Remotely controlled excavator

Remotely controlled excavator

A remotely controlled unmanned excavator removes earth and sand at the site of a landslide caused by the Jan. 1, 2024 massive earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 8, 2025. The excavator, controlled from an office in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan -- over 300 kilometers away from the site -- was introduced by the land ministry the same day.

Remotely controlled excavator

Remotely controlled excavator

A remotely controlled unmanned excavator removes earth and sand at the site of a landslide caused by the Jan. 1, 2024 massive earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 8, 2025. The excavator, controlled from an office in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan -- over 300 kilometers away from the site -- was introduced by the land ministry the same day.

Japanese woman killed in Hungary

Japanese woman killed in Hungary

People hold a memorial gathering on Feb. 8, 2025, in front of an apartment in Budapest where the charred body of a Japanese woman was found on Jan. 29. Her Irish ex-husband has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her.

Japanese woman killed in Hungary

Japanese woman killed in Hungary

People pray on Feb. 8, 2025, in front of an apartment in Budapest where the charred body of a Japanese woman was found on Jan. 29. Her Irish ex-husband has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her.

Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People wait for the arrival of Israeli hostages released by Palestinian group Hamas in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

Baseball: Ohtani's brother becomes corporate league team manager

Baseball: Ohtani's brother becomes corporate league team manager

Ryuta Ohtani (L), brother of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and new manager of the Toyota Motor East Japan corporate league baseball team, watches the squad's training on Jan. 8, 2025, in Kanegasaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Baseball: Ohtani's brother becomes corporate league team manager

Baseball: Ohtani's brother becomes corporate league team manager

Ryuta Ohtani, brother of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, poses for a photo in front of the press on Jan. 8, 2025, in Kanegasaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where he was formally introduced as new manager of the Toyota Motor East Japan corporate league baseball team.

CES tech show in Las Vegas

CES tech show in Las Vegas

A model demonstrates technology that projects a chosen makeup image onto the user's face, adjusting it to their facial shape. The technology, developed by Japanese cosmetics maker Kose Corp. and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd., was unveiled at CES, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas on Jan. 8, 2025.

Jimmy Carter's casket

Jimmy Carter's casket

People visit the flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 8, 2025.

CES tech show in Las Vegas

CES tech show in Las Vegas

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2025, shows a Suzuki Motor Corp. booth at the CES technology show, one of the world's largest IT and home appliance trade fairs, in Las Vegas.

CES tech show in Las Vegas

CES tech show in Las Vegas

Suzuki Motor Corp. President Toshihiro Suzuki meets the press in Las Vegas on Jan. 8, 2025, as the CES technology show, one of the world's largest IT and home appliance trade fairs, is under way.

Football: English League Cup

Football: English League Cup

Liverpool's Wataru Endo (L) plays in an English League Cup semifinal first leg football match against Tottenham Hotspur on Jan. 8, 2025, in London.

Football: English League Cup

Football: English League Cup

Liverpool's Wataru Endo (3) plays in an English League Cup semifinal first leg football match against Tottenham Hotspur on Jan. 8, 2025, in London.

Football: English League Cup

Football: English League Cup

Liverpool's Wataru Endo (3) plays in an English League Cup semifinal first leg football match against Tottenham Hotspur on Jan. 8, 2025, in London.

U.N. Security Council on N. Korea's missile firing

U.N. Security Council on N. Korea's missile firing

A U.N. Security Council emergency meeting is held at U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 8, 2025, on North Korea's launch on Jan. 6 of what it described as a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (C, L) heads the ball in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (L) vies for the ball in the first half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Reo Hatate (facing camera) hugs teammate Daizen Maeda after scoring a goal in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (L) shoots on goal in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (R) opens the scoring in the first half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

Japan financial minister and Vietnam PM

Japan financial minister and Vietnam PM

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato (L) shakes hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh as they hold talks in Hanoi on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) poses with Terumi Tanaka (C) and Toshiyuki Mimaki, representatives of Nihon Hidankyo, the leading Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

People walk in the snow-covered northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Jan. 8, 2025.

Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2025, shows a pedestrian on a snow-cleared path in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori following heavy snow.

Ritual at waterfall in western Japan

Ritual at waterfall in western Japan

Priests dressed in traditional attire beat wooden boards with willow branches in front of a waterfall in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2025, during a ritual at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine to enhance the effectiveness of the talisman to ward off misfortune.

Adachi Museum of Art

Adachi Museum of Art

File photo shows Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi in the western Japan prefecture of Shimane on Jan. 8, 2025.

Adachi Museum of Art

Adachi Museum of Art

File photo shows Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi in the western Japan prefecture of Shimane on Jan. 8, 2025.

Toyama makes New York Times's list of 52 places to go in 2025

Toyama makes New York Times's list of 52 places to go in 2025

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2025, shows a building housing Toyama Glass Art Museum in Toyama, a central Japan city selected for the New York Times's list of "52 places to go in 2025." The newspaper called the museum, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, "a towering cathedral of timber and light."

Tanker stranded off Hokkaido

Tanker stranded off Hokkaido

The tanker Sanwa Maru runs aground off Hakodate in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 8, 2025, with Japan Coast Guard officials confirming heavy oil is leaking due to suspected damage to a fuel tank. All 11 crew members are safe, according to the JSG.

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) meets with Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks to reporters after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks to reporters after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (3rd from R) meets with members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) poses with Terumi Tanaka (4th from L), co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, and other members of the leading Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) meets with Terumi Tanaka (2nd from R), co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, and other members of the leading Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) meets with Terumi Tanaka (3rd from R), co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, and other members of the leading Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba

Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba

Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba

Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.