Amazing variety of birds at a stone Basin during heatwave - Paris

Amazing variety of birds at a stone Basin during heatwave - Paris

A Magpie ( Pica pica, Pie Bavarde ) bathing in a stone Basin in a garden in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on August 2025 during heatwave with dryness and high temperatures. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

Amazing variety of birds at a stone Basin during heatwave - Paris

Amazing variety of birds at a stone Basin during heatwave - Paris

A Magpie ( Pica pica, Pie Bavarde ) bathing in a stone Basin in a garden in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on August 2025 during heatwave with dryness and high temperatures. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

F1 British Grand Prix - UK

F1 British Grand Prix - UK

Magpie bird and Alexander Albon (Tha) of Williams Racing #23 during the Formula 1 Qatar Airways British Grand Prix 2025 on Friday at the Silverstone International Circuit, Silverstone, England, UK on July 4, 2025. Photo by Antoine Lapeyre/ABACAPRESS.COM

F1 British Grand Prix - UK

F1 British Grand Prix - UK

Lando Norris (Gbr) of McLaren Racing #4 and a magpie bird during the Formula 1 Qatar Airways British Grand Prix 2025 on Friday at the Silverstone International Circuit, Silverstone, England, UK on July 4, 2025. Photo by Antoine Lapeyre/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

A Red-billed Blue Magpie Hunts An Underage Turtle Dove in Renhuai

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 7, 2025 - A red-billed blue magpie hunts an underage turtle dove at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, southwest China's Guizhou province, March 7, 2025.

World Environment Day

World Environment Day

RENHUAI, CHINA - JUNE 3, 2024 - A squirrel and a red-billed blue magpie stay in a tree at Nanzhu Forest Park in Renhuai city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, June 3, 2024.

China launches new relay satellite for Earth-Moon communications

STORY: China launches new relay satellite for Earth-Moon communications SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:44 LOCATION: WENCHANG, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of a new relay satellite STORYLINE: China launched a new relay satellite on Wednesday to provide Earth-Moon communications services. This marks a key step for the country's future lunar exploration missions such as retrieving samples from the far side of the moon. A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the satellite dubbed Queqiao-2, or magpie bridge-2, soared into the sky at 8:31 a.m. from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province. After 24 minutes of flight, the satellite separated from the rocket, and entered the planned Earth-Moon transfer orbit with the perigee at 200 kilometers and the apogee at 420,000 kilometers. The satellite's solar panels and communications antennae were unfolded, according to the China National Space Administration. Xinhua News Agency

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

ZHEGNZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 15, 2024 - A Red-billed Blue Magpie plays on a branch of wintersweet flowers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 15, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

Blue Magpie

Blue Magpie

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2024 - A Blue Magpie eats fruit in a tree in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Jan 4, 2024.

CHINA-BEIJING-SUMMER PALACE-AUTUMN SCENERY (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-SUMMER PALACE-AUTUMN SCENERY (CN)

(231103) -- BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2023 shows a magpie foraging at the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PARK-BIRDS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PARK-BIRDS (CN)

(230616) -- NANNING, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A red-billed blue magpie rests at a forest park in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PARK-BIRDS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PARK-BIRDS (CN)

(230616) -- NANNING, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A red-billed blue magpie rests at a forest park in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

Couple designs creative digital animation to tell story of raptor rescue

STORY: Couple designs creative digital animation to tell story of raptor rescue DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of animation on raptor rescue 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FAN DANDAN, Volunteer of Shenyang Raptor Rescue Center 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SHANG KAIYU, Volunteer of Shenyang Raptor Rescue Center STORYLINE: Fan Dandan and her husband Shang Kaiyu are both volunteers of Shenyang Raptor Rescue Center, northeast China's Liaoning Province. They used digital animation to design a "raptor digital universe," sharing more stories about bird protection. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FAN DANDAN, Volunteer of Shenyang Raptor Rescue Center "My name is Fan Dandan, I am a volunteer of Shenyang Raptor Rescue Center. Through combination of my paintings and platform video stories which I made, I choose this art form to tell you what really happened to each bird of my paintings. This little one is a baby Azure-winged Magpie, she was tiny and furry when I fi

CHINA-BEIJING-YUANMINGYUAN PARK-BIRDS (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-YUANMINGYUAN PARK-BIRDS (CN)

(220515) -- BEIJING, May 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A magpie and a heron are seen in Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

Snow Day (2000)

Snow Day (2000)

Josh Peck & Chris Elliott Characters: Wayne Alworth & Roger the Snowplowman Film: Snow Day Director: Chris Koch 29 January 2000 Date: 29 January 2000

Sunbury, The Magpie Hotel 1890

Sunbury, The Magpie Hotel 1890

Sunbury, The Magpie Hotel 1890 Date: 1890

Sunbury, The Magpie Hotel 1890

Sunbury, The Magpie Hotel 1890

Sunbury, The Magpie Hotel 1890 Date: 1890

Eurasian magpie with a branch

Eurasian magpie with a branch

Eurasian magpie in the fly with the blue sky on the background. The bird bears a branch in its beak. (CTK Photo/Roman Krompolc)