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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUILIN-GIRL-UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT (CN)

(240405) -- GUILIN, April 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Dong Qian (front) moved out of the classroom by his father Dong Huiling with a trolley bed at Sanchawei Primary School in Lingchuan Township, Lingchuan County of Guilin City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sept. 13, 2012 (L) and Dong Qian (C) walking with her classmates at Guilin Normal College in Guilin City on March 13, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Defying limits: Unbreakable spirit of a girl battling brittle bones" (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUILIN-GIRL-UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT (CN)

(240405) -- GUILIN, April 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Dong Qian (C) taking classes at Sanchawei Primary School in Lingchuan Township, Lingchuan County of Guilin City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sept. 13, 2012 (above) and Dong Qian (front) taking classes at Guilin Normal College in Guilin City on March 13, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Defying limits: Unbreakable spirit of a girl battling brittle bones" (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive

STORY: Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people fleeing Sake towards Goma, eastern DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): EUSTACHE GASORE, Displaced person 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SON AMANI, Displaced person 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): GUILAIN IRUNVA, Displaced person STORYLINE: For several weeks, residents of Sake, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have been living under the intensive exchange of heavy weapons fire as fighting flared up between government troops and March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, Xinhua correspondents observed on the ground. Located about 20 km from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, much of which is occupied by the M23, Sake City is considered to be the last barrier for Goma, which was taken by M23 rebels in late 2012. The DRC army and military partners such as the Southern African Development

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Nuclear authority not to allow restart of Monju reactor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows the prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority is considering not allowing the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the operator of the 280,000-kilowatt reactor, to resume operations before its sloppy safety management is improved, sources close to the matter said May 13, 2013.

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Fossil of carnivorous dinosaur found in Japan

KUJI, Japan - Photo taken in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture on March 29, 2013, shows Takato Sasaki, a 13-year-old junior high school student from neighboring Aomori Prefecture. A fossil found in Kuji in May 2012 by Sasaki has been confirmed as a toe bone of a Coelurosauria, a carnivorous dinosaur living in the latter part of the Cretaceous period around 85 million years ago, a researcher said the same day.

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Fossil of carnivorous dinosaur found in Japan

KUJI, Japan - Takato Sasaki, a 13-year-old junior high school student from Aomori Prefecture, holds a fossil in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture on March 29, 2013. The fossil found in Kuji in May 2012 by Sasaki has been confirmed as a toe bone of a Coelurosauria, a carnivorous dinosaur living in the latter part of the Cretaceous period around 85 million years ago, a researcher said the same day.

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Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:23 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (top L) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:20 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (bottom) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The two objects at top are the lid to the containment vessel. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Otsuchi town in August 2012

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo shows a part of the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2012. While most of the debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been cleaned up, a wide swath of the town remains vacant.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). A shopping area has been established at bottom R.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Tsubasa Sugeno (L), a university student hailing from Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Ayaka Ogawa (L), who graduated from a senior high school in Iwate Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Japanese owner reunited with buoy lost in tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Sakiko Miura smiles in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2012, after putting on an apron presented as a gift from American David Baxter, who also shipped her a fish-farm buoy (front) that was lost in the March 2011 tsunami and later found on an island off Alaska. Miura, 63, is believed to be the first Japanese to receive a washed-up item from Japan's disaster-hit region sent back from overseas.

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Japanese owner reunited with buoy lost in tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Sakiko Miura smiles while holding a fish-farm buoy in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2012. American David Baxter shipped her the buoy that was lost in the March 2011 tsunami and later found on an island off Alaska. Miura, 63, is believed to be the first Japanese to receive a washed-up item from Japan's disaster-hit region sent back from overseas.

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Japanese owner reunited with buoy lost in tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Sakiko Miura caresses a fish-farm buoy in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2012. American David Baxter shipped her the buoy that was lost in the March 2011 tsunami and later found on an island off Alaska. Miura, 63, is believed to be the first Japanese to receive a washed-up item from Japan's disaster-hit region sent back from overseas.

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Imperial couple in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (behind emperor) talk to residents of temporary housing units in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2012, that were erected following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Mother's Day in disaster area

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman prays before an altar on Mother's Day in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2012. The area was severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Emperor in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (front, facing) and Empress Michiko (behind emperor) talk to residents of temporary housing units in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2012, that were erected following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Peace march in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Participants in a peace march leave Ginowan city hall in Okinawa Prefecture on May 13, 2012, calling for the closure of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the city.

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U.S. volunteers repair tsunami-hit buildings

SENDAI, Japan - American volunteer Steve Lengkeek (L) from Delaware works to remodel a building used to house a dentist as an accommodation facility in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 13, 2012. A group of 35 Americans has been taking turns visiting Japan to repair buildings in coastal Miyagi Prefecture damaged by the massive March 2011 tsunami.

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Cherry blossoms bloom in Tohoku

IWAKI, Japan - Some blossoms bloom on the someiyoshino breed of cherry tree in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 13, 2012. The tree, located some 300 meters from seashore, was flooded about 80 meters high at the time of the March 2011 tsunami.

