GSDF mobilized to deal with bear attacks

GSDF mobilized to deal with bear attacks

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2025, shows Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in Kazuno in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, mobilized to transport and set up bear traps amid a recent spate of bear attacks.

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

08.11.2025, Tartu. The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament. Around 40 custom-built battle-robots competed in two weight-classes, fighting in a dramatic arena with fire, smoke and surprise traps â the rule: the last bot moving wins. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

08.11.2025, Tartu. The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament. Around 40 custom-built battle-robots competed in two weight-classes, fighting in a dramatic arena with fire, smoke and surprise traps â the rule: the last bot moving wins. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

08.11.2025, Tartu. The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament. Around 40 custom-built battle-robots competed in two weight-classes, fighting in a dramatic arena with fire, smoke and surprise traps â the rule: the last bot moving wins. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

08.11.2025, Tartu. The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament. Around 40 custom-built battle-robots competed in two weight-classes, fighting in a dramatic arena with fire, smoke and surprise traps â the rule: the last bot moving wins. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

08.11.2025, Tartu. The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament. Around 40 custom-built battle-robots competed in two weight-classes, fighting in a dramatic arena with fire, smoke and surprise traps â the rule: the last bot moving wins. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

08.11.2025, Tartu. The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament. Around 40 custom-built battle-robots competed in two weight-classes, fighting in a dramatic arena with fire, smoke and surprise traps â the rule: the last bot moving wins. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

08.11.2025, Tartu. The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament. Around 40 custom-built battle-robots competed in two weight-classes, fighting in a dramatic arena with fire, smoke and surprise traps â the rule: the last bot moving wins. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

08.11.2025, Tartu. The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament. Around 40 custom-built battle-robots competed in two weight-classes, fighting in a dramatic arena with fire, smoke and surprise traps â the rule: the last bot moving wins. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament

08.11.2025, Tartu. The RoboBattle 2025 robot-combat tournament. Around 40 custom-built battle-robots competed in two weight-classes, fighting in a dramatic arena with fire, smoke and surprise traps â the rule: the last bot moving wins. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

GSDF to be sent to Akita Pref. to deal with bear attacks

GSDF to be sent to Akita Pref. to deal with bear attacks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2025, announcing a plan to dispatch Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, amid a recent spate of bear attacks. The Defense Ministry said GSDF activities will be limited to logistics support including transporting bear traps and it will not deploy firearms.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

East Salt Lake in Hami

East Salt Lake in Hami

Aerial view of the brine traps in the salt fields of the East Salt Lake in Hami, Xinjiang, China on September 7, 2025.

ICE HOCKEY WC AUSTRIA-SLOVAKIA

ICE HOCKEY WC AUSTRIA-SLOVAKIA

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20250512Austria's goalkeeper David Kickert (#30) traps Slovakia's Michal Kristof (#13) during the penalty shootout during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship group A match between Austria and Slovakia at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 12, 2025.Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT / TT / Code 10040

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

Lynx At Andujar Natural Park - Spain

A lynx in Cortijo Gato Clavo, on November 8, 2024, in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In June 2024, the total number of lynx in the Iberian Peninsula exceeded 2000 specimens, thus ceasing to be an "endangered" species and becoming "vulnerable". In any case, this figure is still far from reaching the number of specimens between 3000-5000 to reach a viable population in its entirety and out of danger to be in a favorable conservation status, according to European regulations. Among the threats to the lynx are the decrease in the populations of wild rabbits, which make up 90% of its diet, the increasing number of road killings and poaching. Every year in Spain, 100 lynxes are killed by road kill or killed by hunting, poisons or traps. Photo by Rafael Bastante/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

China's tiger and leopard park launches new round of habitat restoration operations

STORY: China's tiger and leopard park launches new round of habitat restoration operations SHOOTING TIME: recent footage DATELINE: April 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of rangers conducting habitat restoration operations 2. footage of wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards STORYLINE: To create a better living environment for wildlife, China's tiger and leopard park has recently launched a new round of habitat restoration operations, mainly targeting the illegal traps set by poachers. The populations of wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards in northeastern China have seen steady growth, with over 35 cubs born in the past year, according to the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park administration. The administration has monitored the birth of more than 20 tiger cubs and more than 15 leopard cubs in the past year. Their activity area exceeds 1.1 million hectares, accounting for about 78 percent of the park's total area. In October

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Children fishing with Bamboo fish trap at the Beel. While Rural people armed with Bamboo fish traps and handmade fishing net to take parts to celebrating in a 100 years winter polo bawa fishing festival at the Gowahori beel of Biswanath upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Locals said the festival is celebrated every year at the 1st day of the Bangla month of Poush and apart from the locals, people from different parts of the Upazila gather at the beel with different kinds of fishing traps to partake in it. Sylhet, Bangladesh, January 15, 2024. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Children fishing with Bamboo fish trap at the Beel. While Rural people armed with Bamboo fish traps and handmade fishing net to take parts to celebrating in a 100 years winter polo bawa fishing festival at the Gowahori beel of Biswanath upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Locals said the festival is celebrated every year at the 1st day of the Bangla month of Poush and apart from the locals, people from different parts of the Upazila gather at the beel with different kinds of fishing traps to partake in it. Sylhet, Bangladesh, January 15, 2024. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Children fishing with Bamboo fish trap at the Beel. While Rural people armed with Bamboo fish traps and handmade fishing net to take parts to celebrating in a 100 years winter polo bawa fishing festival at the Gowahori beel of Biswanath upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Locals said the festival is celebrated every year at the 1st day of the Bangla month of Poush and apart from the locals, people from different parts of the Upazila gather at the beel with different kinds of fishing traps to partake in it. Sylhet, Bangladesh, January 15, 2024. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Rural people armed with Bamboo fish traps and handmade fishing net to take parts to celebrating in a 100 years winter polo bawa fishing festival at the Gowahori beel of Biswanath upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Locals said the festival is celebrated every year at the 1st day of the Bangla month of Poush and apart from the locals, people from different parts of the Upazila gather at the beel with different kinds of fishing traps to partake in it. Sylhet, Bangladesh, January 15, 2024. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Rural people armed with Bamboo fish traps and handmade fishing net to take parts to celebrating in a 100 years winter polo bawa fishing festival at the Gowahori beel of Biswanath upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Locals said the festival is celebrated every year at the 1st day of the Bangla month of Poush and apart from the locals, people from different parts of the Upazila gather at the beel with different kinds of fishing traps to partake in it. Sylhet, Bangladesh, January 15, 2024. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Polo Bawa Fishing Festival - Bangladesh

Children fishing with Bamboo fish trap at the Beel. While Rural people armed with Bamboo fish traps and handmade fishing net to take parts to celebrating in a 100 years winter polo bawa fishing festival at the Gowahori beel of Biswanath upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Locals said the festival is celebrated every year at the 1st day of the Bangla month of Poush and apart from the locals, people from different parts of the Upazila gather at the beel with different kinds of fishing traps to partake in it. Sylhet, Bangladesh, January 15, 2024. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM