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The Cardinals ‘Papabile’ - Vatican

File photo - Cardinal ‘papabile’ Joao Braz de Aviz (Brazil) attends a mass in San Giovanni in Laterano Basilica in Rome, Italy on May 26, 2016. - Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz is a progressive-leaning senior Vatican official who since 2012 has served as the prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the papal names, and could be the Successor of Peter. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows (from L to R) Chen Liangdong leveling the field on April 6, 2023, transplanting rice seedlings on May 29, 2023, holding a bamboo pole to pollinate the rice for seed production on Aug. 1, 2023, and showcasing harvested rice seeds on Aug. 26, 2023, in a hybrid rice seed breeding base in Xinchang Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transp

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-HYBRID RICE SEED BREEDING-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230830) -- CENGONG, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Chen Liangdong showcasing germinated rice seeds on April 6, 2023 (upper L), transplanting rice seedlings on May 29, 2023 (upper R), inspecting rice pollination on Aug. 1, 2023 (lower L) and displaying harvested rice seeds on Aug. 26, 2023 in Cengong County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. As autumn arrives, the rice fields turn golden. Chen Liangdong has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan Province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Looking at the abundant rice seeds, he was overjoyed. Chen, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong County. He used to work as a construction worker in the county for many years. In 2012, Chen returned to his village and took over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other

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'Bunraku' legend Takemoto Sumitayu ends 68-year career

TOKYO, Japan - Legendary "bunraku" puppet show narrator Takemoto Sumitayu speaks on May 26, 2014 as he greets the capacity-crowd audience at Tokyo's National Theater after winding up his 68-year career. The 89-year-old designated living national treasure suffered a stroke in July 2012, which eventually led him to call it quits.

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"Smart city" in Chiba Pref.

KASHIWA, Japan - Photo taken May 17, 2012, shows a housing complex in Kashiwa-no-ha campus city in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The smart city developed by Mitsui Fudosan Co. will be completed in 2014 and accommodate a total population of 26,000, including commuters.

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Japan Crown Prince Naruhito

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 26, 2012, shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito. The picture was taken when he attended a ceremony to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Scout Association of Japan.

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (3rd from R) inspects the spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the pool, cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building, has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (3rd from R) inspects spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono examined how the pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 26, 2012, shows the inside of the wrecked reactor building for the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station in Fukushima Prefecture. At center is the top of the reactor containment vessel. A group of reporters viewed the No. 4 reactor with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building of the power plant has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono inspects the fifth floor of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - A group of reporters view the wrecked reactor building for the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. They traveled with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - A group of reporters view the wrecked reactor building for the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. They traveled with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the operation floor on the fifth floor of the wrecked No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. A group of reporters viewed the No. 4 reactor with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building of the power plant has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the operation floor on fifth floor of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. At back is the top of the reactor containment vessel. A group of reporters viewed the No. 4 reactor with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building of the power plant has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 26, 2012, shows the fifth floor of the wrecked reactor building for the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station in Fukushima Prefecture. At center is the top of the reactor containment vessel. A group of reporters viewed the No. 4 reactor with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building of the power plant has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono inspects the fifth floor of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (R) inspects the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono inspects spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) speak during a press conference after co-chairing a summit of Japan and Pacific island nations in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands before their meeting in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. They met on the sidelines of a meeting of Japan and other Pacific island leaders.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a press conference after a summit of Japan and Pacific island nations in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - People take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Many visitors crowd the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Tongan Prime Minister Siale'ataonga Tu'ivakano (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands before their meeting in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. They met on the sidelines of a meeting of Japan and other Pacific island leaders.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - A woman and her daughter take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows many visitors including parents with children enjoying an extensive view of the capital from the highest platform, the 450-meter-high Tembo Galleria, open to the public in the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows many visitors including parents with children enjoying an extensive view of the capital from the highest platform, the 450-meter-high Tembo Galleria, open to the public in the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders meet in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders offer a moment of silence in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, for the victims of the March 2011 quake and tsunami. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit in Nago.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Many visitors including parents with children enjoy an extensive view of the capital from the highest platform, the 450-meter-high Tembo Galleria, open to the public in the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Many visitors including parents with children enjoy an extensive view of the capital from the highest platform, the 450-meter-high Tembo Galleria, open to the public in the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) speaks during a summit of Japan and Pacific island nations in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders pose for photos as they meet in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Electronics mulls shedding up to 14,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 26, 2012, shows a building housing the head office of Renesas Electronics Corp. in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The struggling major semiconductor maker is reportedly considering slashing up to around 14,000 jobs, or around 30 percent of its entire workforce, while it is in talks to sell a factory in Japan to a Taiwanese company.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders meet in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders pose for photos as they meet in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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U.S. Sens. Levin, McCain on defense bill

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (L), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and committee member Sen. John McCain, hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 24, 2012, to discuss the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. The U.S. Senate has effectively rejected for a second-straight year funding for the planned partial transfer of U.S. Marines stationed in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture to Guam, as the committee cut the entire $26 million requested for the transfer while approving next fiscal year's defense budget earlier in the day.

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Picture book on creators of Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - Writer and illustrator Noritake Suzuki draws a sketch for a picture book tentatively titled ''Tokyo Sky Tree wo Tsukuru'' (meaning ''Creating Tokyo Sky Tree'') at his home in the city of Chiba on Aug. 26, 2011. The picture book featuring various jobs concerned with the construction of Tokyo Sky Tree will be published next spring. Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest self-standing tower, is scheduled to open to visitors in May 2012.

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Nissan breaks ground on EV car factory in Tennessee

SMYRNA, United States - Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn delivers a speech during a ground-breaking ceremony for a factory to assemble electric vehicles in Smyrna, Tennessee, on May 26, 2010. The factory, being built at Nissan's existing plant in Smyrna, is capable of making up to 150,000 rechargeable Leaf hatchbacks a year. Production is set to begin at the end of 2012.

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3-time Olympic champion Nomura to continue career

OSAKA, Japan - Three-time Olympic champion judoka Tadahiro Nomura smiles during a press conference in the city of Yao, Osaka Prefecture, on May 26. Nomura said he will continue his judoka career and intends to capture more gold at the 2012 London Olympics before calling it quits.

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3-time Olympic champion Nomura to continue career

OSAKA, Japan - Three-time Olympic champion judoka Tadahiro Nomura smiles during a press conference in the city of Yao, Osaka Prefecture, on May 26. Nomura said he will continue his judoka career and intends to capture more gold at the 2012 London Olympics before calling it quits. (Kyodo)

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Downton Abbey (2010)

Iain Glen, Michelle Dockery, Dan Stevens & Elizabeth Mcgovern Characters: Sir Richard Carlisle, Lady Mary Crawley, Matthew Crawley, Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham Television: Downton Abbey (TV-Serie) Uk 2010-2015, 26 September 2010 Downton Abbey Season 2 on MASTERPIECE Classic Part 7 - Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 9pm ET on PBS Shown from L-R: Iain Glen as Sir Richard Carlisle, Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary, Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley and Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Grantham (C) Carnival Film & Television Limited 2011 for MASTERPIECE This image may be used only in the direct promotion of MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. No other rights are granted. All rights are reserved. Editorial use only. Date: 26 September 2010

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Downton Abbey (2010)

Iain Glen, Michelle Dockery & Dan Stevens Characters: Sir Richard Carlisle, Lady Mary Crawley, Matthew Crawley Television: Downton Abbey (TV-Serie) Uk 2010-2015, 26 September 2010 Downton Abbey Season 2 on MASTERPIECE Classic Part 7 - Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 9pm ET on PBS Shown from L-R: Iain Glen as Sir Richard Carlisle, Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary and Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley (C) Carnival Film & Television Limited 2011 for MASTERPIECE This image may be used only in the direct promotion of MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. No other rights are granted. All rights are reserved. Editorial use only. Date: 26 September 2010

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Downton Abbey (2010)

Sophie Mcshera Characters: Daisy Mason Television: Downton Abbey (TV-Serie) Uk 2010-2015, 26 September 2010 Downton Abbey Season 2 on MASTERPIECE Classic Part 4 - Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 9pm ET on PBS Shown: Sophie McShera as Daisy (C) Carnival Film & Television Limited 2011 for MASTERPIECE This image may be used only in the direct promotion of MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. No other rights are granted. All rights are reserved. Editorial use only. Date: 26 September 2010

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Spanish journalist Garcia wins 2nd Mika Yamamoto award

Spanish photo journalist Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, winner of the second Mika Yamamoto International Journalist Award, stands by a portrait of the Japanese photographer at an awarding ceremony in Tokyo on May 26, 2015. The award has been established in honor of Yamamoto who was killed by gunfire in Aleppo, Syria, in August 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Picture book on creators of Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - Writer and illustrator Noritake Suzuki draws a sketch for a picture book tentatively titled ''Tokyo Sky Tree wo Tsukuru'' (meaning ''Creating Tokyo Sky Tree'') at his home in the city of Chiba on Aug. 26, 2011. The picture book featuring various jobs concerned with the construction of Tokyo Sky Tree will be published next spring. Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest self-standing tower, is scheduled to open to visitors in May 2012. (Kyodo)

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Tokaimura mayor calls for denuclearization policy

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuya Murakami, mayor of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, gives a speech at a civic meeting in Tokyo on May 26, 2012. The 69-year-old mayor of the village, which has in the past promoted itself as a "pioneer" of Japan's nuclear development, is now a chief campaigner for abandoning nuclear power generation in the wake of the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter-century at the Fukushima Daiichi complex. (Kyodo)

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Japan Crown Prince Naruhito

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 26, 2012, shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito. The picture was taken when he attended a ceremony to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Scout Association of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (3rd from R) inspects the spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the pool, cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building, has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)