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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 7

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts. This video shows a man trying to save his mowers from the flooding.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Photo shows a tattoo on a swimmer that features the Japanese proverb "Fall down seven times, get up eight," meaning to never give up, during a swimming event at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Running towards the spring of life

STORY: Running towards the spring of life SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:23 LOCATION: JINHUA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Luo Shujian STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LUO SHUJIAN, Deliveryman "Marathon running has opened a skylight for me amidst despair, allowing me to see the dawn of destiny." This is the tenth year that Luo Shujian has been running with his son, Xiaobai. They are about to participate in their 70th marathon together. Xiaobai is 15 years old. He suffered serious brain damage due to severe asphyxia at birth, leading to a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LUO SHUJIAN, Deliveryman "Many people say that it cannot be cured with money. They all suggested that I give up on him, but if I really were to do it, I feel it would be just impossible." Against all odds, Luo never gave up. For Luo, who has worked as a deliveryman for 17 years, every day is a race against time. In this marathon of life, he not only runs for h

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College student donates liver to father

STORY: College student donates liver to father DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Li and his father 2. various of the operation 3. various of Li and his father talking via phone after operation 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Li, college student 5. various of Li's father talking to Li via phone STORYLINE: A 20-year-old college student in east China's Anhui Province has donated one-third of his liver to his father. The transplant surgery was successful and both the father and the son are in good condition. The student, surnamed Li, dreamed of becoming a soldier. Though he had to give up the dream, he never regrets it, saying he could have another dream but could not have another father. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hefei, China. (XHTV)

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Actor Takakura joins press event for new movie

TOKYO, Japan - Famed Japanese actor Ken Takakura poses with actress Hiroko Yakushimaru at a press conference in Tokyo in March 1978 unveiling the production of the film "Never Give Up." Takakura died of illness at 83 on Nov. 10, 2014.

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Dalai Lama, musician Yarrow

TOKYO, Japan - American folk musician Peter Yarrow (R) performs his new song "Never Give Up" based on words of the Dalai Lama (L) at an event involving the Tibetan spiritual leader in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2013.

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Peter Yarrow

NEW YORK, United States - American musician Peter Yarrow performs in New York on Oct. 17, 2013, his new song "Never Give Up" using a poem by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

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Peter Yarrow

NEW YORK, United States - American musician Peter Yarrow speaks in New York on Oct. 17, 2013, about his new song "Never Give Up" using a poem by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

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N. Korean envoy reiterates call for talks with U.S.

GENEVA, Switzerland - So Se Pyong, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, holds a press conference at the North Korean diplomatic office in Geneva on July 10, 2013. So repeated a call on the United States to hold a dialogue with Pyongyang and said the North will never give up its nuclear weapons unless Washington abandons its hostile policy.

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Okada given award by Osaka City

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's national soccer team coach Takeshi Okada (C), surrounded by children, holds an award certificate while posing for photos during an awards ceremony in Osaka on July 8, 2010. Okada, who was given a special award from his home town for leading Japan to the best 16 in the World Cup soccer finals in South Africa, told children that dreams come true if you ''never give up.''

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Okada given award by Osaka City

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's national soccer team coach Takeshi Okada receives flowers from children at an awards ceremony in Osaka on July 8, 2010. Okada, who was given a special award from his home town for leading Japan to the best 16 in the World Cup soccer finals in South Africa, told children that dreams come true if you ''never give up.''

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Nobel laureate chemist Shimomura encourages alma mater students

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning chemist Osamu Shimomura, professor emeritus at Boston University, demonstrates an experiment using lucent green fluorescent protein he discovered from a variety of jellyfish during a lecture at his alma mater Nagasaki University in the city of Nagasaki on March 22. Shimomura, who lives in Massachusetts, urged students in the audience to stay the course in their academic research, saying, ''Never give up and try your best.''

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UN chief pledges solution to Russia-Ukraine conflict, urges protection of civilians

STORY: UN chief pledges solution to Russia-Ukraine conflict, urges protection of civilians DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the podium 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General STORYLINE: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the world body will not give up on finding a solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis while calling on conflicting parties to better protect civilians. Speaking to journalists after the Security Council meeting on Ukraine, the top UN official said that "we must never give up." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General "We must never give up. We must give peace another chance. Soldiers need to return to their barracks. Leaders need to turn to the path of dialogue and peace." Despite growing operational challenges, he assured th

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Nobel laureate chemist Shimomura encourages alma mater students

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning chemist Osamu Shimomura, professor emeritus at Boston University, demonstrates an experiment using lucent green fluorescent protein he discovered from a variety of jellyfish during a lecture at his alma mater Nagasaki University in the city of Nagasaki on March 22. Shimomura, who lives in Massachusetts, urged students in the audience to stay the course in their academic research, saying, ''Never give up and try your best.'' (Kyodo)

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Ehime Maru: Never give up

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Ehime Maru, with the city of Honolulu in the background, captured on camera on Feb. 7, 2001, from Shinyo Maru, Miyazaki Marine High School's training vessel. The picture was taken two days before the collision between Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine.

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Okada given award by Osaka City

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's national soccer team coach Takeshi Okada receives flowers from children at an awards ceremony in Osaka on July 8, 2010. Okada, who was given a special award from his home town for leading Japan to the best 16 in the World Cup soccer finals in South Africa, told children that dreams come true if you ''never give up.'' (Kyodo)

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Okada given award by Osaka City

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's national soccer team coach Takeshi Okada (C), surrounded by children, holds an award certificate while posing for photos during an awards ceremony in Osaka on July 8, 2010. Okada, who was given a special award from his home town for leading Japan to the best 16 in the World Cup soccer finals in South Africa, told children that dreams come true if you ''never give up.'' (Kyodo)

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Swimming: World championships

World swimming championships women's 100-butterfuly gold medalist Margaret MacNeil (C) of Canada, silver medalist Sarah Sjoestroem (L) of Sweden and bronze medalist Emma McKeon of Australia, send a message to Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee during their medal ceremony in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 22, 2019, imploring her to "never give up" in her battle with leukemia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: World championships

World swimming championships women's 100-butterfuly gold medalist Margaret MacNeil (C) of Canada, silver medalist Sarah Sjoestroem (R) of Sweden and bronze medalist Emma McKeon of Australia, send a message to Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee during their medal ceremony in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 22, 2019, imploring her to "never give up" in her battle with leukemia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo