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Ryan O'Neal Runs Errands in Los Angeles

Ryan O'Neal runs errands in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 28, 2011. Photo by Norman Scott/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-HONG KONG-BUN FESTIVAL (CN)

(230528) -- HONG KONG, May 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People watch a bun scrambling competition during the annual Bun Festival in Cheung Chau, a small island south of Hong Kong, south China, May 27, 2023. This year's Bun Festival started on May 23 and lasted until May 27. The Bun Festival, one of Hong Kong's most colorful cultural celebration events, has been on China's national list of intangible cultural heritage since 2011. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-BUN FESTIVAL (CN)

(230528) -- HONG KONG, May 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People watch a bun scrambling competition during the annual Bun Festival in Cheung Chau, a small island south of Hong Kong, south China, May 27, 2023. This year's Bun Festival started on May 23 and lasted until May 27. The Bun Festival, one of Hong Kong's most colorful cultural celebration events, has been on China's national list of intangible cultural heritage since 2011. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-BUN FESTIVAL (CN)

(230528) -- HONG KONG, May 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lucky bun, a festival icon of Bun Festival, is arranged at a shop in Cheung Chau, a small island south of Hong Kong, south China, May 22, 2023. This year's Bun Festival started on May 23 and lasted until May 27. The Bun Festival, one of Hong Kong's most colorful cultural celebration events, has been on China's national list of intangible cultural heritage since 2011. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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CHINA-TIBET-NGARI OBSERVATORY-LONGEST-SERVING STAFF (CN)

(230528) -- NGARI, May 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in 2011 shows the first observation tower of the Ngari Observatory in Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. You Xianlong, a 36-year-old resident engineer at the Ngari Observatory in Tibet Autonomous Region, is responsible for equipment observation and operation maintenance along with seven colleagues. He is also the longest-serving engineer at the observatory. You's career began in 2006 when he met Yao Yongqiang, a scientist at the National Astronomical Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), who was looking for workers to conduct long-term measurements in challenging plateau environments. Since then, You has been working at the Ngari Observatory for 17 years. Selecting an observatory site is a complex process that involves examining terrain, geology, and support conditions. It also requires years of measurement and evaluation of factors such as the number of clear nights, astronomical seeing cond

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U.N. panel on radiation chief Larsson visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Carl-Magnus Larsson (R), chair of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, talks with Fukushima Vice Governor Fumio Murata at the Fukushima prefectural government offices in Fukushima on May 28, 2014. Larsson handed over to Murata the Japanese version of the committee's report on the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The report has concluded that radiation from the disaster is unlikely to cause any increase in cancer or health problems.

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U.N. panel on radiation chief Larsson visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Carl-Magnus Larsson (R), chair of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, speaks to reporters at the Fukushima prefectural government offices in Fukushima on May 28, 2014, after handing over to Fukushima Vice Governor Fumio Murata the Japanese version of the committee's report on the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The report has concluded that radiation from the disaster is unlikely to cause any increase in cancer or health problems.

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Fukushima's last no-go zone designation lifted

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2013 shows a street in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. The Japanese government lifted the no-go zone designation for the town on May 28, 2013, the last among areas near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, more than 26 months after the nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ex major league pitcher Irabu found dead

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Hideki Irabu of Lotte Marines pitching in a game against Nippon Ham Fighters in which he achieved his 1,000th strikeout, in Chiba, near Tokyo, in May 1996. Police said on July 28, 2011, that the former major leaguer and Japanese professional baseball player was found dead at his home in the suburbs of Los Angeles the previous day.

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Japan-EU summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - (From L to R) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attend a joint press conference after their summit in Brussels on May 28, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Explosions in China

FUZHOU, China - Damage to a local government building can be seen in Fuzhou in China's Jiangxi Province on May 28, 2011, after explosions hit the building on May 26.

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Nishioka makes rehab start

LEE COUNTY, Florida - Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who is recovering on the disabled list from a broken left fibula, gets an RBI in his first appearance in an extended spring training game in Lee County, Florida, on May 28, 2011.

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Experiment to decontaminate farmland

IITATE, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano (front, R) and Norio Kanno (front, L), mayor of Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, sow sunflower seeds at a field rented from a local farmer in the village on May 28, 2011, as Japan began the same day an experiment to remove radioactive materials from farmland by growing plants and using a mineral, amid radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza residents

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Residents of Gaza wait for their applications to travel to Egypt to be granted at the Rafah crossing point in southern Gaza on the border with Egypt on May 28, 2011. Egypt eased travel restrictions for residents of the Palestinian autonomous area the same day.

