Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Agencies continue to bring aid to Haiyan-hit areas a year on

LEYTE, Philippines - This Oct. 20, 2014, photo shows a number of transitional houses built by the International Organization for Migration in Tacloban City, the capital of the central Philippine province of Leyte, for families displaced by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013. The site, which contains 86 shelters turned over to families in late September, would be safe from a storm surge similar to that generated by Haiyan.

E

1st nonscientist leads Galapagos research center

PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador - Swen Lorenz, head of the Charles Darwin Research Station, gives an interview on Oct. 20, 2013 at the institute in Puerto Ayora on the island of Santa Cruz, part of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

E

Nature conservation educator

YATSUSHIRO, Japan - Shoko Tsuru (L), a nature conservation educator authorized by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan, holds a fishing rod during an event at the Kuma River in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2013. She leads a dam-removal campaign for the river. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

E

High-rise condos in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo shows high-rise condominiums in Beijing, China, on Oct. 20, 2013. (Photo taken with ultra wide-angle lens)

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan is seen after performing in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan acknowledges the crowd after performing in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Ishikawa 2nd place in Vegas

LAS VEGAS, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the 16th hole of the final round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open golf event in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 20, 2013. Ishikawa matched a career high by finishing in a tie for second.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada (C) of Japan, Ashley Wagner (L) of the United States and Elena Radionova (R) of Russia show their medals at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. Asada won with a total of 204.55 points, followed by Wagner at 193.81 points and Radionova at 183.95 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan shows her medal after winning Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan shows her medal after winning Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Asada wins Skate America

DETROIT, United States - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at Skate America in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2013. After leading the short program the previous day, Asada also topped the free skate and won Skate America with a total of 204.55 points.

E

Epiphaneia wins Kikka-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Epiphaneia and jockey Yuichi Fukunaga (L) are pictured after winning the Kikka-sho at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Oct. 20, 2013. The favorite snatched the last jewel of the Japanese triple crown.

E

Epiphaneia wins Kikka-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Epiphaneia (far R), ridden by Yuichi Fukunaga, gallops to victory in the Kikka-sho at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Oct. 20, 2013. The favorite won the race to snatch the last jewel of the Japanese triple crown.

E

Epiphaneia wins Kikka-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Epiphaneia, ridden by Yuichi Fukunaga, gallops to victory in the Kikka-sho at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Oct. 20, 2013. The favorite won the race to snatch the last jewel of the Japanese triple crown.

E

Lee Na Ri wins Fujitsu Ladies

CHIBA, Japan - South Korea's Lee Na Ri holds the victor's trophy after winning the Fujitsu Ladies at Tokyu Seven Hundred Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 20, 2013. The winner of the tournament was decided on the second-round results, in which Lee led at 6-under 138, as the final round was canceled due to rain.

E

State minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and state minister in charge of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, leaves the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2013, after offering prayers during its annual autumn festival.

E

Maldives presidential election

MALE, Maldives - Women stage a sit-in protest in front of the city hall of Male, the capital of Maldives, in the early hours of Oct. 20, 2013, calling for the early implementation of the rerun of the country's presidential election, which was scheduled for Oct. 19 but was postponed after police interference.

E

State minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (2nd from R), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and state minister in charge of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2013, to offer prayers during its annual autumn festival.

E

Consumer accident probe panel

TOKYO, Japan - Yotaro Hatamura, head of the Consumer Safety Investigation Commission, speaks at a press conference at the Consumer Affairs Agency on Sept. 20, 2013 ahead of the commission's first anniversary on Oct. 1.