US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

U.N. session on Ukraine

U.N. session on Ukraine

The U.N. Security Council convenes an emergency session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 6, 2024, as Russia asks the council to meet alleging Ukraine killed at least 28 people in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine by striking the area using Western-supplied missiles.

U.N. session on Ukraine

U.N. session on Ukraine

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia (front, C) speaks during a U.N. Security Council session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 6, 2024, as Russia asks the council to meet alleging Ukraine killed at least 28 people in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine by striking the area using Western-supplied missiles.

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People stage a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People lie on the ground during a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People stage a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People stage a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People stage a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People lie on the ground during a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People stage a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

Kelp harvesting season

Kelp harvesting season

Kelp collected in waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-controlled Habomai islet group is landed at a port in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 3, 2020, as the harvesting season for the seaweed started in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kelp harvesting season

Kelp harvesting season

Kelp collected in waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-controlled Habomai islet group is landed at a port in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 3, 2020, as the harvesting season for the seaweed started in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo