Pre-Training Center for Humanoid Robots - China

Pre-Training Center for Humanoid Robots - China

A technician teaches a humanoid robot to wipe the kitchen stove at a data collection pre-training center for humanoid robots in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, December 4, 2025. Using technologies such as physical simulation, virtual reality, and big data modelling, the data collection pre-training center helps robots adapt to diverse tasks from handling precision components to daily household services, while shortening research and development cycles and reducing relevant costs. The center has attracted companies to test their robots here through structured courses and assessments. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Duan/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Scrap Search Amid Crisis

Gaza Scrap Search Amid Crisis

A displaced Palestinian woman sits beside a stove inside a tent at a landfill site in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on September 18, 2025. The site, once used as a garbage dump, is being cleared to erect tents for displaced families amid a deepening humanitarian and economic crisis. Photo by Abdolrahman Rashad/MiddleEast Image/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Scrap Search Amid Crisis

Gaza Scrap Search Amid Crisis

A Palestinian woman cooks on a small stove outside a tent as her child sits beside her in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on September 18, 2025. The site, once used as a garbage dump, is being cleared to erect tents for displaced families amid a deepening humanitarian and economic crisis. Photo by Abdolrahman Rashad/MiddleEast Image/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Scrap Search Amid Crisis

Gaza Scrap Search Amid Crisis

Displaced Palestinians sit on the sand near a landfill in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on September 18, 2025. A Palestinian woman cooks on a small stove outside a tent as her child sits beside her in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on September 18, 2025. The site, once used as a garbage dump, is being cleared to erect tents for displaced families amid a deepening humanitarian and economic crisis. Photo by Abdolrahman Rashad/MiddleEast Image/ABACAPRESS.COM

China: Elderly Woman Battles Kitchen Gas Explosion in Shaoxing

An 82-year-old woman in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, faced a gas explosion head-on while cooking alone on October 13, 2025. Video shows flames erupting from her stove, but she calmly shut off the gas valve before breaking down in tears. The blast was caused by a detached gas pipe, and fortunately, she was not injured.

China: Fish Jumps From Boiling Pot, Topples Stove in Jiangsu

A video shot on January 27, 2025, in Jiangsu captured the shocking moment when a fish, already placed in boiling water, suddenly sprang to life and jumped out of the pot. Its sudden movements were so strong that the pot tipped off the stove. A man quickly grabbed the lid and tried to cover the fish to prevent further chaos.

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Installation of the stove in the Sistine chapel at the Vatican on May 2, 2025 ahead of Conclave beginning on the 7th May. From this chimney white smoke will signal the election of a new pope. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Installation of the stove in the Sistine chapel at the Vatican on May 2, 2025 ahead of Conclave beginning on the 7th May. From this chimney white smoke will signal the election of a new pope. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Installation of the stove in the Sistine chapel at the Vatican on May 2, 2025 ahead of Conclave beginning on the 7th May. From this chimney white smoke will signal the election of a new pope. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Installation of the stove in the Sistine chapel at the Vatican on May 2, 2025 ahead of Conclave beginning on the 7th May. From this chimney white smoke will signal the election of a new pope. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Installation of the stove in the Sistine chapel at the Vatican on May 2, 2025 ahead of Conclave beginning on the 7th May. From this chimney white smoke will signal the election of a new pope. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Installation of the stove in the Sistine chapel at the Vatican on May 2, 2025 ahead of Conclave beginning on the 7th May. From this chimney white smoke will signal the election of a new pope. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Installation of the stove in the Sistine chapel at the Vatican on May 2, 2025 ahead of Conclave beginning on the 7th May. From this chimney white smoke will signal the election of a new pope. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Preparation Of The Sistine Chapel For The Conclave - Vatican

Installation of the stove in the Sistine chapel at the Vatican on May 2, 2025 ahead of Conclave beginning on the 7th May. From this chimney white smoke will signal the election of a new pope. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

File - Conclave at the Vatican

File - Conclave at the Vatican

File photo - View of the stove in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on March 9, 2013 which is ready for the conclave and the election of the new pope by the cardinals. From the chimney white smoke will signal the election of a new pope. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A man and a woman stand by a stove during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

Rare heavy snowfall in Damascus

Rare heavy snowfall in Damascus

Three friends sit around a camping stove, sharing tea in the snowy Bloudan region, Syria, on February 7, 2025. Syrians are hiking on snow for the first time in this region following the fall of the Syrian regime. Photo by Moawia Atrash/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31, 2025 - Jugs and other household items are displayed on the stove in the weavers house at the Hutsul Land Ethnopark in the Bukovel ski resort, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine. (Photo by Yurii Rylchuk/Ukrinform)

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31, 2025 - Barrels are lined up at the stove in the sheepmans house at the Hutsul Land Ethnopark in the Bukovel ski resort, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine. (Photo by Yurii Rylchuk/Ukrinform)(Photo by Yurii Rylchuk/Ukrinform)

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31, 2025 - Jugs and other household items are displayed on the stove in a house at the Hutsul Land Ethnopark in the Bukovel ski resort, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine. (Photo by Yurii Rylchuk/Ukrinform)

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31, 2025 - A spinning wheel and barrels are lined up at the stove in the sheepmans house at the Hutsul Land Ethnopark in the Bukovel ski resort, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine. (Photo by Yurii Rylchuk/Ukrinform)

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31, 2025 - Logs are kept under the bench of the stove in a house at the Hutsul Land Ethnopark in the Bukovel ski resort, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine. (Photo by Yurii Rylchuk/Ukrinform)

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31, 2025 - Barrels are lined up at the stove in the sheepmans house at the Hutsul Land Ethnopark in the Bukovel ski resort, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine. (Photo by Yurii Rylchuk/Ukrinform)

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

Hutsul Land Ethnopark in Bukovel ski resort

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31, 2025 - Embroidered shirts hang over the bed by the stove in a house at the Hutsul Land Ethnopark in the Bukovel ski resort, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine. (Photo by Yurii Rylchuk/Ukrinform)

The Daily Life of Palestinian Displaced - Gaza

The Daily Life of Palestinian Displaced - Gaza

A man makes coffee on a makeshift stove in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on January 13, 2025. The families uprooted by Israeli strikes, navigate daily life in these shelters. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Difficult Living Conditions in Idlib IDP Camps - Syria

Difficult Living Conditions in Idlib IDP Camps - Syria

A man tends to a stove while his family sits beside him in Ard al-Wata camp, Kafr Arouq, north of Idlib, on December 29, 2024. Hardships persist in Idlib's IDP camps as residents deal with inadequate food supplies and heating materials. Photo by Bilal Alhammoud/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Syrians Rebuild Their Lives - Idlib

Syrians Rebuild Their Lives - Idlib

Residents sit inside a tent, gathered around a stove for warmth in Idlib, Syria, on December 28, 2024. Some residents who returned to cities controlled by the Assad regime before its fall now rebuild their lives amid destruction and loss. Photo by Bilal Alhammoud/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Foreign Students Experience Traditional Chinese Culture

Foreign Students Experience Traditional Chinese Culture

QINGDAO, CHINA - DECEMBER 12, 2024 - Students demonstrate "cooking tea around the stove" at the Sino-German Eco-Garden Primary School in Qingdao Free Trade Zone in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Dec 12, 2024.

[breaking News]"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Video shows a special "stove train" equipped with coal stoves in Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train service will run through the end of March 2025. (Kyodo)

"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

Photo shows a special "stove train" equipped with coal stoves in Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train service will run through the end of March 2025.

"Stove train" starts running in northeastern Japan

"Stove train" starts running in northeastern Japan

Passengers warm up by a coal stove on Tsugaru Railway's "stove train" in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024. The train, a winter tradition in the Tsugaru region of Aomori, started running the same day.

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

CHERKASY REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - A stove and tools are in one of the restored 19th-century houses at the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve, Cherkasy region, central Ukraine. The Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve unites the villages of Moryntsi, Shevchenkove, Budyshche and Vilshana. These are the places where the famous Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko spent his childhood years.

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

CHERKASY REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - A stove is in the restored house which belonged to Taras Shevchenkos grandfather at the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve, Cherkasy region, central Ukraine. The Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve unites the villages of Moryntsi, Shevchenkove, Budyshche and Vilshana. These are the places where the famous Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko spent his childhood years.

Food Distribution By A Charity Organization - Gaza

Food Distribution By A Charity Organization - Gaza

A freshly made flatbread is baked on a portable stove at Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, October 18, 2024, as displaced Palestinians wait for food in the aftermath of Israeli strikes. The food is distributed by a charity organization in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 18, 2024. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

China: Woman Fries Egg Using Pan On Scorching Ground In Jiangjin, Chongqing

In Jiangjin, Chongqing, a woman demonstrated the heat by frying an egg with a pan on the ground instead of a stove on August 27. In the video, one can see that she waited for about 7 minutes after pouring some oil into the pan. Then, she cracked an egg into the pan, and in no time, a sunny-side-up egg was ready to serve.

(HainanOutlook)CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-NEAR-ZERO CARBON-ZONE (CN)

(HainanOutlook)CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-NEAR-ZERO CARBON-ZONE (CN)

(240327) -- BOAO, March 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A chef cooks with an electric stove at a renovated kitchen at Boao Forum for Asia hotel in the Boao near-zero carbon demonstration zone in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 25, 2024. The Boao near-zero carbon demonstration zone was put into operation before Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024. At present, the demonstration zone has completed a total of 18 projects in 8 categories and entered the near-zero carbon stage. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-NEAR-ZERO CARBON-ZONE (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-NEAR-ZERO CARBON-ZONE (CN)

(240318) -- BOAO, March 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A chef cooks with an electric stove at a hotel kitchen in the Boao near-zero carbon demonstration zone in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 8, 2024. The Boao near-zero carbon demonstration zone was put into operation on Monday. Operation and management of the zone is carried out in a smart way to achieve near-zero carbon emission at the regional level. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

China: Man Has Noodle Pitstop While Stranded On Hunan Highway Due To Snowstorm

A man in Hunan resorted to having a "noodle pitstop" while being stranded on a highway during a major snowstorm on January 22. Seemingly hungry from hours of waiting, the man cooked instant noodles by the roadside using a makeshift gas stove. Many were stranded for as long as 7 hours on the highway, including the filmer of the video, Mr. Zhao, who said his trip from Hangzhou to Guizhou was hit by heavy snow when he reached Changsha in Hunan. He arrived at the location in the video at half-past two in the morning and his journey resumed only at nine-thirty in the morning, he said.

Bucha continues to recover from Russian occupation

Bucha continues to recover from Russian occupation

BUCHA, UKRAINE - JANUARY 24, 2024 - A heating point, equipped with a potbelly stove, Bucha, Kyiv region, north-central Ukraine.

Bucha continues to recover from Russian occupation

Bucha continues to recover from Russian occupation

BUCHA, UKRAINE - JANUARY 24, 2024 - A heating point, equipped with a potbelly stove, Bucha, Kyiv region, north-central Ukraine.

3 killed, 2 injured in fire in Türkiye's Istanbul

STORY: 3 killed, 2 injured in fire in Türkiye's Istanbul SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. footage of fire recorded in the security camera 2. various of rescue site STORYLINE: Three workers were killed and two others injured in a fire that broke out in a company compound in Türkiye's largest city Istanbul on Monday, according to the governor's office. The fire erupted in the container where the workers of a private company were staying in the Sultanbeyli district on the Asian side of the city, the office said in a statement. It noted that the injured workers, one in critical condition, had been rushed to a hospital. The fire was extinguished with the intervention of the fire brigade, the statement said, adding that an investigation has been launched into the cause of the incident. According to the Haberturk, a daily newspaper, the fire erupted when the workers tried to light the stove in the container with thi

CHINA-GANSU-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-NEW YEAR (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-NEW YEAR (CN)

(240101) -- JISHISHAN, Jan. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ma Wenying (1st L) checks the stove at a temporary relocation site in Dahe Village of Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 30, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: New Year wishes from quake-hit county" (Xinhua/Ren Yanxin)

Giant Panda in Chongqing Zoo

Giant Panda in Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - DECEMBER 31, 2023 - Giant pandas gather around a stove for dinner at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Dec. 31, 2023.

Giant Panda in Chongqing Zoo

Giant Panda in Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - DECEMBER 31, 2023 - Giant pandas gather around a stove for dinner at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Dec. 31, 2023.

CHINA-GANSU-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-PREFABRICATED HOUSES (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-PREFABRICATED HOUSES (CN)

(231229) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Local residents install a stove in a prefabricated house at a temporary relocation site in Dahe village of Dahejia township, Jishishan county, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. By 15:00 p.m. of Dec. 29, a total of 15,812 prefabricated houses have been built to provide shelter for relocated residents in four severely quake-hit towns of Jishishan county. The affected residents moved to these houses with better facilities. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

CHINA-GANSU-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-PREFABRICATED HOUSES (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-PREFABRICATED HOUSES (CN)

(231229) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A resident stokes a stove in a prefabricated house at a temporary relocation site in Gaoli village of Liuji township, Jishishan county, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. By 15:00 p.m. of Dec. 29, a total of 15,812 prefabricated houses have been built to provide shelter for relocated residents in four severely quake-hit towns of Jishishan county. The affected residents moved to these houses with better facilities. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

(231222) -- HAIDONG, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villager Li Guien adds coal to a stove at a prefabricated house of a temporary relocation site in Lajia Village, Guanting Township, Minhe County in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 22, 2023. Sufficient supplies were prepared to ensure a warm winter solstice for quake-affected people at the temporary relocation sites. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

CHINA-HUNAN-GREENHOUSE-VEGETABLES-PRODUCTION (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-GREENHOUSE-VEGETABLES-PRODUCTION (CN)

(231221) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager checks the operation of a heating stove at a greenhouse base for vegetable plantation in Jinggang Town of Wangcheng District, Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 21, 2023. Effective measures have been taken at local greenhouse base for vegetable plantation, such as applying more agricultural greenhouse films and employing supplement lights, to minimize the impact inflicted by snowfall and other freezing conditions on vegetable cultivation and ensure stable supply. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

(SpotNews)CHINA-GANSU-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-EMERGENCY RESPONSE (CN)

(SpotNews)CHINA-GANSU-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-EMERGENCY RESPONSE (CN)

(231219) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers install a stove at a temporary shelter in Dahe Village of Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, announced Tuesday that it has earmarked 250 million yuan (about 35.2 million U.S. dollars) of investment from the central budget for quake-hit areas in Gansu and Qinghai provinces to support the emergency restoration and construction of infrastructure and public service facilities. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

Orikhiv

Orikhiv

ORIKHIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 13, 2023 - A senior man places a kettle on a potbelly stove in the basement where he currently lives as he hides from Russian shelling of Orikhiv, a city close to the front line, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine.