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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cardinal ‘Papabile’ Pietro Parolin - Close-up - Vatican

Vatican's Secretary of State cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy) poses at the Apostolic palace, Vatican on March 27, 2025. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the ‘ papabili’ and could be the next pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration For US Election Day

File photo dated March 27, 2014 - Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) holds an event to place American flags on the National Mall, representing the 1,892 veterans and service members who have died by suicide this year in Washington, DC, USA. - American voters go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their next president. US election results are sometimes declared within hours of the polls closing, but this year's tight contest could mean a longer wait. Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the former president, have been running neck-and-neck for weeks. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xi Focus-Profile: Xi Jinping, man of culture

(240201) -- BEIJING, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, March 27, 2014. TO GO WITH "Xi Focus-Profile: Xi Jinping, man of culture" (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

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Kobe high schoolers visit tsunami-hit Ishinomaki school

OSAKA, Japan - Students of Maiko high school in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, stand in front of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2014. They visited the school which lost many pupils in the March 2011 tsunami as part of an extracurricular activity at the high school offering a disaster prevention course, the only such course provided at a Japanese high school.

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Tohoku region eyes smartphone app to boost tourism

SENDAI, Japan - The first meeting by entities concerned toward developing "Guide Tohoku," a smartphone application that will provide tourist information on the Tohoku region and archives on the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, is held in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014. Six northeastern Japan prefectures and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Tohoku Regional Bureau announced the plan the same day.

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Fukushima governor-elect talks about prefecture's rebirth

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov.-elect Masao Uchibori speaks to reporters in Fukushima City on Oct. 27, 2014, the day after he won the prefecture's gubernatorial election. He said he will do his utmost for recovery from the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disasters and rebirth of the northeastern prefecture.

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'Bunraku' puppet theater to be performed across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yohei Sasakawa (R), chairman of the Nippon Foundation, and noted puppeteer Kanjyuro Kiritake (2nd from R) strike a pose with others in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. Sasakawa launched a "Japan Bunraku" project on the same day to promote the traditional Japanese puppet theater through performances across Japan on a ready-to-assemble temporary stage, funded by the foundation, starting with performances at Tokyo's Roppongi Hills next March.

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Nagano-Kanazawa bullet train to start operation on March 14

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuro Tomita, president of East Japan Railway Co., announces the plan to start bullet train operations connecting Nagano and Kanazawa on March 14 next year during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. The new Hokuriku Shinkansen Line will be an extension of the Tokyo-Nagano route launched in October 1997.

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Funeral procession in Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - People wearing white pull a decorated float bearing a coffin during a funeral procession in Siem Reap, northwestern Cambodia, on March 27, 2014.

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N. Korea marks war anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Men march at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on July 27, 2014, the 61st anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement ending the Korean War. North Korea celebrates the day as it considers it won the war.

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N. Korea marks war anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Men march at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on July 27, 2014, the 61st anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement ending the Korean War. North Korea celebrates the day as it considers it won the war.

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Train stops at station repaired after tsunami damage

MORIOKA, Japan - A train of Sanriku Railway Co.'s North Rias Line stops at Shimanokoshi Station in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 27, 2014, as it reopens after virtual completion of repair work from devastation inflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011.

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Tsunami-hit railway station resumes operation

MORIOKA, Japan - Shimanokoshi Station of Sanriku Railway Co.'s North Rias Line in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, resumes operation on July 27, 2014, after virtual completion of repair work from devastation inflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011,.

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Taiwan nuclear plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Thousands of demonstrators protesting against the construction of Taiwan's fourth nuclear plant march in Taipei on April 27, 2014. The Taiwan government said the same day it will freeze the construction pending endorsement of the project by voters in a national referendum.

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Quake-affected firms introduce post-disaster undertakings

SENDAI, Japan - An official of one of the Japanese companies affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami explains some of their post-disaster business undertakings during an academia-business symposium on regional reconstruction held in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 27, 2014.

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Quake-affected firms introduce post-disaster undertakings

SENDAI, Japan - Kamaishi Hikari Foods, one of the Japanese companies affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, exhibits fresh fish frozen with specially developed ice at an academia-business symposium on regional reconstruction held in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 27, 2014, to introduce post-disaster business undertakings.

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Abe inspects temporary housing in Iwate village

NODA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits on April 27, 2014 temporary housing units in Noda village, Iwate Prefecture, which were built after the northeastern Japanese prefecture was heavily damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Abe pledged the central government's all-out assistance for the residents.

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Abe inspects temporary housing in Iwate village

NODA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds the hand of a child on April 27, 2014 while talking with residents of temporary housing in Noda village, Iwate Prefecture, built following the devastating March 2011 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Royal Shakespeare Company theater on banks of River Avon

LONDON, Britain - The Royal Shakespeare Company theater on the banks of River Avon in the central part of England is photographed on March 27, 2014.

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Guide shows school Shakespeare said to have attended

LONDON, Britain - Tour guide John Hogg (L, F) gives an explanation in front of the school at which Shakespeare is said to have attended in Stratford-upon-Avon in the central part of England in this file photo taken on March 27, 2014.

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Shakespeare's birthplace keeps attracting tourists

LONDON, Britain - William Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon in the central part of England, as shown in this file photo taken on March 27, 2014, keeps attracting tourists.

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Women build off-road vehicle at university in India

NEW DELHI, India - Students build an off-road vehicle at Indira Gandhi Delhi Technological University for Women in India on March 27, 2014.

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Painter Miyatake keeps seeking light in darkness

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Photo taken March 27, 2014 shows painter Kikue Miyatake standing in front of a work in progress. To the right is a picture titled "Unwavering Resolve," which she painted in the immediate aftermath of the 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. Photo by Makoto Hori.

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N. Korean official explains about seized fishing boat

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Chol, director of North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, tells a group of foreign diplomats gathered in Pyongyang on March 29, 2014, that the South Korean military seized a North Korean fishing boat in the Yellow Sea on March 27 and forced its crew members to defect.

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Daughter finds Tezuka's drawings in locked desk

TOKYO, Japan - Rumiko Tezuka, daughter of famed Japanese manga creator Osamu Tezuka, speaks at Tezuka Productions' studio in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, on April 1, 2014, about newly discovered drawings and other items found in her father's desk drawers that had remained locked since his death in 1989. The drawers of the desk, kept at the studio, were opened for the first time in 25 years on March 27.

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N. Korean official explains about seized fishing boat

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Chol, director of North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, tells a group of foreign diplomats gathered in Pyongyang on March 29, 2014, that the South Korean military seized a North Korean fishing boat in the Yellow Sea on March 27 and forced its crew members to defect.

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Bank involved in bankruptcy rumors

BEIJING, China - A branch of the Rural Commercial Bank of Huanghai in Yancheng, China's Jiangsu Province, one of the banks rumored to be going bankrupt, is pictured on March 27, 2014.

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Money stacked at China bank's teller window

BEIJING, China - Money is stacked at a teller window of a branch of Jiangsu Sheyang Rural Commercial Bank in Yancheng, China's Jiangsu Province, on March 27, 2014 to assure customers who flocked to the bank seeking to withdraw their money on rumors that it was going bankrupt.

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Money stacked up at China bank

BEIJING, China - Money is stacked up at a branch of Jiangsu Sheyang Rural Commercial Bank in Yancheng, China's Jiangsu Province, on March 27, 2014. The bills were shown to assure customers who flocked to the bank seeking to withdraw their money on rumors that it was going bankrupt.

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Kabukiza unveils new souvenirs to mark 1st year since reopening

TOKYO, Japan - Sweets wrapped in Japanese-style towels printed with patterns of "kumadori," a style of Kabuki makeup used by players of violent roles, are among new souvenirs unveiled at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 27, 2014. The theater marked its first anniversary on April 2 of its reopening after rebuilding.

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New Kabukiza marks 1st anniversary of reopening

TOKYO, Japan - The Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Ginza district, the spiritual home of the centuries-old Japanese performing art Kabuki, is photographed on March 27, 2014, ahead of the first anniversary on April 2 of its reopening after rebuilding.

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H.K. Yoshinoya poster says 'no ingredients from Fukushima'

HONG KONG, China - A poster at a Hong Kong outlet of Japanese fast food chain Yoshinoya, famous for its "gyudon" beef bowls, stresses that it "absolutely does not use rice or other ingredients from Japan's Fukushima Prefecture," as seen in this photo taken on March 27, 2014. Rumors spread in Hong Kong that the restaurant's food is carcinogenic after Yoshinoya Holdings Co. in Japan announced in October 2013 it will grow rice and vegetables in a joint venture with farmers in Fukushima, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex.

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U.N. Security Council condemns N. Korea's missile launch

NEW YORK, United States - Oh Joon, South Korean ambassador to the United Nations, answers a reporter's question at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 27, 2014, after the U.N. Security Council discussed launches of two Rodong medium-range ballistic missiles by North Korea the previous day. The council condemned North Korea's missile launches in a statement.

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U.N. Security Council condemns N. Korea's missile launch

NEW YORK, United States - Sylvie Lucas, Luxembourg's ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 27, 2014, after the U.N. Security Council discussed launches of two Rodong medium-range ballistic missiles by North Korea the previous day. Lucas, the council president, issued a statement condemning North Korea's missile launches.

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UNIQLO store in N.Y. collaborates with art museum

NEW YORK, United States - Fast Retailing Co. gives the media a preview of a new section at its flagship UNIQLO casual clothing store in New York that sells T-shirts and other goods with designs of collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on March 27, 2014. The section opened on March 28.

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Uniqlo operator chief

NEW YORK, United States - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo-brand casual clothing store chain, is interviewed in New York on March 27, 2014.

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Asada top after short program

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, near Tokyo, on March 27, 2014. Asada scored a world-record 78.66 points.