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UK: Storm Bert Triggers Severe Flooding Across England And Wales

Storm Bert struck England and Wales on Saturday, November 23, bringing heavy rain, power outages, and traffic disruptions, while triggering severe flooding in multiple regions. Over 100 flood warnings were issued across the UK.

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua coats a Guqin with lacquer at his Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedures. Thi

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua plays with his dog at home in the countryside of Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedures. This

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua coats a Guqin with lacquer at his Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedures. Thi

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua coats a Guqin with lacquer at his Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedures. Thi

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua (1st L) teaches an enthusiast how to play Guqin at a Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua (1st L) teaches enthusiasts to play Guqin at a Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 pr

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua waters vegetable at his home garden in the countryside of Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedu

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua prepares lacquer for making Guqin at his Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedur

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua studies Guqin-making at a Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedures. This length

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Families of MH370 victims mark 10 years since flight disappearance

STORY: Families of MH370 victims mark 10 years since flight disappearance SHOOTING TIME: March 3, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTHONY LOKE SIEW FOOK, Malaysia's Transport Minister 3. various of the event STORYLINE: Family members of those aboard Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 marked the tenth year since the disappearance of the aircraft in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. With speeches, presentations and poems, the next-of-kin marked the milestone, with Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook being in attendance. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTHONY LOKE SIEW FOOK, Malaysia's Transport Minister "As the minister and representing the Malaysian government to be here today, it is not just to express our solidarity, but it is a commitment and promise that the search will go on." The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a tragic incident that occurred on March 8, 2014, when the Boeing 777,

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CHILE-SANTIAGO-EX-PRESIDENT-FUNERAL

(240208) -- SANTIAGO, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on March 3, 2020 shows former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera attending a news conference in Santiago, Chile. Sebastian Pinera, who was Chile's president in 2010-2014 and 2018-2022, died on Tuesday when his private helicopter crashed on the shores of Lake Ranco, in southern Chile, according to his office. (Photo by Jorge Villegas/Xinhua)

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Test runs start on Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line

KANAZAWA, Japan - A shinkansen bullet train leaves JR Kanazawa station in Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast on Dec. 8, 2014, as test runs started for train cars to be used from next March for the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line service linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.

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Christmas tree lit up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - The Japan Committee for UNICEF lights up on Nov. 23, 2014, an 8-meter Christmas tree using blue LEDs at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in an effort to cheer up children in the northeastern Japanese region devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Christmas tree set up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - A girl looks at an ornament she made after an 8-meter Christmas tree was lit up on Nov. 23, 2014, at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in the northeastern Japanese region hit by the March 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Harvest moon in tsunami-hit area

NATORI, Japan - People watch a harvest moon in a coastal area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2014. The area was devastated by the massive tsunami in March 2011.

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Harvest moon in tsunami-hit area

NATORI, Japan - People watch a harvest moon in a coastal area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2014. The area was devastated by the massive tsunami in March 2011.

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Prince Katsura, cousin of Emperor Akihito, dies at 66

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2007 shows Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, while watching an international ski competition in Sapporo, Hokkaido. He died of acute heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at 10:55 a.m. on June 8, 2014, aged 66.

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State-of-the-art radar to be set up in Okinoerabu

OKINOERABU, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera encourages Air Self-Defense Force officers at its base in Okinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 8, 2014. Onodera said the government will set up state-of-the-art radar there by the end of March 2016 to improve surveillance and security capabilities.

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Prince Katsura, cousin of Emperor Akihito, dies at 66

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2007 shows Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito. He died of acute heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at 10:55 a.m. on June 8, 2014, aged 66.

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Toyota's group operating profit hits record

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda holds a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on May 8, 2014. The automaker's group operating profit for fiscal 2013, ended March 2014, surged 73.5 percent from the previous year to a record 2.29 trillion yen, driven by the yen's slide and robust sales in Japan and North America.

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Toyota's group operating profit hits record

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda holds a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on May 8, 2014. The automaker's group operating profit for fiscal 2013, ended March 2014, surged 73.5 percent from the previous year to a record 2.29 trillion yen, driven by the yen's slide and robust sales in Japan and North America.

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Toyota's group operating profit hits record

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda holds a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on May 8, 2014. The automaker's group operating profit for fiscal 2013, ended March 2014, surged 73.5 percent from the previous year to a record 2.29 trillion yen, driven by the yen's slide and robust sales in Japan and North America.

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Carnations from Miyagi Pref. for Mother's Day

SENDAI, Japan - Carnation grower Hiroki Sugai prepares carnations for shipping for Mother's Day in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 8, 2014. Sugai, whose business was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami along with other growers in the area, restarted growing flowers about a year after the disaster.

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Toyota's group operating profit hits record

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda holds a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on May 8, 2014. The automaker's group operating profit for fiscal 2013, ended March 2014, surged 73.5 percent from the previous year to a record 2.29 trillion yen, driven by the yen's slide and robust sales in Japan and North America.

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Boeing's newest jumbo model being built near Seattle

SEATTLE, United States - The Boeing 747-8, the newest model of the U.S. plane manufacturer's jumbo jet, is being built at the company's plant near Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 2014.

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Tsunami-damaged 8-mm film in Iwate Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - An 8-millimeter film damaged by the March 2011 tsunami is pictured on March 20, 2014, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. A group led by Junji Ito, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, is collecting 8-mm films and other media that record sceneries of Ofunato before the disaster.

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Group in Iwate Pref. collecting pre-disaster records

SENDAI, Japan - Daisuke Miyoshi (L), a part-time instructor at Tokyo University of the Arts, collects 8-millimeter film and other media from Naotake Sato, who runs a photo studio in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 20, 2014. Miyoshi is a member of a group led by Junji Ito, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, which is collecting 8-mm film and other media that record the scenery of Ofunato before the March 2011 disaster.

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Japanese table tennis pair return after making history

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pair Mima Ito (L) and Miu Hirano meet reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo upon their return to Japan on April 8, 2014, after winning the women's final at the German Open on March 30 to become the youngest ever doubles winners in the history of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour at the age of 13.

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Japan's consumption tax hike

OSAKA, Japan - Demonstrators march in Osaka on April 1, 2014, to protest Japan's consumption tax rate hike to 8 percent implemented that day.

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Indian politician joins online networking event

MUMBAI, India - Narendra Modi, candidate for India's prime minister from the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, takes part in an online networking event on March 8, 2014. India is bracing for general elections in April-May.

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Snow on Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line cleared

AOMORI, Japan - A snowplow clears a path at Kasamatsutoge in Aomori Prefecture, midpoint of the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line (National Highway Route 103), on March 27, 2014. The route linking the city of Aomori in northeastern Japan and areas around Lake Towada, with walls of snow accumulating as high as 8 meters on its sides, will be reopened to ordinary traffic from April 1 after being closed for winter.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - The J-League's first match behind closed doors is held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - The J-League's first match behind closed doors is held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Urawa Reds captain Yuki Abe reads an antiracism declaration before the J-League's first match behind closed doors, held against Shimizu S-Pulse, at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Urawa Reds captain Yuki Abe reads an antiracism declaration before the J-League's first match behind closed doors, held against Shimizu S-Pulse, at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo shows Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo where the J-League's first match behind closed doors was held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo where the J-League's first match behind closed doors was held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo where the J-League's first match behind closed doors was held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo where the J-League's first match behind closed doors was held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Ehime, Hiroshima eye to draw 8,000 people in cycling event

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura speaks during a press conference on March 19, 2014, at the Ehime prefectural government building about an Oct. 26 international cycling event to be held along the Nishiseto Expressway, commonly known as the Setouchi Shimanami Kaido, linking Ehime Prefecture's Imabari and Onomichi of Hiroshima Prefecture. The two western Japan prefectures aim to attract 8,000 participants.

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Missing Malaysian jet

BEIJING, China - Photo taken March 17, 2014, in Beijing, shows a relative of one of the passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 sleeping in a waiting room arranged by the airline. The plane disappeared March 8 shortly after leaving Kuala Lumpur International Airport for the Chinese capital.

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Man makes gigantic torch in Nara

NARA, Japan - Teruo Nomura (L), 70, makes a gigantic "Kago taimatsu" torch, to be used in the "Omizutori" water drawing ceremony at Todaiji, a Buddhist temple in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara, on March 8, 2014.

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Missing of Malaysian jet

BEIJING, China - Photo taken March 14, 2014, in Beijing, shows relatives of one of the passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8 over the South China Sea while enroute to the Chinese capital from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

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Search for Malaysia Airlines plane

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A P-3C patrol plane of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force arrives at an air base near Kuala Lumpur on March 14, 2014, to join international efforts to search for the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane missing since March 8.

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Japanese SDF joins search for missing Malaysian jetliner

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Members of a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force disaster relief team operate inside a C-130 transport aircraft with the hatch open while flying over the South China Sea on March 13, 2014. Japan dispatched the team to join international efforts to search for the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane missing since March 8.

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Search for Malaysia Airlines plane

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A member of a disaster relief team looks out the window of a C-130 transport aircraft of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force flying over the South China Sea on March 13, 2014. Japan dispatched the team to join international efforts to search for the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane missing since March 8.

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Racist banner at J-League game

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Urawa Reds supporters holding various banners and flags during a home game against Sagan Tosu at Saitama Stadium on March 8, 2014. Urawa decided to prohibit their supporters from displaying signs and banners of any kind in all competitions for the foreseeable future following an incident in which a group of supporters displayed a racist banner during the game.

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Japanese SDF joins search for missing Malaysian jetliner

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -Japanese Air Self-Defense Force members at the controls of a C-130 transport aircraft check its location while flying over the South China Sea on March 13, 2014. Japan dispatched the disaster relief team to join international efforts to search for the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane missing since March 8.

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Racist banner at J-League game

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuru Murai, chairman of the J-League, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2014, to announce Urawa Reds will be punished for failing to remove a racist banner from Saitama Stadium until after the game against Sagan Tosu on March 8.