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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES - COUR DE MARBRE: GENERAL VIEW FROM THE GABRIEL WING. EIGHTEEN STATUES REPRESENTING THE ROYAL VIRTUES AND THE PARTS OF THE WORLD ADORN THE BALUSTRADE. IN THE CORNER, THE STATUE OF PEACE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES - COUR DE MARBRE: GENERAL VIEW FROM THE GABRIEL WING. EIGHTEEN STATUES REPRESENTING THE ROYAL VIRTUES AND THE PARTS OF THE WORLD ADORN THE BALUSTRADE. IN THE CORNER, THE STATUE OF PEACE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Photo shows the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki on the early morning of Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Flowers are placed in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Where Pope Francis Has Chosen to Be Buried

File photo - Pope Francis (C) prays before the statue of Regina Maria Pacis (Mary Queen of Peace), during the Pope’s Rosary for peace in Ukraine and end to wars worldwide, on May 31, 2022 at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica (St. Mary Major) in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis said his tomb is ‘already prepared’ in the chapel Paolina of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. Unlike the majority of popes who have been interred beneath St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis has reportedly made arrangements to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino district. The basilica, one of the four major papal basilicas, has historically been the resting place of seven pope. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis celebrates the solemnity of the Immaculate Concepcion in Piazza Mignanelli, near the Spanish Steps, Rome, Italy, on December 08, 2022. This papal tradition marks the beginning of the Christmas season as the Pope visits the monument and crowns the statue of Mary with a garland of flowers. This year, the Pope focused his prayers, in a special way, on peace in the world, and especially for peace in 'martyred' Ukraine. -- 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 Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis celebrates the solemnity of the Immaculate Concepcion in Piazza Mignanelli, near the Spanish Steps, Rome, Italy, on December 08, 2022. This papal tradition marks the beginning of the Christmas season as the Pope visits the monument and crowns the statue of Mary with a garland of flowers. This year, the Pope focused his prayers, in a special way, on peace in the world, and especially for peace in 'martyred' Ukraine. -- 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 Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Pope Francis At Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - Rome

File photo - Pope Francis (C) prays before the statue of Regina Maria Pacis (Mary Queen of Peace), during the Pope’s Rosary for peace in Ukraine and end to wars worldwide, on May 31, 2022 at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica (St. Mary Major) in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis said his tomb is ‘already prepared’ in the chapel Paolina of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. Unlike the majority of popes who have been interred beneath St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis has reportedly made arrangements to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino district. The basilica, one of the four major papal basilicas, has historically been the resting place of seven pope. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Nobel Peace Prize celebration in Japan

Photo taken on Dec. 11, 2024, shows the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, a day after the ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, was held in Oslo.

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Nobel Peace Prize celebration in Japan

Photo taken on Dec. 11, 2024, shows the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, a day after the ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, was held in Oslo.

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Nobel Peace Prize celebration in Japan

Photo taken on Dec. 11, 2024, shows the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, a day after the ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, was held in Oslo.

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2024 Nobel Peace Prize

People visit the Peace Statue in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Dec. 10, 2024, prior to the ceremony in Oslo to award the Nobel Peace Prize to members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors.

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2024 Nobel Peace Prize

People visit the Peace Statue in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Dec. 10, 2024, prior to the ceremony in Oslo to award the Nobel Peace Prize to members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors.

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Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

A 15-centimeter-tall prototype of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki's Peace Park goes on public display on Nov. 9, 2024, at a prison in Isahaya in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. Sculptor Seibo Kitamura, the statue's creator, donated the prototype to the prison in 1959 to mourn the 134 prisoners and prison staff killed when the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki hit as they were at a prison unit located near Ground Zero.

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Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

A 15-centimeter-tall prototype of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki's Peace Park goes on public display on Nov. 9, 2024, at a prison in Isahaya in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. Sculptor Seibo Kitamura, the statue's creator, donated the prototype to the prison in 1959 to mourn the 134 prisoners and prison staff killed when the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki hit as they were at a prison unit located near Ground Zero.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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