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UNESCO honors children's newspaper

PARIS, France - Francesco Bandarin (rear C), assistant director general for culture at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, poses for photos with Japanese children at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris on April 2, 2012, as the U.N. body honors the Fight Shimbun wall newspaper written by children in a northeastern Japanese city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In the front (from R) are first editor Risa Yoshida, 8, and her sister Mahiro, 4. In the center is second editor Satoko Oyama, 10, with her sister Kanako, 13, (rear L). To the right of Bandarin is coordinator and musician Misa Jonouchi.

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Net access in subway

TOKYO, Japan - A man uses a smartphone in a subway train of Tokyo Metro Co.'s Shinjuku Line in Tokyo on March 30, 2012. Two Tokyo subway operators began offering wireless communication service enabling passengers to check emails and access the Internet as they travel between stations on limited sections of two lines. The new service is likely to extend to cover all of the operators' 13 lines by the end of the year.

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Kakuryu secures ozeki promotion

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian Sekiwake Kakuryu is pictured at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 24, 2012, the 14th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, after beating ozeki Kotooshu. Kakuryu secured promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki after improving to 13-1.

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Kakuryu secures ozeki promotion

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian sekiwake Kakuryu (R) throws down ozeki Kotooshu at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 24, 2012, the 14th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. Kakuryu improved to 13-1 and secured promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki.

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Nerve gas attack anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Employees offer a moment of silence at the subway's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2012, during an event to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. In the attack, 13 people were killed and more than 6,000 others were sickened.

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Turkish energy minister Yildiz

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Kuwait City on March 13, 2012.

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Darvish shaky in second start of spring

GOODYEAR, United States - Texas Rangers rookie pitcher Yu Darvish is at a press conference after pitching in a pre-season game against the Cleveland Indians in Goodyear, Arizona, on March 13, 2012. The Japanese ace allowed two runs over three innings he pitched. The Rangers tied 8-8 with the Indians in 10 innings.

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Japan, Ukraine mark 2011 quake anniversary

KIEV, Ukraine - Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Toichi Sakata (R) gives a speech during a ceremony in Kiev on March 13, 2012, in remembrance of victims of Japan's March 2011 earthquake and to pray for the prevention of nuclear accidents. People affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident and former workers involved in the response joined the ceremony.

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Darvish shaky in second start of spring

GOODYEAR, United States - Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba (L) talks to rookie pitcher Yu Darvish after Asdrubal Cabrera of the Cleveland Indians hit an RBI single during the third inning of a pre-season game in Goodyear, Arizona, on March 13, 2012. The Japanese ace allowed two runs over three innings he pitched. The Rangers tied 8-8 with the Indians in 10 innings.

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Moon probe tested

NAGOYA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency operates test models of moon exploration robots in sand dunes in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 13, 2012.

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Moon probe tested

NAGOYA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency operates test models of moon exploration robots in sand dunes in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 13, 2012.

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Moon probe tested

NAGOYA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency operates test models of moon exploration robots in sand dunes in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 13, 2012.

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4 years after Tibet rioting

BEIJING, China - A police officer (R) patrols a Tibetan residential area in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on March 13, 2012, just ahead of the anniversary of the March 14, 2008 rioting in Lhasa in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Irish Chernobyl campaigner in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Adi Roche, chief executive officer of the charity group Chernobyl Children International based in Ireland, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2012.

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China conference wraps up

BEIJING, China - (front row, from R) Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping stand and sing the national anthem at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing as the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference wrapped up on March 13, 2012.

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First-ever African wrestler makes sumo debut

OSAKA, Japan - Egyptian Osunaarashi, sumo's first-ever wrestler of African descent, performs a pre-bout ritual as an unofficially ranked wrestler at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on March 13, 2012. Osunaarashi (Great Sandstorm), whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan, marked his debut with a resounding victory at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in the city of Osaka.

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First-ever African wrestler makes sumo debut

OSAKA, Japan - Egyptian Osunaarashi (L), sumo's first-ever wrestler of African descent, shoves his opponent as an unofficially ranked wrestler at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on March 13, 2012. Osunaarashi (Great Sandstorm), whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan, marked his debut with a resounding victory at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in the city of Osaka.

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BOJ chief Shirakawa

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa enters the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on March 13, 2012, for a policy meeting. The BOJ started the two-day policy meeting the previous day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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1st anniversary of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer prayers at an alter on the premises of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the tsunami.

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1st anniversary of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer prayers at an alter on the premises of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the tsunami.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which debris has been removed from a road and some temporary buildings have been constructed.

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Ofunato soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which debris has mostly been removed.

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Minamisanriku soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom). Still much work seemed necessary to reconstruct the heavily damaged area.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 3, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same school on March 3, 2012 (bottom). At the school, 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the disaster.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same school on March 3, 2012 (bottom), when people offer prayers there. At the school, 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the disaster.

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Fishing port soon after quake, now

SOMA, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show Matsukawaura fishing port in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same port on March 2, 2012 (bottom).

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Kesennuma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom). The foundations of a house destroyed by the tsunami are seen after the removal of debris.

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Kesennuma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a pedestrian overpass in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same overpass on March 1, 2012 (bottom).