Exhumation of Soviet burials at Hill of Glory in Lviv

Exhumation of Soviet burials at Hill of Glory in Lviv

Tombstones are at the Hill of Glory Memorial Complex as Soviet burials are being researched and exhumed for further reburial at the Holosko cemetery, Lviv, Ukraine, on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Anastasiia Smolienko/Ukrinform)

Exhumation of Soviet burials at Hill of Glory in Lviv

Exhumation of Soviet burials at Hill of Glory in Lviv

Tombstones are at the Hill of Glory Memorial Complex as Soviet burials are being researched and exhumed for further reburial at the Holosko cemetery, Lviv, Ukraine, on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Anastasiia Smolienko/Ukrinform)

N. Korea marks 71st anniv. of Korean War armistice

N. Korea marks 71st anniv. of Korean War armistice

North Korean soldiers bow in front of tombstones at the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery in Pyongyang on July 27, 2024, the 71st anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice agreement.

M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

Photo taken April 18, 2024, shows collapsed tombstones in Ainan in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit a wide area of western Japan the previous night.

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024, shows tarpaulin sheets covering fallen tombstones in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, almost two months after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024, shows tarpaulin sheets covering fallen tombstones in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, almost two months after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

Syria Earthquake Anniversary - Idlib

Syria Earthquake Anniversary - Idlib

A view of a graveyard tombstones. On February 2, 2024, the Syrian Civil Defense, in partnership with artist Salam Hamid, launched an initiative to paint murals on walls in areas impacted by the earthquake that occurred on February 6, 2023, affecting southern Turkey and northern Syria. Recently, Salam Hamid created a poignant mural on a school wall in Jindires, capturing the Syrian experience during the disaster. The artwork portrays a child trapped under rubble, surrounded by debris, with the phrase "Syria Earthquake" written beside it. Photo by Bilal Alhammoud/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Syria Earthquake Anniversary - Idlib

Syria Earthquake Anniversary - Idlib

A view of a graveyard tombstones. On February 2, 2024, the Syrian Civil Defense, in partnership with artist Salam Hamid, launched an initiative to paint murals on walls in areas impacted by the earthquake that occurred on February 6, 2023, affecting southern Turkey and northern Syria. Recently, Salam Hamid created a poignant mural on a school wall in Jindires, capturing the Syrian experience during the disaster. The artwork portrays a child trapped under rubble, surrounded by debris, with the phrase "Syria Earthquake" written beside it. Photo by Bilal Alhammoud/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

People Sweep The Grave in Anyang

ANYANG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 - People place flowers and offerings in front of tombstones at a public cemetery to pay tribute to their deceased relatives in Anyang, Henan province, China, November 13, 2023.

350-year-old Ottoman bath unearthed in NW Türkiye

STORY: 350-year-old Ottoman bath unearthed in NW Türkiye DATELINE: Sept. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kemer village 2. various of the Ottoman bath STORYLINE: Turkish archaeologists have unearthed a 350-year-old Ottoman bath during ongoing excavations in Türkiye's northwestern province of Canakkale, local media reported on Tuesday. The Hurriyet Daily News said on its website that the bath had been unearthed in Kemer village, where the ancient city of Parion was located. "The bath is the only preserved architectural structure of the Ottoman-Turkish presence in this village, dating back 350 years, hidden among the modern structures," Hasan Kasapoglu, an academic and deputy head of the excavation team, was quoted as saying. After the excavation team found two tombstones during previous excavations, it concluded that there was a bathhouse on the site. The inscriptions on the gravestones indicated that the graves belonged to the

Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Suzuki, a Japanese sake brewer, visits on Sept. 26, 2014, the deserted grave of his father in the Ukedo district of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where tombstones are knocked down and a fishing boat remains stranded (background) due to the March 2011 tsunami. Suzuki and his family moved to Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, after the accident at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the disaster, and restarted their brewery business there.

Joint memorial service for landslide victims in Hiroshima

Joint memorial service for landslide victims in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A joint memorial service is held for the victims of recent landslides in Hiroshima, western Japan, at a local cemetery on Sept. 23, 2014. Most tombstones were swept away by the massive mudslides that hit the area in August.

Prayers for unidentified souls at Kyoto temple

Prayers for unidentified souls at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - A woman prays for the repose of the souls of unidentified deceased people before tombstones illuminated by candlelight during the Sentokuyo event at Adashino Nenbutsuji, a Buddhist temple, in Kyoto on Aug. 23, 2012.

Prayers for unidentified souls

Prayers for unidentified souls

KYOTO, Japan - A child lights a candle as women pray for the repose of the souls of unidentified deceased people at a number of tombstones during the Sentokuyo event at Adashino Nenbutsuji, a Buddhist temple, in Kyoto on Aug. 23, 2010.

(6)2 strong quakes hit northeastern Japan, no deaths reported

(6)2 strong quakes hit northeastern Japan, no deaths reported

SENDAI, Japan - Tombstones are destroyed in the town of Nango, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 26 by two strong quakes.

CHINA-MARTYRS' DAY-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-MARTYRS' DAY-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(220930) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Chinese Young Pioneers (CYP), a national mass organization for Chinese children, sweep tombstones of martyrs during a commemorative event at Longhua Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 30, 2022. Commemoration ceremonies were held across China on Friday to honor fallen national heroes on Martyrs' Day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

Tombstones Of Red Army Martyrs At Qinggangpo Battle Site

Tombstones of Red Army martyrs are seen at the Qinggangpo battle site, the former site of the Sidu Chishui Campaign in Xishui County, Zunyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 10, 2021.

Subashiri

Subashiri

Distant view of Mt. Fuji from Subashiri in Oyama-machi. The town of Subashiri flourished as the entranceway to Mt. Fuji. It was also on the route over Kagozaka Pass on the Koshu Highway from Gotenba to Yamanashi. Houses and tombstones are visible along the road, as well as a fire bell on the left. Research by the Yokohama Archives of History and the inscription style indicate that this is the work of Felix Beato.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐18‐0]

YOKOHAMA cemetery for foreign soldiers

YOKOHAMA cemetery for foreign soldiers

The Tenth Allied Fleet left Yokohama on June 22, 1871 for Hong Kong and Singapore. Those who could not return with the fleet were here. Some of the tombstones were not ready at the time of burial. From the April 14, 1871 edition of The Far East. In the republished edition.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐6‐0]

Canal and houses in YOKOHAMA

Canal and houses in YOKOHAMA

Taken by Beato. The caption is View of Yokohama from a sunny hill . This is a view of Yoshida Shinden from the Bluff. There is a cemetery with tombstones in the valley.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number17‐10‐0]

Stone lanterns in nara

Stone lanterns in nara

Details unknown. Many tombstones, stone lanterns and sotoba (stupa) dot the cemetery next to the temple. A person is seen wearing high sandals.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐24‐0]

Stone lanterns in nara

Stone lanterns in nara

Details unknown. Many tombstones and stone lanterns dot the cemetery next to the temple. A stone Buddha can be seen in the centre.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐25‐0]

Prayers for unidentified souls

Prayers for unidentified souls

KYOTO, Japan - A child lights a candle as women pray for the repose of the souls of unidentified deceased people at a number of tombstones during the Sentokuyo event at Adashino Nenbutsuji, a Buddhist temple, in Kyoto on Aug. 23, 2010. (Kyodo)

Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Suzuki, a Japanese sake brewer, visits on Sept. 26, 2014, the deserted grave of his father in the Ukedo district of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where tombstones are knocked down and a fishing boat remains stranded (background) due to the March 2011 tsunami. Suzuki and his family moved to Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, after the accident at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the disaster, and restarted their brewery business there. (Kyodo)

Joint memorial service for landslide victims in Hiroshima

Joint memorial service for landslide victims in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A joint memorial service is held for the victims of recent landslides in Hiroshima, western Japan, at a local cemetery on Sept. 23, 2014. Most tombstones were swept away by the massive mudslides that hit the area in August. (Kyodo)

(6)2 strong quakes hit northeastern Japan, no deaths reported

(6)2 strong quakes hit northeastern Japan, no deaths reported

SENDAI, Japan - Tombstones are destroyed in the town of Nango, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 26 by two strong quakes. (Kyodo)

(8)Strong quake rocks western Japan

(8)Strong quake rocks western Japan

YONAGO, Japan - Tombstones are seen shattered in the town of Hino, Tottori Prefecture, by a strong earthquake that jolted western Japan on Oct. 6.