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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUILIN-GIRL-UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT (CN)

(240405) -- GUILIN, April 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Dong Qian (front) moved out of the classroom by his father Dong Huiling with a trolley bed at Sanchawei Primary School in Lingchuan Township, Lingchuan County of Guilin City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sept. 13, 2012 (L) and Dong Qian (C) walking with her classmates at Guilin Normal College in Guilin City on March 13, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Defying limits: Unbreakable spirit of a girl battling brittle bones" (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUILIN-GIRL-UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT (CN)

(240405) -- GUILIN, April 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Dong Qian (C) taking classes at Sanchawei Primary School in Lingchuan Township, Lingchuan County of Guilin City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sept. 13, 2012 (above) and Dong Qian (front) taking classes at Guilin Normal College in Guilin City on March 13, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Defying limits: Unbreakable spirit of a girl battling brittle bones" (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-BORDER PATROLMAN-LEGACY (CN)

(230913) -- TAXKORGAN, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 21, 2012 shows Laqini Bayika riding a yak to cross a river during patrols in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, located in China's far west Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, usually sees a surge in tourism in September. For many tourists from across the country, the house where the "role model of the times" Laqini Bayika lived is a place they must pay a visit. Bayika Kalidibek, Laqini's 71-year-old father, always tell them about the life of his son. Born in a small village in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Laqini grew up tough on the Pamir Plateau in a harsh environment. With an average elevation of over 4,000 meters, his hometown borders Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Patrolling the border has been a tradition for many locals. Laqini's father and grandfather were both border patrolmen, and he started to carry on the mission in 2004.

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Yu, Taylor Zhang's wife, works at Zhang's clinic in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. Zhou is mainly responsible for the operation and management of the clinic. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Taylor Zhang talks to patients in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Husband of Taylor Zhang's client Tumi Ontumetse views color ultrasound images of the fetus in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2023 shows the entrance of Taylor Zhang's clinic in Gaborone, Botswana. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Taylor Zhang arranges a temporary bed for infants, which is designated for mothers seeking for medical consultation with infants, in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Taylor Zhang answers questions for Tumi Ontumetse and her husband in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Taylor Zhang prepares to deliver a baby for a woman in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2023 shows the entrance of a hospital where Taylor Zhang's clinic is located in Gaborone, Botswana. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2012 (top), one and a half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and after the tree was cut down, preserved and replanted in the same place on Feb. 13, 2014 (bottom).

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Yoshida after unprecedented win

EDMONTON, Canada - Japan's Saori Yoshida poses with the gold medal and the belt in Strathcona County, Canada, on Sept. 29, 2012. She won the previous day in the 55-kilogram final at the women's wrestling world championships to win an unprecedented 13 consecutive Olympic and world titles.

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Battle against sleep disorder

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiko Horimoto holds up a book she co-wrote with her daughter Sakura about the 15-year battle Sakura fought against sleep disorder, in Musashino, western Tokyo, on Sept. 13, 2012.

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Japanese bank names covered with cloth in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The names of Japanese banks are covered with white cloth on the wall of a building in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012, amid fears anti-Japan protesters could target the building. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - An anti-Japan protester (C) holds a message calling for a boycott of Japanese products in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-U.S. protest in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Protesters hurl stones at police officers near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Sept. 13, 2012, as people demonstrate for the third straight day against a U.S. film regarded as insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

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Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes

FUKUOKA, Japan - Vandana Shiva (R), an environmental philosopher in India, receives the grand prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes during an award ceremony in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 13, 2012.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - An anti-Japan protester waves a Chinese flag in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-U.S. protest in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Protesters run away after police officers fired warning shots near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Sept. 13, 2012, as people demonstrate for the third straight day against a U.S. film regarded as insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

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Suzuki's cumulative minivehicle sales top 20 mil. units

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the first model of the Alto minicar, released in 1979 by Suzuki Motor Corp. The company said Sept. 13, 2012, its cumulative domestic sales of minivehicles with engines of up to 660 cc had topped 20 million units the previous day, becoming the first carmaker to pass the threshold.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Anti-Japan protesters hold a message saying, "Beat Japan," in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - An anti-Japan protester demonstrates in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Anti-Japan protesters demonstrate in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan, U.S. discuss Osprey issue

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos on the safety of the U.S. Osprey military aircraft, planned to be deployed in Okinawa Prefecture, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012. Roos told Gemba that the United States will make maximum efforts to ensure the Osprey's safety, Gemba told reporters.

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Japan, U.S. discuss Osprey issue

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012, to hold talks with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba on the safety of the U.S. Osprey military aircraft, planned to be deployed in Okinawa Prefecture. Roos told Gemba that the United States will make maximum efforts to ensure the Osprey's safety, Gemba later told reporters.

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JAL's new seats for international flights

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. demonstrates its first fully reclining seats for business class for long-haul international flights during an event in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012. The airline unveiled all new seating for Boeing 777-300ER international flights as part of its midterm business plan following rehabilitation from its January 2010 bankruptcy.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - More than 40 people gather outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012, for the third straight day to protest Japan's nationalization of a group of East China Sea islands claimed by China. Japan bought three of the Senkaku Islands, known as Diaoyu in China, from their Japanese owner.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - More than 40 people gather outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012, for the third straight day to protest Japan's nationalization of a group of East China Sea islands claimed by China. Japan bought three of the Senkaku Islands, known as Diaoyu in China, from their Japanese owner.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - More than 40 people gather outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012, for the third straight day to protest Japan's nationalization of a group of East China Sea islands claimed by China. Japan bought three of the Senkaku Islands, known as Diaoyu in China, from their Japanese owner.

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Envoy to China falls unconscious

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to China Shinichi Nishimiya, who collapsed and was found unconscious in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012. Police said his condition was apparently caused by illness.

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Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:23 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (top L) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Apparent draft letter about Ogai

HAMAMATSU, Japan - A Sept. 13, 2012, photo taken in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, shows a manuscript believed to be a draft letter describing the circumstances leading up to the divorce of Japanese novelist Mori Ogai (1862-1922) from his first wife Akamatsu Toshiko. The Iwata education board announced the finding of the letter that day.

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Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:20 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (bottom) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The two objects at top are the lid to the containment vessel. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Russian APEC volunteers in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Some 500 Russian students who served as volunteer workers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Vladivostok over the weekend arrive at Yokohama port near Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who hosted the two-day summit in the Far Eastern Russian city, arranged a cruise to the Japanese port city for the students.

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"Iron Man" Kanemoto to retire

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto gives a press conference in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2012. Kanemoto, who once played 13,686 consecutive innings, announced that he would retire at the end of the current season.

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Arimura wins first Japanese major at Japan LPGA C'ship

KOKA, Japan - Chie Arimura kisses the victor's trophy after winning her first Japanese major with a 13-under-par 275 at the Japan LPGA Championship at Tarao Country Club's West Course in Shiga Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2012.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). A shopping area has been established at bottom R.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Tsubasa Sugeno (L), a university student hailing from Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Ayaka Ogawa (L), who graduated from a senior high school in Iwate Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Shiseido to sell 1 million yen skin cream

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a special version of La Creme, an ultrarich skin cream in a crystal container to be sold by Shiseido Co. for 1.05 million yen ($13,200) apiece to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the launch of its top-end cosmetics line, Cle de peau BEAUTE. The Japanese cosmetics producer will accept reservations for only three units of the luxury cream between Aug. 30 and Sept. 20, 2012.

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Japan women qualify for Olympics soccer in top spot

JINAN, China - Japan's 11 players pose for photos after beating China 1-0 in a women's soccer Asian qualifier for the 2012 London Olympics, in Jinan, China, on Sept. 11, 2011. Japan, having already secured one of the two spots up for grabs for the Olympics, finished in top spot in the six-team round-robin competition with four wins and a draw, earning 13 points.

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House M.D. (2004)

Hugh Laurie Television: House M.D. (TV-Serie) Usa 2004-2012, 16 November 2004 HOUSE: The second season of HOUSE premieres Tuesday, Sept. 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Hugh Laurie as Dr. Greg House.

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House M.D. (2004)

Jesse Spencer, Jennifer Morrison, Omar Epps, Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard & Sela Ward Television: House M.D. (TV-Serie) Usa 2004-2012, 16 November 2004 HOUSE: The second season of HOUSE premieres Tuesday, Sept. 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Pictured L-R: Jesse Spencer, Jennifer Morrison, Omar Epps, Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard, Sela Ward.

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Japan women qualify for Olympics soccer in top spot

JINAN, China - Japan's 11 players pose for photos after beating China 1-0 in a women's soccer Asian qualifier for the 2012 London Olympics, in Jinan, China, on Sept. 11, 2011. Japan, having already secured one of the two spots up for grabs for the Olympics, finished in top spot in the six-team round-robin competition with four wins and a draw, earning 13 points. (Kyodo)