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Queen Rania of Jordan Tours Wadi Rum - Jordan

Queen Rania Al Abdullah, accompanied by her daughter Princess Salma bint Abdullah II, visits Wadi Rum, where they met with local tour operators and explored a range of experiences the site offers visitors from Jordan and around the world, on January 7th, 2026, in Wadi Rum, Jordan. The site, also known as the ‘Valley of the Moon’, is a UNESCO Heritage Site and protected area located in southern Jordan. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Rania of Jordan Tours Wadi Rum - Jordan

Queen Rania Al Abdullah, accompanied by her daughter Princess Salma bint Abdullah II, visits Wadi Rum, where they met with local tour operators and explored a range of experiences the site offers visitors from Jordan and around the world, on January 7th, 2026, in Wadi Rum, Jordan. The site, also known as the ‘Valley of the Moon’, is a UNESCO Heritage Site and protected area located in southern Jordan. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Rania of Jordan Tours Wadi Rum - Jordan

Queen Rania Al Abdullah, accompanied by her daughter Princess Salma bint Abdullah II, visits Wadi Rum, where they met with local tour operators and explored a range of experiences the site offers visitors from Jordan and around the world, on January 7th, 2026, in Wadi Rum, Jordan. The site, also known as the ‘Valley of the Moon’, is a UNESCO Heritage Site and protected area located in southern Jordan. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Rania of Jordan Tours Wadi Rum - Jordan

Queen Rania Al Abdullah, accompanied by her daughter Princess Salma bint Abdullah II, visits Wadi Rum, where they met with local tour operators and explored a range of experiences the site offers visitors from Jordan and around the world, on January 7th, 2026, in Wadi Rum, Jordan. The site, also known as the ‘Valley of the Moon’, is a UNESCO Heritage Site and protected area located in southern Jordan. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Rania of Jordan Tours Wadi Rum - Jordan

Queen Rania Al Abdullah, accompanied by her daughter Princess Salma bint Abdullah II, visits Wadi Rum, where they met with local tour operators and explored a range of experiences the site offers visitors from Jordan and around the world, on January 7th, 2026, in Wadi Rum, Jordan. The site, also known as the ‘Valley of the Moon’, is a UNESCO Heritage Site and protected area located in southern Jordan. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Rania of Jordan Tours Wadi Rum - Jordan

Queen Rania Al Abdullah, accompanied by her daughter Princess Salma bint Abdullah II, visits Wadi Rum, where they met with local tour operators and explored a range of experiences the site offers visitors from Jordan and around the world, on January 7th, 2026, in Wadi Rum, Jordan. The site, also known as the ‘Valley of the Moon’, is a UNESCO Heritage Site and protected area located in southern Jordan. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Rania of Jordan Tours Wadi Rum - Jordan

Queen Rania Al Abdullah, accompanied by her daughter Princess Salma bint Abdullah II, visits Wadi Rum, where they met with local tour operators and explored a range of experiences the site offers visitors from Jordan and around the world, on January 7th, 2026, in Wadi Rum, Jordan. The site, also known as the ‘Valley of the Moon’, is a UNESCO Heritage Site and protected area located in southern Jordan. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Fire drill at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

A fire drill is held at Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa in the early morning of Oct. 31, 2025, exactly six years after the 2019 predawn fire that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo shows the main hall of Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 31, 2025, six years after the 2019 predawn fire that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo shows the main hall of Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 31, 2025, six years after the 2019 predawn fire that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo shows the main hall of Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 31, 2025, six years after the 2019 predawn fire that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo taken from a drone on Oct. 25, 2025, shows the main hall (C) of Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa, six years after predawn fire on Oct. 31, 2019, that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Fire drill at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

A fire drill is held at Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa in the early morning of Oct. 31, 2025, exactly six years after the 2019 predawn fire that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Fire drill at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

A fire drill is held at Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa in the early morning of Oct. 31, 2025, exactly six years after the 2019 predawn fire that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Fire drill at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

A fire drill is held at Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 31, 2025, the sixth anniversary of a fire that gutted the castle on the UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo shows the main hall of Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 31, 2025, six years after a fire gutted the castle on the UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Shuri Castle exterior reconstruction completed

Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025, shows the main hall of Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. It was unveiled to the media the same day following removal of a temporary cover as reconstruction of its exterior was completed six years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle on Oct. 31, 2019.

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Shuri Castle exterior reconstruction completed

Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025, shows the main hall of Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. It was unveiled to the media the same day following removal of a temporary cover as reconstruction of its exterior was completed six years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle on Oct. 31, 2019.

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Shuri Castle exterior reconstruction completed

Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025, shows the main hall of Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. It was unveiled to the media the same day following removal of a temporary cover as reconstruction of its exterior was completed six years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle on Oct. 31, 2019.

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Shuri Castle exterior reconstruction completed

Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025, shows the main hall of Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. It was unveiled to the media the same day following removal of a temporary cover as reconstruction of its exterior was completed six years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle on Oct. 31, 2019.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2025, shows the main building of Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The castle is under reconstruction after a 2019 fire destroyed the UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2025, shows the main building of Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The castle is under reconstruction after a 2019 fire destroyed the UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2025, shows the main building of Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The castle is under reconstruction after a 2019 fire destroyed the UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Emperor visits Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from R), Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The castle is now under reconstruction after a 2019 fire destroyed the UNESCO World Heritage site. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from R), Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The castle is now under reconstruction after a 2019 fire destroyed the UNESCO World Heritage site. (Pool photo)

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis receives American actor and director Sylvester Stallone and his family at the Vatican on September 8, 2023. Before this visit at the Vatican, Sylvester Stallone received a hero's welcome in the southern Puglia region of Italy this week after travelling there to embrace his family's Italian heritage. The Hollywood legend and his brother Frank were conferred with honorary citizenship of Gioia del Colle. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Ashyk game pieces made of sheep bones are kept in a clay pot, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Japan sake-brewing added to UNESCO intangible heritage

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press in the prefectural capital Naha on Dec. 5, 2024, a day after traditional knowledge and skills used in the production of Japanese distilled spirits, including awamori produced in the southern Japan prefecture, were approved for addition to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Intangible Cultural Heritage list during its intergovernmental committee meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay.

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World Cultural Heritage-listed sacred place in Okinawa

Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2013, shows World Cultural Heritage-listed sacred place Sefa-utaki in Nanjo in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa.

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Fire drill at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

A fire drill is held at Shuri Castle, a symbol of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa now under reconstruction, in Naha in the early morning of Oct. 31, 2024, exactly five years after the 2019 predawn fire that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Fire drill at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

Firefighters take part in a fire drill inside a temporary building covering the main hall of Shuri Castle, a symbol of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa now under reconstruction, in Naha on Oct. 31, 2024, exactly five years after the 2019 fire that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Fire drill at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

A fire drill is held at Shuri Castle, a symbol of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa now under reconstruction, in Naha on Oct. 31, 2024, exactly five years after the 2019 fire that destroyed its main buildings located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2024, shows dragon-shaped pillars to be used for the reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. A 2019 fire destroyed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2024, shows a temporary structure covering the main hall of Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, which is under reconstruction after a 2019 fire destroyed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.