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U.S.-DALLAS-JUNETEENTH-CELEBRATION

(230618) -- DALLAS, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a Juneteenth celebration march in Dallas, Texas, the United States, on June 17, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Dan Tian/Xinhua)

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Zoo in Russia's St. Petersburg hosts event for animal mothers

STORY: Zoo in Russia's St. Petersburg hosts event for animal mothers DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Leningrad Zoo and animals 2. various of "Mothers of the Zoo" theme event STORYLINE: Leningrad Zoo in St. Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia, held an event themed "Mothers of the Zoo" on Wednesday to introduce mothers in the animal world. Founded in 1865, Leningrad Zoo is the oldest zoo in Russia. Today, it's the second-largest zoo in Russia, with 2,000 animals from 410 species. In the special tour arranged by the zoo, visitors were able to interact with animals, learning how animals take care of their cubs from the animal experts. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from St. Petersburg, Russia. (XHTV)

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Record reveals Shinsengumi struggled in summer heat

KYOTO, Japan - A woman shows a temple record in Kyoto on Sept. 2, 2014, which revealed that Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, asked Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto, to provide more space for its members to give them relief from the scorching summer heat.

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Records show exchanges between Hijikata, temple

KYOTO, Japan - The Hongwanji research center in Kyoto discloses on Sept. 2, 2014, documents including records of exchanges between Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, and Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto.

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Modern ukiyo-e artist refreshes old masters' works

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken March 14, 2014 in Kyoto shows one of ukiyo-e artist Inuki Tachihara's reproductions of the seven-part series "Oatari Kyogen" (Smash Hit Farces) by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Titled "Kan Shojo" -- the nickname of Sugawara no Michizane (845-903), the work uses a bright shade of red to represent anger. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Confectioner makes, sells salt rice cracker on Tokyo shopping street

A confectioner makes and sells flavored "shio-okaki" salt rice crackers in a corner of Mamegen, a shop established in 1865, on a shopping street in Tokyo's time-honored Azabu Juban district on March 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Records show exchanges between Hijikata, temple

KYOTO, Japan - The Hongwanji research center in Kyoto discloses on Sept. 2, 2014, documents including records of exchanges between Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, and Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto. (Kyodo)