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China: Black Swan Seen Scooping Leaves in Reverse at Zhaotong University

On November 15, 2025, in Zhaotong, Yunnan, a video captured the unusual sight of a black swan at Zhaotong University moving backward across a pond while repeatedly scooping leaves toward the shore.

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World Exposition opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, April 13 Kyodo - Visitors sing Ode to Joy at the 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring on the opening day of the six-month event on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2025. (Kyodo)

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China: Playful Tiger Cub Sneaks Up on Caretaker in Harbin Zoo

This video was filmed at a zoo in Harbin, Heilongjiang, on August 26, 2025. It captured the cute moment when a tiger cub tried to catch his caretaker off guard, but was quickly noticed, scooped into his arms, and turned into a cuddly kitten.

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World Exposition opens in Osaka

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows about 10,000 people singing Ode to Joy at the 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring on the opening day of the six-month event on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2025.

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World Exposition opens in Osaka

Visitors sing Ode to Joy at the 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring on the opening day of the six-month event on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2025.

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World Exposition opens in Osaka

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows about 10,000 people singing Ode to Joy at the 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring on the opening day of the six-month event on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2025.

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World Exposition opens in Osaka

Visitors sing Ode to Joy at the 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring on the opening day of the six-month event on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2025.

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Crown Princess Kiko attends charity concert

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (front, C) attends a charity concert in Tokyo on June 30, 2024. About 150 people, including cancer patients, sang "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. (Pool photo)

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"Chinese Film Days" event opens in Mongolia

STORY: "Chinese Film Days" event opens in Mongolia DATELINE: Aug. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony of TV series "Ode to Joy 3" being given to a Mongolian TV station STORYLINE: "Chinese Film Days" opened in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator on Thursday, during which various Chinese films, TV series, and other cultural products are on display. TV series titled "Ode to Joy 3" was given to a Mongolian TV station called "Asian Box." "Until now, the Khalkha Mongolian language dubbing center for Chinese Films and TV Dramas has localized and translated more than 2,000 episodes of 60 excellent Chinese TV series, cartoons, movies and documentaries in Mongolia, which has played a positive role in helping Mongolian people better understand Chinese culture," Li Zhi, deputy director of the Inner Mongolia Radio and Television Station, said at the ceremony. Six popular Chinese films, including the sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth II," the

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Singing 'Ode to Joy'

SENDAI, Japan - People in Sendai, northeastern Japan, sing Beethoven's ''Ode to Joy'' with people in Osaka, western Japan, shown on a screen, on Dec. 4, 2011, in an event using a video link to connect the two cities.

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Beijing Winter Olympics is important, inspiring moment of unity: U.S. expert

STORY: Beijing Winter Olympics is important, inspiring moment of unity: U.S. expert DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Beijing Winter Olympics related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review STORYLINE: Beijing Winter Olympics is an important and inspiring moment of unity amid the difficult time of pandemic, a U.S. expert has told Xinhua in a recent interview. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review "I think it was a very important moment. I think it was very inspiring. It was inspiring, not only because of the athletes and their accomplishments, but the ceremonies also were very inspiring from the beginning to the end. And especially I was impressed by the fact that when they all came out, they were playing Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' from his 9th symphony, probably the most important piece of mu

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Maestro Ozawa conducts Beethoven's 9th at Nijo Castle

Maestro Seiji Ozawa conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at Nijo Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Kyoto on Sept. 12, 2015. A 120-member choir sang the "Ode to Joy" chorus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maestro Ozawa conducts Beethoven's 9th at Nijo Castle

Maestro Seiji Ozawa conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at Nijo Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Kyoto on Sept. 12, 2015. A 120-member choir sang the "Ode to Joy" chorus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maestro Ozawa conducts Beethoven's 9th at Nijo Castle

Maestro Seiji Ozawa conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at Nijo Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Kyoto on Sept. 12, 2015. A 120-member choir sang the "Ode to Joy" chorus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singing 'Ode to Joy'

SENDAI, Japan - People in Sendai, northeastern Japan, sing Beethoven's ''Ode to Joy'' with people in Osaka, western Japan, shown on a screen, on Dec. 4, 2011, in an event using a video link to connect the two cities. (Kyodo)

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