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SWEDISH ROYAL STATE VISIT TO CANADA

OTTAWA, CANADA 20251119Swedish Minister of Defence Pål Jonson, Minister of Energy and Enterprise Ebba Busch, Queen Silvia, King Carl Gustaf and Swedish Ambassador to Canada Signe Burgstaller at a reception at the Swedish residence as the state visit continued on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT / Code 10030

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SWEDISH ROYAL STATE VISIT TO CANADA

OTTAWA, CANADA 20251119Swedish Minister of Defence Pål Jonson, Minister of Energy and Enterprise Ebba Busch, Queen Silvia, King Carl Gustaf and Swedish Ambassador to Canada Signe Burgstaller and embassy staff at a reception at the Swedish residence as the state visit continued on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT / Code 10030

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SWEDISH ROYAL STATE VISIT TO CANADA

OTTAWA, CANADA 20251119King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Jan Carlson, Chairman of the Board of Ericsson, Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, Swedish Minister of Energy and Business Ebba Busch and Swedish Ambassador to Canada, Signe Burgstaller in the "anechoic chamber", a soundproof room, during the visit to Ericsson as the state visit to Canada continued on Wednesday 19 November 2025Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT / Code 10030

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SWEDISH ROYAL STATE VISIT TO CANADA

OTTAWA, CANADA 20251118Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada, Andrii Plakhotniuk, and Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand welcome Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf to the seminar on Strategic Partnership Supporting a Resilient Ukraine, which was one of the program items when the three-day state visit began in Ottawa on Tuesday 18 November 2025.Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT / Code 10030

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SWEDISH ROYAL STATE VISIT TO CANADA

OTTAWA, CANADA 20251118King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia with Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada, Andrii Plakhotniuk, who used to be in Sweden, at the seminar on Strategic Partnership Supporting a Resilient Ukraine, which was one of the program items when the three-day state visit began in Ottawa on Tuesday 18 November 2025.Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT / Code 10030

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NORDIC COUNCIL AWARDS 2025

The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded to Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson. Iceland's Ambassador to Sweden, Bryndís Kjartansdóttir (centre) is accepting Vikingur's price on his behalf. The prize is presented by the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Andreas Norlén, and the President of the Nordic Council, Heléne Björklund, during the presentation of the Nordic Council Prizes in literature, children's and young adult literature, film, music and the environment, in the Second Chamber of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, October 28, 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

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NORDIC COUNCIL AWARDS 2025

The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded to Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson. Iceland's Ambassador to Sweden, Bryndís Kjartansdóttir is accepting Vikingur's price on his behalf during the presentation of the Nordic Council Prizes in literature, children's and young adult literature, film, music and the environment, in the Second Chamber of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, October 28, 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

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CROWN PRINCESS IN SEOUL

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attend a dinner with Ambassador Karl-Olof Andersson at the Swedish residence in Seoul, South Korea, on October 16, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to South Korea from October 15 to 17.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN SEOUL

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attend a dinner with Ambassador Karl-Olof Andersson at the Swedish residence in Seoul, South Korea, on October 16, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to South Korea from October 15 to 17.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN SEOUL

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attend a dinner with Ambassador Karl-Olof Andersson at the Swedish residence in Seoul, South Korea, on October 16, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to South Korea from October 15 to 17.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN SEOUL

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attend a dinner with Ambassador Karl-Olof Andersson at the Swedish residence in Seoul, South Korea, on October 16, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to South Korea from October 15 to 17.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN SEOUL

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attend a dinner with Ambassador Karl-Olof Andersson at the Swedish residence in Seoul, South Korea, on October 16, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to South Korea from October 15 to 17.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN SEOUL

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attend a dinner with Ambassador Karl-Olof Andersson at the Swedish residence in Seoul, South Korea, on October 16, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to South Korea from October 15 to 17.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN SEOUL

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attend a dinner with Ambassador Karl-Olof Andersson at the Swedish residence in Seoul, South Korea, on October 16, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to South Korea from October 15 to 17.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN OSAKA

Crown Princess Victoria at the Nordic Pavilion and Nordic Arctic Day at Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Second person from left: Torsten Nielsen, Denmark's Senior Arctic Official, Kennet Høegh, Chair of Senior Arctic Officials, Katarina Bjelke, Director General of the Swedish Research Council, Viktoria Li, Swedish Ambassador in Japan, Anders Adlercreutz, Finland's Minister for Education and Nordic Cooperation and President of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Crown Princess Victoria, Sweden's Minister of Public Administration Erik Slottner, Karen Ellemann, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Katarina Gårdfeldt, Director General of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Axel Wernhoff, Deputy Director-General, Kalle Kankaanpää, Finland's Senior Arctic Official.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN OSAKA

Viktoria Li, Swedish Ambassador to Japan, Anders Adlercreutz, Finnish Minister for Education and Nordic Cooperation and President of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Crown Princess Victoria, Sweden's Minister of Public Administration Erik Slottner and Karen Ellemann, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers during the visit to the Nordic Pavilion and Nordic Arctic Day at Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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SWEDISH KING AND QUEEN VISIT LONDON

King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden leave Royal Society in London, UK, together with Sweden's Ambassador to the UK Stefan Gullgren (right), after listening to a panel discussion about life science, on Friday, May 2, 2025. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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SWEDISH KING AND QUEEN VISIT LONDON

King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden leave Royal Society in London together with Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (center left) and Sweden's Ambassador to the UK Stefan Gullgren (right), after listening to a panel discussion about life science, on Friday, May 2, 2025. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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Ruotsin kruununprinsessa Victoria vierailee Suomessa vielä tänään

From left, State Secretary to Minister for Energy, Business and Industry of Sweden Daniel Liljeberg, Defence Minister Pål Jonson of Sweden (left), Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin of Sweden (middle), Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland Wille Rydman, CEO Janne Känkänen of the National Emergency Supply Agency of Finland and Swedish Ambassador to Finland, Peter Ericson. posing before the conference of focus on defence and crisis preparedness organised in cooperation with Finland s National Emergency Supply Agency, NESA and held at meeting place between Sweden and Finland Hanaholmen in Espoo, Finland on April 23, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden visits Finland

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is welcomed by President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb before their meeting in Helsinki, Finland on April 22, 2025. Background Swedish Ambassador to Finland, Peter Ericson. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden visits Finland

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is welcomed by President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb and his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb (L) before their meeting in Helsinki, Finland on April 22, 2025. Right Swedish Ambassador to Finland, Peter Ericson. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Suurlähettiläskokous

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström during their joint press confrence in Helsinki on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Suurlähettiläskokous

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (in the picture) and Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström during their joint press confrence in Helsinki on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Suurlähettiläskokous

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (in the picture) during their joint press confrence in Helsinki on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Suurlähettiläskokous

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström during their joint press confrence in Helsinki on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Suurlähettiläskokous

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström during their joint press confrence in Helsinki on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Heads of Finland's missions abroad - Annual Meeting

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström attends the Heads of Finland's missions abroad and foreign policy leaders Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Heads of Finland's missions abroad - Annual Meeting

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström attends the Heads of Finland's missions abroad and foreign policy leaders Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Heads of Finland's missions abroad - Annual Meeting

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström attends the Heads of Finland's missions abroad and foreign policy leaders Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Heads of Finland's missions abroad - Annual Meeting

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (L) and Elina Valtonen Foreign Minister of Finland attend the Heads of Finland's missions abroad and foreign policy leaders Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Heads of Finland's missions abroad - Annual Meeting

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (L) and Elina Valtonen Foreign Minister of Finland meet during the Heads of Finland's missions abroad and foreign policy leaders Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Heads of Finland's missions abroad - Annual Meeting

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (L) and Elina Valtonen Foreign Minister of Finland meet during the Heads of Finland's missions abroad and foreign policy leaders Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Heads of Finland's missions abroad - Annual Meeting

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (L) and Elina Valtonen Foreign Minister of Finland meet during the Heads of Finland's missions abroad and foreign policy leaders Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Heads of Finland's missions abroad - Annual Meeting

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (L) and Elina Valtonen Foreign Minister of Finland meet during the Heads of Finland's missions abroad and foreign policy leaders Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland on August 28, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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President Stubb visiting Sweden

President Alexander Stubb of Finland (left) and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of Sweden at the Finnish Ambassador's Residence in Stockholm, Sweden on April 23, 2024. President Alexander Stubb pays a two-day state visit to Sweden. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Macron Holds Talks At The Parliament - Stockholm

French President Emmanuel Macron (centre,L) and Speaker of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen) Andreas Norlen (centre,R), French ambassador to Sweden Etienne de Gonneville (L), French Higher Education and Research Minister Sylvie Retailleau 2nd,L), French Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu (3rd L), Diplomatic Advisor Emmanuel Bonne (4th,L), pose for a picture in Stockholm, Sweden on January 30, 2024. French Presidential couple is on a two-day state visit to Sweden. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Holds Talks At The Parliament - Stockholm

French President Emmanuel Macron (centre,L) and Speaker of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen) Andreas Norlen (centre,R), French ambassador to Sweden Etienne de Gonneville (L), French Higher Education and Research Minister Sylvie Retailleau 2nd,L), French Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu (3rd L), Diplomatic Advisor Emmanuel Bonne (4th,L), pose for a picture in Stockholm, Sweden on January 30, 2024. French Presidential couple is on a two-day state visit to Sweden. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Swedish Ambassador to Japan Karl Almqvist (R) officially informs Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (L) that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature during a visit to his home in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 18, 1968. (Kyodo)

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Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Sweden's Prince Daniel in Finland

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria (C) visits the Hanaholmen Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre in Espoo, Finland on Wednesday, 20th Sep., 2023. With the Princess are (L to R) Finland's ambassador in Sweden Maimo Henriksson, Gunvor Kronman, the Managing Director of Hanaholmen, Princess Victoria, Kimmo Sasi, the Chairman of the Board of Hanaholmen and Sweden's ambassdor in Finland Nicola Clase. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Sweden's Prince Daniel in Finland

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria (C) visits the Hanaholmen Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre in Espoo, Finland on Wednesday, 20th Sep., 2023. With the Princess are (L to R) Finland's ambassador in Sweden Maimo Henriksson, Gunvor Kronman, the Managing Director of Hanaholmen, Princess Victoria, Kimmo Sasi, the Chairman of the Board of Hanaholmen and Sweden's ambassdor in Finland Nicola Clase. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Sweden's Prince Daniel in Finland

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria (C) visits the Hanaholmen Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre in Espoo, Finland on Wednesday, 20th Sep., 2023. With the Princess are (L to R) Finland's ambassador in Sweden Maimo Henriksson, Gunvor Kronman, the Managing Director of Hanaholmen, Princess Victoria, Kimmo Sasi (2nd R), the Chairman of the Board of Hanaholmen and Sweden's ambassdor in Finland Nicola Clase. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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U.S., unchecked surveillance empire

STORY: U.S., unchecked surveillance empire DATELINE: May 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:07 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S.-related footage 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHAKEEL AHMAD RAMAY, CEO, Islamabad-based Asian Institute of Eco-civilization Research & Development 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAGDY AMER, Former ambassador of Egypt to China 4. various of the website of the DR News 5. various of Germany 6. various of the Swedish Parliament House 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): ISMAIL HAKKI PEKIN, Turkish security expert and retired lieutenant general 8. various of Edward Snowden 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (ARABIC): HUSSAM DAJANI, Gaza-based political analyst 10. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): TUGHRAL YAMIN, Senior research fellow at Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad STORYLINE: A set of highly classified documents from the U.S. Pentagon were leaked online in recent weeks, in an apparent security breach that revealed U.S. intelligence gathering on some of its key allies. Those documents again shed light on t

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Nobel winner Amano, previous laureates pose for photos

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano (4th from L), one of the three Japan-born scientists to win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, poses for photos with previous Nobel laureates, Swedish Ambassador to Japan Magnus Robach (5th from L) and others at the Swedish ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2014.

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Nobel laureate Amano feted by previous Nobel winners

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano (back C), a winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles as he is flanked by previous Nobel laureates -- 1987 Physiology or Medicine winner Susumu Tonegawa (back L) and 2002 Physics laureate Masatoshi Koshiba -- during an event at the Swedish ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2014.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka (R) receives a bouquet from Swedish Ambassador to Japan Lars Vargo (L) in Kyoto on Oct. 9, 2012. 2nd from R is Kyoto University President Hiroshi Matsumoto. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were announced as winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Sweden reopens honorary consulate in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Swedish Ambassador to Japan Mikael Lindstrom (L) and Naoya Wada participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Kobe's Chuo Ward on April 18 to mark the reopening of the country's honorary consulate there. Wada, president of Kinki Industrial Co., a machinery maker based in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, that has extensive business ties with Sweden, will serve as honorary consul.

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Nobel laureate Tanaka receives congrats from Swedish envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Engineer Koichi Tanaka (R), the winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, receives flowers from Swedish Ambassador Krister Kumlin at a congratulatory reception at the diplomat's residence in Tokyo on Oct. 11.

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EU diplomats, Tokyo Gov. Ishihara visit Izu isles

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) and Swedish Ambassador to Japan Krister Kumlin (R) talk to reporters on return from a visit to the Izu islands, south of the capital, on May 30. Ishihara arranged the one-day trip for European Union diplomats in a bid to promote local tourism ahead of the summer vacation season.

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Sweden to apply to join NATO

STORY: Sweden to apply to join NATO DATELINE: May 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:45 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1 various of Swedish Parliament 2 various of the press conference (courtesy of Swedish government) 3 various of Swedish Parliament 4 various of streets in Stockholm STORYLINE: Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Monday announced the official decision to start the process of the country's application to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). "It is clear that there is a broad majority in Sweden's parliament for Sweden to join NATO," Andersson said during a press conference. According to Andersson, Sweden's NATO ambassador in Brussels will submit the country's NATO application within the next few days. The application will be submitted together with Finland. The government has also decided on a bill that will make it possible for Sweden to receive military support from all European Union (EU) and NATO countries. On Sunday, Sweden's rulin

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N. Korea roving ambassador Kim Myong Gil

North Korean roving ambassador Kim Myong Gil (C) is pictured at Beijing international airport on Oct. 3, 2019, before departing for Stockholm. Kim is expected to hold working-level negotiations with the United States in the Swedish capital following the North's firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Oct. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo