2006)

Santiago Cabrera Characters: Isaac Mendez Television: Heroes : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2006-2010, / Episode 1.06: 'Das Zweite Gesicht' (Chapter Six 'Better Halves', Dir. Greg Beeman, 2006) 25 September 2006 HEROES -- 'Better Halves' Episode 106 -- Pictured: Santiago Cabrera as Isaac Mendez -- NBC Photo: Trae Patton Date: 25 September 2006

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Heroes : Season 1 (2006)

Hayden Panettiere Characters: Claire Bennet Television: Heroes : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2006-2010, / Episode 1.06: 'Das Zweite Gesicht' (Chapter Six 'Better Halves', Dir. Greg Beeman, 2006) 25 September 2006 Date: 25 September 2006

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Heroes : Season 1 (2006)

Nora Zehetner Characters: Eden McCain Television: Heroes : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2006-2010, / Episode 1.06: 'Das Zweite Gesicht' (Chapter Six 'Better Halves', Dir. Greg Beeman, 2006) 25 September 2006 Nora Zehetner Date: 25 September 2006

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Heroes : Season 1 (2006)

Santiago Cabrera & Milo Ventimiglia Characters: Isaac Mendez & Peter Petrelli Television: Heroes : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2006-2010, / Episode 1.06: 'Das Zweite Gesicht' (Chapter Six 'Better Halves', Dir. Greg Beeman, 2006) Director: 25 September 2006 HEROES -- 'Better Halves' Episode 106 -- Pictured: (l-r) Santiago Cabreera as Isaac Mendez, Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli -- NBC Photo: Trae Patton Date: 25 September 2006

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Heroes : Season 1 (2006)

Painting Of Peter Patrelli Television: Heroes : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2006-2010, / Episode 1.06: 'Das Zweite Gesicht' (Chapter Six 'Better Halves', Dir. Greg Beeman, 2006) 25 September 2006 Date: 25 September 2006

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Heroes : Season 1 (2006)

Nora Zehetner & Sendhil Ramamurthy Characters: Eden McCain & Mohinder Suresh Television: Heroes : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2006-2010, / Episode 1.06: 'Das Zweite Gesicht' (Chapter Six 'Better Halves', Dir. Greg Beeman, 2006) 25 September 2006 (L-R) Nora Zehetner and Sendhill Ramamurthy Date: 25 September 2006

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Colonel Sanders statue found in Osaka 24 yrs after Hanshin win

OSAKA, Japan - Reporters and camera crew surround a statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders in Osaka on March 11 after its upper- and lower- halves were recovered separately from a river in Osaka on March 10 and 11. When Japan's Central League baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the league title in 1985, exited Tigers fans tossed the statue into the river because they thought it resembled Randy Bass, who was then the American slugger for the team. (Kyodo)

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Colonel Sanders statue found in Osaka 24 yrs after Hanshin win

OSAKA, Japan - A statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders is shown to the media in Osaka on March 11, after its upper- and lower- halves were recovered separately from a river in Osaka on March 10 and 11. When Japan's Central League baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the league title in 1985, exited Tigers fans tossed the statue into the river because they thought it resembled Randy Bass, who was then the American slugger for the team. (Kyodo)

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TATEYAMA, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru which collided with the Japanese destroyer Atago off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 are lifted to the deck of a support vessel on Feb. 20. Coast Guard investigators will examine the wreckage to help determine the cause of the accident. Two fishermen -- father and son -- on board the Setoku Maru remain missing. (Kyodo)

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TOKYO, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru are lifted onto a salvage barge in the Pacific off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 20 a day after it collided with Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago, which is equipped with high-tech Aegis radar systems. (Kyodo)

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Separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet dies at 26

TOKYO, Japan - Nguyen Viet (C), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, died in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 6 at age 26. The photo, taken in 2006 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, shows Viet surrounded by his brother Duc and Duc's wife. The twins were separated through surgery at age 7 by a group of Japanese and Vietnamese doctors in 1988. They had been conjoined at the lower halves of their bodies and sharing some organs. (Kyodo)

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Hairdressing

The woman is having her hair done in momoware style, which gained popularity among young women during the mid-Meiji Period. The momoware hairstyle is created by binding the hair up high, then parting it down the middle into two separate halves.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐63‐0]

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Toyota halves FY 2011 net profit forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011. The Japanese automaker slashed its full-year net profit forecast to 180 billion yen from 390 billion yen, reflecting the impact of the strong yen and supply chain disruptions triggered by the flooding in Thailand. (Kyodo)

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Golf: Matsuyama, Furyk halves in group match at WGC

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan and Jim Furyk of the United States are seen after halving in a group on the first of a three-day round-robin group at the world golf championship Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas, on March 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fast Retailing's group net profit halves on strong yen

Tadashi Yanai, president and chief executive officer of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual clothing stores, briefs reporters on the company's group financial results for the business year through August during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic scenes: Face painted Union Jack

Photo shows women bringing together face-painted halves of a Union Jack during a rugby sevens match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean summit set for June 12-14 in Pyongyang

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korean top leader Kim Jong Il will hold first-ever summit talks between the leaders of the two halves of the divided Korean Peninsula on June 12-14 in Pyongyang. Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (L) and Culture and Tourism Minister Park Jie Won (R) make public the agreement at a press conference in Seoul on April 10.