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VOLLEY - Serie A1 Femminile - Cuneo Granda Volley vs Omag-Mt San Giovanni In M.No

Massimo Bellano (Omag-Mt San Giovanni In M.No) head coach during Cuneo Granda Volley vs Omag-Mt San Giovanni In M.No, Volleyball Italian Serie A1 Women match in Cuneo, Italy, January 17 2026

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VOLLEY - Serie A1 Femminile - Cuneo Granda Volley vs Omag-Mt San Giovanni In M.No

Massimo Bellano (Omag-Mt San Giovanni In M.No) head coach during Cuneo Granda Volley vs Omag-Mt San Giovanni In M.No, Volleyball Italian Serie A1 Women match in Cuneo, Italy, January 17 2026

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VOLLEY - Serie A1 Femminile - Cuneo Granda Volley vs Omag-Mt San Giovanni In M.No

Francois Salvagni (Honda Cuneo Granda Volley) head coach during Cuneo Granda Volley vs Omag-Mt San Giovanni In M.No, Volleyball Italian Serie A1 Women match in Cuneo, Italy, January 17 2026

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VOLLEY - Serie A1 Femminile - Prosecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco Conegliano vs Omag-Mt San Giovanni In M.No

Bellan of Massomo head coach Omag MT San Giovanni

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Mt. Fuji opens Shizuoka route

Climbers head to the top of Mt. Fuji along the Fujinomiya route on July 10, 2025, as the route in Shizuoka Prefecture on Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, opened the same day along with two other routes, following the July 1 opening of the Yamanashi Prefecture-side route. All routes are open through Sept. 10. (Kyodo), ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji opens Shizuoka route

Climbers head to the top of Mt. Fuji along the Fujinomiya route on July 10, 2025, as the route in Shizuoka Prefecture on Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, opened the same day along with two other routes, following the July 1 opening of the Yamanashi Prefecture-side route. All routes are open through Sept. 10. (Kyodo), ==Kyodo

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Canada: Convoy of Evacuees Arrives in Opaskwayak Cree Nation Amid Wildfires

Thousands of people in Manitoba have been forced to evacuate as massive, out-of-control wildfires sweep through the province, prompting a monthlong state of emergency. This video, recorded Wednesday, May 28, shows a convoy of evacuees arriving in the areas surrounding Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), The Pas, and the Rural Municipality of Kelsey.

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-CHINA NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Chinese expedition team head for the summit of Mount Cho Oyu on Oct. 1, 2023. A Chinese expedition team comprising 18 members reached the summit of Mount Cho Oyu, also known as Mt. Qowowuyag, at 9:15 a.m. on Oct. 1, 2023 to carry out scientific research on the world's sixth-highest peak. This is the first time Chinese scientists have scaled a peak exceeding 8,000 meters in altitude apart from Mt. Qomolangma, the world's highest summit. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-MOUNT CHO OYU-PROGLACIAL LAKE-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CN)

(231003) -- LHASA, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Chinese expedition team head for a proglacial lake in the Mount Cho Oyu region on Oct. 1, 2023. An 18-member expedition team successfully reached on Sunday the summit of Mount Cho Oyu, also known as Mt. Qowowuyag, which soars to 8,201 meters above sea level, to carry out scientific research. It was the first time Chinese scientists scaled a peak exceeding 8,000 meters in altitude apart from Mt. Qomolangma, the world's highest summit. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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CHINA-MOUNT CHO OYU-SUMMIT-EXPEDITION (CN)

(231001) -- LHASA, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Chinese expedition team head for the summit of Mount Cho Oyu on Oct. 1, 2023. A Chinese expedition team comprising 18 members reached the summit of Mount Cho Oyu, also known as Mt. Qowowuyag, at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday to carry out scientific research on the world's sixth-highest peak. This is the first time Chinese scientists have scaled a peak exceeding 8,000 meters in altitude apart from Mt. Qomolangma, the world's highest summit. Located on the China-Nepal border, Mt. Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world with an altitude of 8,201 meters. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-MOUNT CHO OYU-SUMMIT-EXPEDITION (CN)

(231001) -- LHASA, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Chinese expedition team head for the summit of Mount Cho Oyu on Oct. 1, 2023. A Chinese expedition team comprising 18 members reached the summit of Mount Cho Oyu, also known as Mt. Qowowuyag, at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday to carry out scientific research on the world's sixth-highest peak. This is the first time Chinese scientists have scaled a peak exceeding 8,000 meters in altitude apart from Mt. Qomolangma, the world's highest summit. Located on the China-Nepal border, Mt. Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world with an altitude of 8,201 meters. (Xinhua)

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7 snowboarders missing in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rescuers head out on Feb. 4 to Mt. Osorakan to search for seven people who went missing the previous day while snowboarding at the public Osorakan ski ground in Akiota, Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Rescue operations continue in Mt. Ontake

OTAKI, Japan - Rescue workers head to Mt. Ontake on Oct. 8, 2014, to resume search operations for those who remain missing following the volcano's deadly eruption. The disaster has claimed more than 50 lives so far.

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Rescue team chief explains operations on erupting volcano

TOKYO, Japan - Masashi Yanaoka, head of a "hyper rescue team" dispatched by the Tokyo Fire Department for relief operations on Mt. Ontake in central Japan after its eruption, explains the work at the department in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2014.

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Search efforts resume in Mt. Ontake eruption

OTAKI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and firefighters board a helicopter on Oct. 1, 2014, to head for Mt. Ontake, continuing to fume since its eruption four days earlier, in central Japan. Police, firefighters and the GSDF resumed operations the same day to find survivors and retrieve bodies at the 3,067-meter volcano, after interruptions due to continued volcanic activity. The eruption has claimed dozens of victims.

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Vienna Philharmonic members play Bach sonata for quake victims

SENDAI, Japan - Dieter Flury (front R), a member of the Vienna Philharmonic, bows his head after offering flowers at a monument honoring victims on Mt. Hiyori in Natori city's Yuriage district, Miyagi Prefecture, an area severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Flury and three other members of the orchestra played a Bach sonata in front of the monument.

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Fujinomiya 'yakisoba' noodles sold at N.Y. street fair

NEW YORK, United States - Yuka Ide (R), winner of the Miss Mt. Fuji pageant, speaks to promote the central Japanese city of Fujinomiya and its signature pan-fried noodles called Fujinomiya yakisoba at a street fair in New York on Aug. 21, 2011. Hidehiko Watanabe (L), head of the Fujinomiya Yakisoba society, organized the promotional event.

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Inter-Korean talks on volcanic eruption threat

SEOUL, South Korea - The head of a North Korean delegation (R front) and other participants of inter-Korean talks are seen after discussing in the South Korean border town of Munsan on March 29, 2011, the eruption threat at Mt. Paekdu on North Korea's border with China. The meeting was arranged after South Korea accepted a North Korean offer to discuss a possible eruption at the mountain amid heightened awareness of natural disasters following the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan.

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Torso, leg bones of college student found

MATSUE, Japan - Police vehicles drive on a mountain road near the town of Kita-Hiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2009, as police investigate the case of 19-year-old Miyako Hiraoka, a first-year student at the University of Shimane in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, whose head, torso and leg bones were found on a slope near the top of 1,223-meter Mt. Garyu in Hiroshima.

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Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche in Gifu

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Rescuers on Jan. 2 head to the scene of an avalanche on Mt. Yarigatake in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture where four climbers were killed by the avalanche which struck Jan. 1. Police recovered the bodies of four male climbers on Jan. 2.

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Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche in Gifu

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Rescuers on Jan. 2 head to the scene of an avalanche on Mt. Yarigatake in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture where four climbers were killed by the avalanche which struck Jan. 1. Police recovered the bodies of four male climbers on Jan. 2.

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4 men dead after being hit by avalanche in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - Police rescue officials head for the site of an avalanche on the 3,180-meter Mt. Yarigatake in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Jan. 1. Four male climbers were found dead after being engulfed by the avalanche.

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(2)Weather station atop Mt. Fuji automated

MT. FUJI, Japan - Kesao Takizawa, head of the Japan Meteorological Agency's weather station atop Mr. Fuji, checks the facility on Oct. 1. The agency pulled out its last employees from the station, automating the facility that had been regularly staffed since 1932. ''I find it hard to leave. But at the same time, I am relieved that our staff members will not have to endure harsh work atop the mountain,'' Takizawa said.

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(1)'Mt. Head' wins top award at Annecy film festival

PARIS, France - File photo shows Koji Yamamura, who won the top Crystal prize in the short film category for his work ''Mt. Head,'' a 10-minute animated movie based on a traditional Japanese Rakugo (comic storytelling) story, at the 27th International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France. The movie is the first Japanese short movie to be awarded the Crystal prize at the film festival, which closed on June 7.

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Climbers head for Mt. Fuji with opening of peak's season

Mt. Fuji, Japan - More than 200 people, braving rain and strong winds, head for the summit of Mt. Fuji on June 30 to be the first to observe the sunrise from the 3,776-meter peak since the start of the new millennium. The climbers started their ascent from the fifth station ahead of the July 1 opening of this season's Mt. Fuji climbing. The photo was taken at the eighth station at 8:25 p.m.

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Children start school in town near Mt. Usu

SOBETSU, Japan - First-grade children in the town of Sobetsu, near the Mt. Usu volcano, head to a ceremony marking the start of the school year April 6. The mountain in southern Hokkaido has been emitting smoke and ash since March 31, when it erupted for the first time in 23 years. Thousands of nearby residents have evacuated after scientists warned that the mountain could soon experience a powerful eruption.

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Evacuees head for new shelter

TOYOURA, Japan - A mother (L), her two children and their grandmother evacuated to a school in the town of Toyoura in Hokkaido after the first eruption in nearly 23 years of Mt. Usu on March 31 are forced to head for a new shelter in the town on April 2 because a new school term is to begin soon.

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China takes Mt. Qomolangma scientific expedition to new heights

STORY: China takes Mt. Qomolangma scientific expedition to new heights DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHU TONG, Head of College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): SONAM DORJE, Member of Chinese expedition team 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DECHEN NGODRUP, Head of the squad reaching the summit, Chinese expedition team 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZHANG WEIZHEN, Chinese scientific researcher 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): PIAO SHILONG, Academician with Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: Multiple breakthroughs have been achieved as Chinese scientific researchers conducted their latest expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak. The expedition touched upon the broadest range of disciplines, and utilized the most advanced equipment, with the participation of the largest number of researchers. Earlier this month, the Chinese researchers established an automatic meteoro

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GLOBALink | Vlog: Trip back to Mt. Qomolangma base camp

STORY: Vlog: Trip back to Mt. Qomolangma base camp DATELINE: May 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1.various of Mt. Qomolangma 2.Voice of XU MIN, Researcher of Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: Voice of XU MIN, Researcher of Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences "It's the 26th day of our scientific expedition on Mt. Qomolangma. Today we'll head back to the base camp from the camp at the altitude of 6,350 meters. It's 9:00 a.m. These are the yaks. They'll leave in a while. These are the ice pinnacles at East Rongbuk. There are big ones as well as small ones which look like little tips of bamboo shoots. I see the 5,800-meter camp. We're getting closer. We are here at the 5,800-meter camp. Now we leave the camp and head for the base camp at 5,200 meters. This is the steepest route back to the Mt. Qomolangma base camp. The yaks have caught up with us. The glacial l

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Vlog: What researchers do before heading for altitude of 6,350 meters on Mt. Qomolangma

STORY: Vlog: What researchers do before heading for altitude of 6,350 meters on Mt. Qomolangma DATELINE: May 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. voice of XU MIN, Researcher of the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: What's it like to work and live on Mt. Qomolangma? Follow researcher Xu Min's vlog to see what members of Chinese scientific expedition team were doing before heading for the altitude of 6,350 meters. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Voice of XU MIN, Researcher of the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences "The 17th day of the scientific expedition on Mt. Qomolangma. After a heavy snow last night, the camp is fully covered in white. Give a hard push. Great, the snow all goes down. We will head for the altitude of 6,350 meters. Shaoyong is adjusting his radar. Can you introduce to us what this device is for? The device's name is Ice-Water Integrated Radar. It ca

