Crown prince at Marine Day event

Crown prince at Marine Day event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko watch students performing flag semaphore during a Marine Day event in Tokyo on July 21, 2025.

Illustration - Brittany

Illustration - Brittany

FRANCE. BRITTANY. FINISTERE (29) PLOUGONVELIN. POINTE DE SAINT MATHIEU, SAINT MATHIEU LIGHTHOUSE LISTED AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT. THE SEMAPHORE AND THE ABBEY OF SAINT MATHIEU DE FINE-TERRE (START OF THE SAINT JAMES WAY) Photo by Jean-Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - MANCHE - 50 - BARFLEUR: PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE VILLAGE FROM THE WEST. IN THE CENTER, STRANDING PORT. IN THE BACKGROUND LEFT, ST. NICOLAS CHURCH. FIRST PORT OF THE ANGLO-NORMAN KINGDOM IN THE MIDDLE AGES BARFLEUR REMAINS A PORT ACTIVITY AND SIGNIFICANT PLEASURE FISHING. ITS HOUSES OF GRAY GRANITE ARE ADVANCING ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, WATCHED BY SEMAPHORE AND GATTEVILLE LIGHTHOUSE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese seamen facing extinction

Japanese seamen facing extinction

TOKYO, Japan - Children are taught semaphore signals on the luxurious passenger ship Nippon Maru in March.

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

A passengers make web check-in at Mexico City International Airport, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. documents his luggage Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

A passenger makes web check-in at Mexico City International Airport, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. documents his luggage Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Passengers arrive at Mexico City International Airport to board their flights, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

A man pushes two passengers in Wheelchair at Mexico City International Airport, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Passengers arrive at Mexico City International Airport to board their flights, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

A passengers make web check-in at Mexico City International Airport, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. documents his luggage Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

A passenger documents her Baggage in American Airlines check-in at Mexico City International Airport, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. documents his luggage Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

A passenger makes web check-in at Mexico City International Airport, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. documents his luggage Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

A a pilot pulls his baggage at Mexico City International Airport, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. documents his luggage Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Passengers arrive at Mexico City International Airport to board their flights, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Passengers arrive at Mexico City International Airport to board their flights, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

A workers wears protective suit to sprays disinfectant at Mexico City International Airport, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. documents his luggage Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Mexico City Airport Full During Yellow Alert By Covid-19

Passengers arrive at Mexico City International Airport to board their flights, the airport is full after the authorities allowed flights due to the yellow alert of the epidemiological semaphore for Covid-19 on May 26, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Ricardo Flores/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Russian Soldier Using Semaphore

Russian Soldier Using Semaphore

A lone Russian soldier atop a hill using Semaphore flags to communicate to other sections of the Russian forces in the 1904/5 Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1905

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Crew members of a sightseeing boat signal "thank you" with flag semaphore off Kobe Port in western Japan on May 15, 2020, to express their appreciation to medical workers battling the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Crew members of a sightseeing boat signal "thank you" with flag semaphore off Kobe Port in western Japan on May 15, 2020, to express their appreciation to medical workers battling the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo