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China: Veteran Rescues Driver from Sinking Car in Jiangsu 2

On October 14, 2025, in Taizhou, Jiangsu, a retired soldier jumped into a river and smashed a car window with a brick to save a trapped driver, pulling them to safety as bystanders watched.

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Geiko, maiko in Kyoto start work in 2025

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 7 Kyodo - Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentices, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, chat before a ceremony marking their first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2025, in Kyoto. (Kyodo)

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Geiko, maiko in Kyoto start work in 2025

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentices, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, greet each other before a ceremony marking their first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2025, in Kyoto.

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Geiko, maiko in Kyoto start work in 2025

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentices, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, chat before a ceremony marking their first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2025, in Kyoto.

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Geiko, maiko in Kyoto start work in 2025

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentices, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, attend a ceremony marking their first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2025, in Kyoto.

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Maiko in Kyoto prepare for new year

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentices, called "maiko," greet their dance master in Kyoto on Dec. 13, 2024, in a tradition to start preparing for the new year.

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Geiko, maiko in Kyoto start work in 2024

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentices, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, pray on Jan. 7, 2024, for victims of the Jan. 1 central Japan earthquake during a ceremony to mark the first business day of the year in Kyoto.

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Geiko and maiko in Kyoto start work in 2024

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentice, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, attend a ceremony to mark the first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2024, in Kyoto.

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Geiko and maiko in Kyoto start work in 2024

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentice, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, greet each other ahead of a ceremony to mark the first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2024, in Kyoto.

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Plum blossom viewing at shrine

Japanese traditional professional entertainers known as "geiko" and their apprentice "maiko" serve tea at a plum blossom-viewing event at Kitano Tenmangu shrine in Kyoto on Feb. 25, 2023.

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Plum blossom viewing at shrine

Japanese traditional professional entertainers known as "geiko" serve tea at a plum blossom-viewing event at Kitano Tenmangu shrine in Kyoto on Feb. 25, 2023.

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Plum blossom viewing at shrine

Japanese traditional professional entertainers known as "geiko" serve tea at a plum blossom-viewing event at Kitano Tenmangu shrine in Kyoto on Feb. 25, 2023.

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Plum blossom viewing at shrine

Japanese traditional professional entertainers known as "geiko" serve tea at a plum blossom-viewing event at Kitano Tenmangu shrine in Kyoto on Feb. 25, 2023.

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Geiko and maiko in Kyoto start work in 2023

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentice, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, await the start of a ceremony to mark the first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2023, in Kyoto.

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Geiko and maiko in Kyoto start work in 2023

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentice, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, await the start of a ceremony to mark the first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2023, in Kyoto.

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Geiko and maiko in Kyoto start work in 2023

Japanese "geiko" traditional professional entertainers and their apprentice, called "maiko," wearing formal attire, greet each other ahead of a ceremony to mark the first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2023, in Kyoto.

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Final rehearsal of 'geisha' dance competition in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Traditional professional "maiko" and "geiko" entertainers clad in gorgeous kimono dance during the final run-through of "Miyako no Nigiwai" (literally meaning "urban bustle"), an annual "geisha" dance competition, at Minamiza theater in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 27, 2014.

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Final rehearsal of 'geisha' dance competition in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Traditional professional "maiko" and "geiko" entertainers clad in gorgeous kimono dance during the final run-through of "Miyako no Nigiwai" (literally meaning "urban bustle"), an annual "geisha" dance competition, at Minamiza theater in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 27, 2014.

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Maiko at Kabuki theater in Kyoto

Japanese "maiko" traditional professional entertainers (L) visit Minamiza Theatre in Kyoto to watch a Kabuki performance on Dec. 5, 2022. It is a year-end custom for them to watch the show to improve their traditional shamisen three-stringed instrument and dancing skills.

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Maiko at Kabuki theater in Kyoto

Japanese "maiko" traditional professional entertainers visit Minamiza Theatre in Kyoto to watch a Kabuki performance on Dec. 5, 2022. It is a year-end custom for them to watch the show to improve their traditional shamisen three-stringed instrument and dancing skills.

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Maiko at Kabuki theater in Kyoto

Japanese "maiko" traditional professional entertainers visit Minamiza Theatre in Kyoto to watch a Kabuki performance on Dec. 5, 2022. It is a year-end custom for them to watch the show to improve their traditional shamisen three-stringed instrument and dancing skills.

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Maiko at Kabuki theater in Kyoto

Japanese "maiko" traditional professional entertainers visit Minamiza Theatre in Kyoto, western Japan, to watch a Kabuki performance on Dec. 5, 2022. It is a year-end custom for them to watch the show to improve their traditional shamisen three-stringed instrument and dancing skills.

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Maiko in Kyoto start work in 2022

Japanese "maiko" traditional professional entertainers, wearing formal attire, await the start of a ceremony to mark the first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2022, in Kyoto.

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Maiko in Kyoto start work in 2022

Japanese "maiko" traditional professional entertainers, wearing formal attire, await the start of a ceremony to mark the first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2022, in Kyoto.

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Maiko in Kyoto start work in 2022

Japanese "maiko" traditional professional entertainers, wearing formal attire, greet each other ahead of a ceremony to mark the first business day of the year on Jan. 7, 2022, in Kyoto.

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Maiko at Kabuki theater in Kyoto

Japanese "maiko" and "geiko" traditional professional entertainers watch a "Kaomise-Kogyo" Kabuki performance at Minamiza Theatre in Kyoto on Dec. 3, 2021.

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Final rehearsal of 'geisha' dance competition in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Traditional professional "maiko" and "geiko" entertainers clad in gorgeous kimono dance during the final run-through of "Miyako no Nigiwai" (literally meaning "urban bustle"), an annual "geisha" dance competition, at Minamiza theater in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 27, 2014. (Kyodo)