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Senegalese cast ballots to elect new president

STORY: Senegalese cast ballots to elect new president SHOOTING TIME: March 24, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a polling station in Dakar STORYLINE: The first round of the Senegalese presidential election was held on Sunday. According to statistics from the General Directorate of Elections, approximately 7.37 million voters, over 7 million domestically and the remainder abroad, were expected to cast their ballots to elect the fifth president of Senegal. Senegalese voters voted in about 16,440 polling stations from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The General Directorate of Elections said 2,457 observers were accredited for the election. Nineteen candidates are competing to succeed the outgoing president, Macky Sall, who was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2019. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dakar. (XHTV)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei (R) checks a draft with her daughter Zhang Ailing at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken on March 6, 2024 shows paintings of Jiang Shumei in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei signs her autographs for readers during her new book sharing activity in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 2, 2019. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei displays her books at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2013, Jiang's arti

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in 2016 shows Jiang Shumei (C) communicating with Chinese and foreign writers during a writing workshop in south China's Guangdong Province. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei writes before dawn at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 24, 2019. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2013, Jiang's art

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in January 2016 shows Jiang Shumei receiving an award for her third book "The Woman with a Long Neck" in Beijing, capital of China. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since A

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Ailing, Jiang Shumei's daughter, massages her mother's hand at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in 2016 shows Jiang Shumei (2nd R) collecting other people's stories in her hometown Juye County in east China's Shandong Province. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since A

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei (R) checks a draft with her daughter Zhang Ailing at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in 2019 shows Jiang Shumei (C) telling stories about herself during a program of China Central Television (CCTV) which aired in September 2019. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a boo

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Celebs at Paco-Rabanne Fashion Show - Paris

Jane Birkin sits front row at Paco-Rabanne's Fall-Winter 2012-2013 Ready-To-Wear collection show held at Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France, on March 6, 2012. Photo by Nicolas Briquet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 6-year-old Wei Kangtao having class at school in Dahua Township on March 27, 2012 (L, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Huang Xiaobang) and Wei Kangtao, who is a senior high school student now, posing for a photo on May 21, 2023 (R, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Hu Xingyu) in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 6, 2021 shows a water purifier installed in Shanghe Village of Jiangnan Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 6, 2021 shows household water tanks in Shanghe Village of Jiangnan Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni (4th L), leader of an all-woman archaeological team, conducts a archeological skill training program in Wulong District, southwest China's Chongqing, March 6, 2023. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni, leader of an all-woman archaeological team, is seen at the site of a relics protection project in Wulong District, southwest China's Chongqing, March 6, 2023. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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New Year ladder-top stunts by firefighters

TOKYO, Japan - A firefighter holds a scroll bearing a message of encouragement for the Tohoku region, which was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, while seated atop a 7-meter ladder in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2012, in a demonstration of ladder-top stunts dating back to Japan's feudal Edo period during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department.

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TEPCO seeks to restart idled nuclear reactors

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows the buildings containing the No. 7 reactor (L) and the No. 6 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. TEPCO said July 2, 2013, it will swiftly apply for a state safety assessment of the two reactors to restart their operation, even as the utility continues to grapple with the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Vote disparity

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers who filed a lawsuit over the 2.34 times disparity in the weight of votes seen in the Tokyo No. 1 single-seat constituency in the House of Representatives election December 2012, stand in front of the Tokyo High Court on March 6, 2013, after it ruled the disparity was unconstitutional.

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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photos are displayed of North Korea's December 2012 rocket launch, which was widely seen as a covert test of long-range missile technology, in Pyongyang on March 6, 2013, a day after North Korea threatened to scrap the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken at Miyagi prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013 shows a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is given to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) receives a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used, at the prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is presented to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Robot for work at Fukushima nuclear plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows MHI-MEISTeR robot cutting off a pipe during a demonstration in Kobe on Dec. 6, 2012. The robot was developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for work at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which was crippled by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Robot for work at Fukushima nuclear plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s MHI-MEISTeR robot at its unveiling in Kobe on Dec. 6, 2012. The robot was developed for work at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which was crippled by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Tsunami debris on U.S. shores

PORTLAND, United States - Azusa Kojima (L) and Hiroshi Kaneko of the Japan Environmental Action Network meet with U.S. groups on how to collaborate over the problem of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami landing on North American shores in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 6, 2012.

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Antinuke demonstration in U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Protesters march in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and nuclear power.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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A's vs. Hanshin

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Suzuki (R) of the Oakland Athletics exchanges high-fives with his teammate Kila Ka'aihue after hitting a three-run homer in the fourth inning of an exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012. The A's lost 12-6.

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A's vs. Hanshin

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Johjima (R) of the Hanshin Tigers slides safely past Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki during the second inning of an exhibition game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012, scoring from second on a hit by Hayata Ito. Hanshin won 12-6.

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A's vs. Hanshin

TOKYO, Japan - Randy Messenger of the Hanshin Tigers pitches in an exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012. The former Seattle Mariner allowed four runs over five innings in his team's 12-6 victory.

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Nishikori to play Nadal

MIAMI, United States - Kei Nishikori of Japan acknowledges the crowd after defeating Lukas Rosol of Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2 in the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida, on March 25, 2012. Nishikori will play world No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain in the last 16 of the tournament.

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Kagawa ties Japan scoring record in Europe

COLOGNE, Germany - Shinji Kagawa (L) of Borussia Dortmund keeps his eye on the ball during the second half of a Bundesliga game against Cologne away on March 25, 2012. The Japanese midfielder struck twice in the second half, giving him 11 goals for the season, a total that matched the record for goals by a Japanese player in a single European first-division season. Borussia Dortmund won the game 6-1.

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Only 1 out of 54 nuclear reactors left operating

NIIGATA, Japan - A display in the central control room for the No. 6 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture indicates that output of the reactor has fallen to zero at 0:06 a.m. on March 26, 2012. TEPCO suspended operation of its last running nuclear reactor for a routine checkup, leaving only one of 54 commercial reactors in Japan still in service.

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Only 1 out of 54 nuclear reactors left operating

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken 0:10 a.m. on March 26, 2012, shows the central control room for the No. 6 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, shortly after the reactor's operation was suspended. TEPCO suspended operation of its last running nuclear reactor for a routine checkup, leaving only one of 54 commercial reactors in Japan still in service.

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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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Falklands 30 years after war

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Photo taken on the Falkland Islands on March 6, 2012, shows the wreckage of a helicopter, which has remained since the Falklands War in 1982.

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New sports car co-developed by Fuji Heavy, Toyota

OTA, Japan - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga (L) and Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda shake hands at a plant of Fuji Heavy in Ota, Gunma Prefecture on March 16, 2012. Fuji Heavy began the same day full-fledged production of a new sports car it co-developed with Toyota. The rear-wheel-drive vehicle, to be sold by Fuji Heavy as the Subaru BRZ from March 28 and by Toyota as the ''86'' from April 6, is manufactured at the plant.

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Cafeterias at gov't offices

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 6, 2012, shows a set menu having tomato-simmered deer meat as the main dish, served at Teshigotoya Sakura, one of the cafeterias at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district.

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Holding hands in prayer

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People line up and hold hands to mourn for the victims of the massive tsunami on the coast of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, at 6:58 a.m. on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the disaster that hit northeastern Japan.

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1st anniv. of tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People offer flowers near the ''miracle lone pine'' in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at 6:17 a.m. on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. The tree is regarded as a symbol of reconstruction of the area devastated by the disaster after surviving the gigantic tidal wave that knocked down all the other roughly 70,000 pine trees on a 2-kilometer stretch along the Pacific shore.

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1st anniv. of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken at 6:17 a.m. on March 11, 2012, shows the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the areas hit hardest by the massive tsunami exactly a year ago.

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Iwaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Yotsukura port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 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 15, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 6, 2012 (bottom).

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Railroad soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show part of JR Senseki Line rail track in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom). Services on the line have been partly resumed.

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Kesennuma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Panoramic photos show an area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 6, 2012 (bottom).

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N. Korea official in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief envoy to the six-party talks on the country's nuclear program, arrives in New York on March 6, 2012,