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TEPCO releases undisclosed data on nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Matsumoto, an official of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on May 28, 2011, releasing data that had not been disclosed on radiation monitoring at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant when it was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and began emitting radioactive materials.

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Explosions in China

FUZHOU, China - Damage to a local government building can be seen in Fuzhou in China's Jiangxi Province on May 28, 2011, after explosions hit the building on May 26.

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Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza residents

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Residents of Gaza flock to the counter to receive passports after they were allowed to travel to Egypt from the Palestinian autonomous area, at the Rafah crossing point in southern Gaza on the border with Egypt on May 28, 2011. Egypt eased travel restrictions for residents of Gaza the same day.

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Yokomine at Yonex Ladies

NAGAOKA, Japan - Sakura Yokomine reacts after scoring her first eagle of the season on the par-5 18th hole at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture on May 28, 2011.

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Okinawa gov. reiterates opposition to Futenma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) hands written requests to the central government to Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on May 28, 2011. The governor reiterated his opposition to the plan to move the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from Ginowan to Nago, both in Okinawa.

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N. Korea frees detained American

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Robert King (L, front), U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights, and Jun Young Su (R, front), a Korean-American man, head for Pyongyang airport on May 28, 2011. Jun, who had been detained in North Korea since November 2010 for what Pyongyang says is a crime against the country, has been released and arrived in Beijing with King later in the day.

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Carp streamers in tsunami-hit Minamisoma

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A couple who lost their son in the March 11, 2011, tsunami look up at carp streamers flying in the air on April 28 in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, hoping to find their son soon. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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Japan-China dialogue in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae (L) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun shake hands in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2011. They held talks ahead of a meeting of leaders from Japan, China and South Korea planned in Tokyo in May 2011.

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Raw meat sushi bar in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A group of women are seen at restaurant Nikuzushi (meat sushi), which specializes in raw meat, including beef, chicken, pork, deer and horse meat, in Tokyo's Ebisu district on Jan. 28, 2011. At least 60 percent of customers at the restaurant, which opened in May 2010, are women, with many of them around 30 years old, according to its operator Spice Works.

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Mazda to supply Premacy minivan to Nissan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mazda Motor Corp.'s Premacy minivan. Mazda will begin supplying Premacy to Nissan Motor Co. in May 2011 for sale under the Nissan brand, the two automakers said on Jan. 28, 2011.

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GLOBALink | Congolese young man shows real China with videos

STORY: Congolese young man shows real China with videos DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:27 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YINGYONG, Congolese expat in Xi'an STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YINGYONG, Congolese expat in Xi'an "I'm from Xi'an, Shaanxi. I regard Xi'an as my second hometown. I've been in China for 11 years." 31-year-old Yingyong was born and grew up in the Republic of the Congo. In 2011, he had a chance to study at Chang'an University in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Yingyong fell in love with Chinese culture, and decided to live in Xi'an after graduation. He founded a media company to create videos for social media to show what he experienced in China. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YINGYONG, Congolese expat in Xi'an "Why did I choose to stay? When I was a child, I thought that only Kung Fu represented China. But when I came here, I learned a lot and found that Chinese culture is extensive and profound, such as its

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Antinuclear workshop still going strong 4 years after Fukushima

Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015 shows writer Keiko Ochiai, who has run a monthly antinuclear power workshop in the Japanese capital since May 2011, two months after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, triggering the Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Antinuclear workshop still going strong 4 years after Fukushima

Writer Keiko Ochiai talks in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015, about a monthly antinuclear power workshop she has run in the Japanese capital since May 2011, two months after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, triggering the Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima mayors meet environment chief on storage of tainted waste

Futaba Mayor Shiro Izawa (far L) and Okuma Mayor Toshitsuna Watanabe (2nd from L), both from Fukushima Prefecture, meet Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki in Tokyo on May 28, 2015, to discuss the construction in the two northeastern Japanese towns of interim storage facilities for tainted waste collected from decontamination work following the 2011 nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Ogura says FIFA president Blatter not free of blame

Junji Ogura, honorary chairman of the Japan Football Association, speaks to reporters in Nagano, central Japan, on May 28, 2015. Ogura, who served as FIFA executive committee member from 2002 to 2011 under President Sepp Blatter, said Blatter cannot be free of blame for the latest scandal to rock soccer's world governing body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Ogura says FIFA president Blatter not free of blame

Junji Ogura, honorary chairman of the Japan Football Association, speaks to reporters in Nagano, central Japan, on May 28, 2015. Ogura, who served as FIFA executive committee member from 2002 to 2011 under President Sepp Blatter, said Blatter cannot be free of blame for the latest scandal to rock soccer's world governing body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former hard-line president gives up on next Iranian election

Photo taken in April 2011 in Tehran shows former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It was reported on Sept. 28, 2016, Ahmadinejad has announced that he no longer plans to run for presidential election in May 2017, after the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei publicly disapproved of his candidacy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Experiment to decontaminate farmland

IITATE, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano (front, R) and Norio Kanno (front, L), mayor of Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, sow sunflower seeds at a field rented from a local farmer in the village on May 28, 2011, as Japan began the same day an experiment to remove radioactive materials from farmland by growing plants and using a mineral, amid radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Ex major league pitcher Irabu found dead

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Hideki Irabu of Lotte Marines pitching in a game against Nippon Ham Fighters in which he achieved his 1,000th strikeout, in Chiba, near Tokyo, in May 1996. Police said on July 28, 2011, that the former major leaguer and Japanese professional baseball player was found dead at his home in the suburbs of Los Angeles the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Pyramid-shaped salt

TEJAKULA, Indonesia - A worker holds pyramid-shaped salt in his palm while others engage in cleaning and selection at a salt company in the Tejakula district of Bali, Indonesia, on May 28, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Salt manufacturing in Bali

TEJAKULA, Indonesia - Ketut Sudana, 50, evaporates seawater in coconut tree trunks to make salt by a traditional method used for generations in the Tejakula district of Bali, Indonesia, on May 28, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Explosions in China

FUZHOU, China - Damage to a local government building can be seen in Fuzhou in China's Jiangxi Province on May 28, 2011, after explosions hit the building on May 26. (Kyodo)

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Explosions in China

FUZHOU, China - Damage to a local government building can be seen in Fuzhou in China's Jiangxi Province on May 28, 2011, after explosions hit the building on May 26. (Kyodo)

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Nishioka makes rehab start

LEE COUNTY, Florida - Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who is recovering on the disabled list from a broken left fibula, gets an RBI in his first appearance in an extended spring training game in Lee County, Florida, on May 28, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan-EU summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - (From L to R) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attend a joint press conference after their summit in Brussels on May 28, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza residents

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Residents of Gaza flock to the counter to receive passports after they were allowed to travel to Egypt from the Palestinian autonomous area, at the Rafah crossing point in southern Gaza on the border with Egypt on May 28, 2011. Egypt eased travel restrictions for residents of Gaza the same day. (Kyodo)

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Japan-EU summit in Brussels

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) is greeted by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy prior to their summit in Brussels on May 28, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Okinawa gov. reiterates opposition to Futenma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) hands written requests to the central government to Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on May 28, 2011. The governor reiterated his opposition to the plan to move the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from Ginowan to Nago, both in Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza residents

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Residents of Gaza wait for their applications to travel to Egypt to be granted at the Rafah crossing point in southern Gaza on the border with Egypt on May 28, 2011. Egypt eased travel restrictions for residents of the Palestinian autonomous area the same day. (Kyodo)

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Yokomine at Yonex Ladies

NAGAOKA, Japan - Sakura Yokomine reacts after scoring her first eagle of the season on the par-5 18th hole at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture on May 28, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan-EU summit in Brussels

BRUSSELS, Belgium - (from L to R) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso shake hands prior to their summit in Brussels on May 28, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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TEPCO releases undisclosed data on nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Matsumoto, an official of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on May 28, 2011, releasing data that had not been disclosed on radiation monitoring at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant when it was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and began emitting radioactive materials. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea frees detained American

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Robert King (L, front), U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights, and Jun Young Su (R, front), a Korean-American man, head for Pyongyang airport on May 28, 2011. Jun, who had been detained in North Korea since November 2010 for what Pyongyang says is a crime against the country, has been released and arrived in Beijing with King later in the day. (Kyodo)

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Carp streamers in tsunami-hit Minamisoma

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A couple who lost their son in the March 11, 2011, tsunami look up at carp streamers flying in the air on April 28 in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, hoping to find their son soon. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Raw meat sushi bar in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A group of women are seen at restaurant Nikuzushi (meat sushi), which specializes in raw meat, including beef, chicken, pork, deer and horse meat, in Tokyo's Ebisu district on Jan. 28, 2011. At least 60 percent of customers at the restaurant, which opened in May 2010, are women, with many of them around 30 years old, according to its operator Spice Works. (Kyodo)

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Japan-China dialogue in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae (L) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun shake hands in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2011. They held talks ahead of a meeting of leaders from Japan, China and South Korea planned in Tokyo in May 2011. (Kyodo)