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GLOBALink | Chinese expedition team head recalls journey to summit of Mt. Qomolangma

The difficulty of the summiting mission this time is "beyond imagination," says Dechen Ngodrup, head of a Chinese expedition team who reached the top of Mt. Qomolangma last week. The squad established the world's highest automatic meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,830 meters. #GLOBALink Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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GLOBALink | Chinese scientific expedition team reaches Mt. Qomolangma summit

STORY: Chinese scientific expedition team reaches Mt. Qomolangma summit DATELINE: May 4, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:45 LOCATION: SHIGATSE, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. voice of SONAM DORJE, Xinhua special reporter 2. STANDUP (Chinese): SONAM DORJE, Xinhua special reporter 3. applauses, cheers at the headquarters of the scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma at the Mount Qomolangma base camp 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YAO TANDONG, Team leader of the second scientific research survey on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 5. various of scientific expedition activities and meteorological scenes 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHU TONG, Head of College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): PIAO SHILONG, Academician with Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: 3 a.m. local time, May 4 Voice of SONAM DORJE, Xinhua special reporter "The scientific expedition team is heading to the summit of Mount Qomolangma from the camp at an altitude of 8,300 meters. Keep going, guys."

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(2)Weather station atop Mt. Fuji automated

MT. FUJI, Japan - Kesao Takizawa, head of the Japan Meteorological Agency's weather station atop Mr. Fuji, checks the facility on Oct. 1. The agency pulled out its last employees from the station, automating the facility that had been regularly staffed since 1932. ''I find it hard to leave. But at the same time, I am relieved that our staff members will not have to endure harsh work atop the mountain,'' Takizawa said. (Kyodo)

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Copy of "Ryokai Mandara" dedicated to Kongobuji

A copy of the "Ryokai Mandara," an important national cultural property, hangs at the main temple hall of the Danjo Garan, the central area of Mt. Koya where major Buddhist services are held, at Kongobuji, the head temple of the Koyasan Shingon Sect of Buddhism in Koya Town, Wakayama Prefecture, on July 3, 2015. The copy, made by Toppan Printing Co. using the latest digital technology, was dedicated to the temple the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anniversary of 1985 Japan Airline plane crash

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Miyajima, head of a group of people who lost their relatives in the Aug. 12, 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash northwest of Tokyo, speaks about her book ''Osutakayama to Ikiru'' (To Live with Mt. Osutaka) in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2010. The book details her struggle after losing her son in the accident as well as the group's efforts to make sure such accidents never happen again. (Kyodo)

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7 snowboarders missing in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rescuers head out on Feb. 4 to Mt. Osorakan to search for seven people who went missing the previous day while snowboarding at the public Osorakan ski ground in Akiota, Hiroshima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche in Gifu

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Rescuers on Jan. 2 head to the scene of an avalanche on Mt. Yarigatake in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture where four climbers were killed by the avalanche which struck Jan. 1. Police recovered the bodies of four male climbers on Jan. 2. (Kyodo)

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Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche in Gifu

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Rescuers on Jan. 2 head to the scene of an avalanche on Mt. Yarigatake in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture where four climbers were killed by the avalanche which struck Jan. 1. Police recovered the bodies of four male climbers on Jan. 2. (Kyodo)

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Torso, leg bones of college student found

MATSUE, Japan - Police vehicles drive on a mountain road near the town of Kita-Hiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2009, as police investigate the case of 19-year-old Miyako Hiraoka, a first-year student at the University of Shimane in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, whose head, torso and leg bones were found on a slope near the top of 1,223-meter Mt. Garyu in Hiroshima. (Kyodo)

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4 men dead after being hit by avalanche in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - Police rescue officials head for the site of an avalanche on the 3,180-meter Mt. Yarigatake in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Jan. 1. Four male climbers were found dead after being engulfed by the avalanche. (Kyodo)

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Miyajima Island,Aki

This is the mouth of Momijidani River, which flows to the west of Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. On the Onishimachi side of the river is the Nishino Matsubara with the red pines and stone lanterns. Mt. Suisho is visible in the distance. The stone lanterns on rocks protruding from the river were built in 1796. The taruki style head stones are uncommon in Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number93‐6‐0]

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A teahouse at Oji

The teahouses of Oji were located along the approach to Oji Inari Shrine. Oji Inari is the head Inari shrine in the eight provinces of the Kanto region and enshrines the Inari Daimyojin deity. It is said that foxes from all over Kanto gather here on New Year's Eve and that they are transformed into court ladies at nearby Shozoku Inari and then visit this shrine. During the Edo and Meiji Periods, it was popular to go hiking from the Ueno hills to the Mt. Dokan and Mt. Asuka. Climbers stopped to enjoy a drink of sake at the restaurants and teahouses.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐19‐0]

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100 stone statues of jizo,the guardian deity,at nikko gamangafuchi deep water

The Kanman Gorge in Nikko was created by erosion of the rocks of Mt. Nantai by the rapid stream of the Daiya River. Hundred Jizo stand here. Most of the Narabi Jizo still exist, and the Oya Jizo standing at the head is also seen in the photo. A monument to Hayashi Razan stands near the big trees along the river. Many of the Narabi Jizo and Oya Jizo as well as the monument were destroyed in the flood of 1902.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number8‐6‐0]

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The stage of Kiyomizudera Temple,Kyoto

The Kiyomizu Temple in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto city, head temple of the Hokuhoso Sect. It is a fudasho (an office where amulets are distributed to pilgrims) among the 33 spiritual places of western Japan. The main building is located at the middle of Mt. Otowa built on an overhanging cliff (Kengaizukuri), with pillars 9 ken (about 16.3 m) in length and beams 7 ken (about 12.7 m) in length. The main part is divided into outer and inner chambers, and the outer front part has two chapels of worship and a canopy. The verandah protrudes to the left and right. The front of the canopy is famous as the Kiyomizu no Butai (the stage of Kiyomizu). Some people are seen standing on the stage.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐43‐0]

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Fujinomiya 'yakisoba' noodles sold at N.Y. street fair

NEW YORK, United States - Yuka Ide (R), winner of the Miss Mt. Fuji pageant, speaks to promote the central Japanese city of Fujinomiya and its signature pan-fried noodles called Fujinomiya yakisoba at a street fair in New York on Aug. 21, 2011. Hidehiko Watanabe (L), head of the Fujinomiya Yakisoba society, organized the promotional event. (Kyodo)

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Inter-Korean talks on volcanic eruption threat

SEOUL, South Korea - The head of a North Korean delegation (R front) and other participants of inter-Korean talks are seen after discussing in the South Korean border town of Munsan on March 29, 2011, the eruption threat at Mt. Paekdu on North Korea's border with China. The meeting was arranged after South Korea accepted a North Korean offer to discuss a possible eruption at the mountain amid heightened awareness of natural disasters following the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Rescue operations continue in Mt. Ontake

OTAKI, Japan - Rescue workers head to Mt. Ontake on Oct. 8, 2014, to resume search operations for those who remain missing following the volcano's deadly eruption. The disaster has claimed more than 50 lives so far. (Kyodo)

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Rescue team chief explains operations on erupting volcano

TOKYO, Japan - Masashi Yanaoka, head of a "hyper rescue team" dispatched by the Tokyo Fire Department for relief operations on Mt. Ontake in central Japan after its eruption, explains the work at the department in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Tengu legendary creature in Japan

Photo taken Dec. 20, 2019, shows a statue of the head of Tengu, a creature from Japanese folklore, in front of Eizan Railway's Kurama Station in Kyoto. Children gathered for a photography event before the removal of the aging statue, a symbol of the area located near the legendary abode of the creatures on Mt. Kurama. A new statue has already been installed there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tengu legendary creature in Japan

Photo taken Dec. 20, 2019, shows a statue of the head of Tengu, a creature from Japanese folklore, in front of Eizan Railway's Kurama Station in Kyoto. Children gathered for a photography event before the removal of the aging statue, a symbol of the area located near the legendary abode of the creatures on Mt. Kurama. A new statue has already been installed there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo