(SP)SOUTH KOREA-BUSAN-TABLE TENNIS-WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS-WOMEN-JPN VS LUX

(SP)SOUTH KOREA-BUSAN-TABLE TENNIS-WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS-WOMEN-JPN VS LUX

(240216) -- BUSAN, Feb. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hirano Miu of Japan returns the ball to Tessy Gonderinger of Luxembourg during the women's team Group 2 match between Japan and Luxembourg at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Busan 2024 in Busan, South Korea, Feb. 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Tao Xiyi)

Honma wins women's karate heavyweight-class

Honma wins women's karate heavyweight-class

AKITA, Japan - Japan's Emiko Honma (L) attacks Tessy Scholtes of Luxembourg at the women's heavyweight-class karate competition of the sixth World Games at Tenno municipal gymnasium in Akita Prefecture on Aug. 19. Honma took the women's heavyweight sparring title with a 5-3 win over Scholtes.

(SP)CHINA-CHENGDU-TABLE TENNIS-ITTF WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS-WOMEN'S TEAMS-GROUP 4-KOR VS LUX(CN)

(SP)CHINA-CHENGDU-TABLE TENNIS-ITTF WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS-WOMEN'S TEAMS-GROUP 4-KOR VS LUX(CN)

(220930) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tessy Gonderinger of Luxembourg serves to Kim Hayeong of South Korea during the women's teams group 4 match between team South Korea and team Luxembourg at the 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

(SP)CHINA-CHENGDU-TABLE TENNIS-ITTF WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS-WOMEN'S TEAMS-GROUP 4-KOR VS LUX(CN)

(SP)CHINA-CHENGDU-TABLE TENNIS-ITTF WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS-WOMEN'S TEAMS-GROUP 4-KOR VS LUX(CN)

(220930) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tessy Gonderinger of Luxembourg serves to Kim Hayeong of South Korea during the women's teams group 4 match between team South Korea and team Luxembourg at the 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

Summer tourism booms in Croatia

STORY: Summer tourism booms in Croatia DATELINE: July 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists in Croatia's capital Zagreb 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MISHCA KAJEE, Tourist from South Africa 3. various of tourists in the old city of Zagreb 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TESSY O'HAGEN, Tourist from Ireland 5. various of Zagreb tourist sites 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MOHAMED BAKUSH, Tourist from France 7. various of tourists STORYLINE: After two pandemic years, the Croatian tourism industry has almost completely recovered in 2022, as about one million tourists currently stay in Croatia and travel around the country. Nikolina Brnjac, the minister of tourism, recently told local media that the first half of this year was even better than the pre-pandemic 2019 when a record number of tourists visited the country. The peak tourist season in Croatia is summer, from mid-June until the end of August when tourists love to spend their holidays on the Adriatic coast, at

Honma wins women's karate heavyweight-class

Honma wins women's karate heavyweight-class

AKITA, Japan - Japan's Emiko Honma (L) attacks Tessy Scholtes of Luxembourg at the women's heavyweight-class karate competition of the sixth World Games at Tenno municipal gymnasium in Akita Prefecture on Aug. 19. Honma took the women's heavyweight sparring title with a 5-3 win over Scholtes.