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BRAZIL-RIO DE JANEIRO-FIOCRUZ-AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITOES-WOLBACHIA

(240519) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, May 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members inspect breeding containers of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation's biotechnology factory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 14, 2024. According to updated data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the May 17, Brazil has reported a total of 4,921,252 cases of dengue fever this year, including both confirmed and suspected cases, marking the highest level since the country began keeping records of the epidemic. The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation is a biomedical research institution under the Brazilian Ministry of Health. The foundation has established a small biotechnology factory in Mare, Rio de Janeiro, where it cultivates Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia bacteria. Wolbachia is an intracellular microorganism found in 60 percent of insect species in nature but is not commonly found in Aedes aegypti. Once mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia are released into the wild, they will reproduce, spreading Wol

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 9 Kyodo - Hyon Song Wol, head of the North Korean Samjiyon art troupe, enters a concert hall in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 8, 2018.

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N. Korea's Hyon Song Wol

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken Jan. 21, 2018, shows Hyon Song Wol, leader of North Korea's all-female Moranbong Band.

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Korean singer helps deepen Japan-Korea bond

SEOUL, South Korea - Singer Chon Wol Son, a second-generation Korean resident in Japan, receives an award from the Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation at a ceremony on Sept. 25, 2013 in Seoul. The soprano, who has sung songs from Japan and Korea for three decades, was recognized for her contributions to deepening the bilateral relations through music.

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S. Korean abductee parts again with mother

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (front), the mother of Kim Young Nam believed to be a South Korean abductee, speaks to reporters at a border village near the Demilitarized Zone in Kosong, in the far northeast of South Korea, on June 30 after meeting Kim Young Nam at the North Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang. Behind is her daughter Kim Young Ja.

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S. Korean abductee parts again with mother

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (in wheelchair), the mother of Kim Young Nam believed to be a South Korean abductee, and her daughter Kim Young Ja (R) arrive at a border village near the Demilitarized Zone in Kosong, in the far northeast of South Korea, on June 30 after meeting Kim Young Nam at the North Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang.

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Kim Young Nam's family leaves for 1st reunion in 28 years

SOKCHO, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L) and Kim Young Ja, mother and older sister of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean victim of North Korea's abduction, leave the northeastern port city of Sokcho on June 28 for a reunion with their respective son and brother for the first time in 28 years. Kim is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota.

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Abductee's mother on way to meet son

SOKCHO, South Korea - South Korea's Choi Gye Wol (C), the mother of Kim Young Nam, abducted by North Korea and believed to be the husband of Japanese victim of N. Korean abduction Megumi Yokota, and Kim's sister, Kim Young Ja (2nd from R), arrive at Sokcho in the country northeast on June 27 on their way to meet with Kim Young Nam as part of a special reunion between separated families and relatives to be held at the North's Mt. Kumgang.

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S. Korea to accept North's reunion of Kim Young Nam, mother: Yonhap

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L), mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abducted by the North and believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, and her daughter Kim Young Ja holds a press conference in Seoul on June 8 after the South Korean government said it plans to accept North Korea's decision to arrange a reunion between them.

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S. Korea to accept North's reunion of Kim Young Nam, mother: Yonhap

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L), mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abducted by the North and believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, wipes her tears during a press conference in Seoul on June 8. The South Korean government said earlier in the day that it plans to accept North Korea's decision to arrange a reunion between her and her son in the North.

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Kim Young Nam's kin head home after meeting with Yokotas

NIIGATA, Japan - Choi Gye Wol (front), the mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota in North Korea, and Kim Young Ja (R), his sister, are seen off by Megumi's mother Sakie (L) and father Shigeru (2nd from L) as they head for a boarding gate at Niigata airport on May 31 after a four-day visit to Japan.

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Kim Young Nam's kin visit Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Choi Gye Wol (C), the mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota in North Korea, and Kim Young Ja, his sister, arrive at JR Niigata Station on May 30.

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Kim Young Nam's kin willing to meet him, his daughter in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (R), mother of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, looks after Choi Gye Wol, mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean man abducted by North Korea and is believed to have married Megumi, while attending a session of the House of Representatives special committee on the abduction issue on May 29.

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Kim Young Nam's kin willing to meet him, his daughter in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Choi Gye Wol, mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean man abducted by North Korea and is believed to have married Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, wipes tears while attending a session of the House of Representatives special committee on the abduction issue on May 29, flanked by her daughter Kim Young Ja (L) and Sakie Yokota (R), Megumi's mother.

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Kim Young Nam's kin willing to meet him, his daughter in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Kim Young Ja (far left), elder sister of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota in North Korea, speaks at a session of the House of Representatives special committee on the abduction issue on May 29, as her mother Choi Gye Wol (2nd from L) and Megumi's parents, Shigeru (far right) and Sakei (end-from R) Yokota look on. Kim Young Ja said that she and her mother would go to the North if arrangements were made for them to meet there with Kim and his daughter, Kim Hye Gyong.

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Kim Young Nam's kin willing to meet him, his daughter in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Choi Gye Wol, mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean man abducted by North Korea and is believed to have married Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, arrives in the Diet building in a wheelchair to attend a session of the House of Representatives special committee on the abduction issue on May 29, accompanied by her daughter Kim Young Ja (far left).

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Yokota, Kim Young Nam families meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The families of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1977 at the age of 13, and of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean man believed to be the husband of Yokota in North Korea, meet at a Tokyo hotel on May 28. (From L to R in front) Kim's sister Kim Young Ja, Kim's mother Choi Gye Wol, Megumi's father Shigeru Yokota and Megumi's mother Sakie Yokota look at an album.

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Kim Young Nam's family arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Choi Gye Wol (in wheelchair), whose son Kim Young Nam is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota in North Korea, and Kim's sister Kim Young Ja (R) arrive at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 28.

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Yokota, Kim Young Nam families meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (L), the mother of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1977 at the age of 13, and Choi Gye Wol (R), the mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean man believed to be the husband of Megumi Yokota in North Korea, hug each other at a Tokyo hotel on May 28.

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Kim Young Nam's family arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Choi Gye Wol (C), whose son Kim Young Nam is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota in North Korea, and Kim's sister Kim Young Ja (R) speak to reporters after arriving at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 28.

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Yokota meets S. Korean lawmaker, asks cooperation in abduction issue

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru Yokota (R), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977, shakes hands with Choi Gye Wol, mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam believed to have married Megumi, following his meeting with Pak Kun Hye, leader of the Grand National Party in Seoul on May 17 to call for cooperation to achieve the repatriation of Japanese and South Korean nationals abducted by the North.

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Yokota meets S. Korean lawmaker

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru Yokota (L), father of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, Pak Kun Hye (C), leader of South Korea's opposition Grand National Party, and Choi Gye Wol, mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam, shake hands as they meet in Seoul on May 17.

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Yokota meets kin of S. Korean man likely to be daughter's husband

SEOUL, outh Korea - Choi Gye Wol, 78, mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam, is moved to tears during her meeting in Seoul on May 16 with Shigeru Yokota, 73, father of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, who is believed to have married Choi's abducted son, Kim Young Nam.

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Yokota meets kin of S. Korean man likely to be daughter's husband

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru Yokota (R), 73, father of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, and Choi Gye Wol, 78, mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam who is possibly Megumi's husband, give a joint press conference following their meeting in Seoul on May 16.

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Yokota meets kin of S. Korean man likely to be daughter's husband

SEOUL, South Korea - Tetsuya Yokota (R), brother of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, shake hands with Choi Gye Wol, 78, mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam who is possibly Megumi's husband, as Shigeru Yokota (C), Megumi's father, looks on as they meet for the first time in Seoul on May 16.

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Yokota meets kin of S. Korean man likely to be daughter's husband

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru Yokota (R), 73, father of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, and Choi Gye Wol, 78, mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam who is possibly Megumi's husband, shake hands as they meet for the first time in Seoul on May 16.

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Mother of Yokota's husband urges N. Korea to send son back

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L) and daughter Kim Young Ja hold a news conference April 12 in Seoul one day after Tokyo said the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota is most likely Choi's son, Kim Young Nam.

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Mother of Yokota's husband urges N. Korea to send son back

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol, 82, whose son North Korea allegedly abducted, holds a news conference April 12 in Seoul one day after Tokyo said the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota is most likely her son, Kim Young Nam.

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SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-JUV-WOL/REPORT

Juventus defender Matilde Lundorf Skovsen (12) looks on during the Women's Champions League group stage football match n.3 JUVENTUS - WOLFSBURG on November 09, 2021 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. (Photo by Matteo Bottanelli/NurPhoto) (Credit:Matteo Bottanelli/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

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CSI MIAMI

CSI MIAMI Series#3/Episode#13/Cop Killer Tx: 17/01/05 JONATHON TOGO as Ryan Wolfe, EMILY PROCTOR as Calleigh Duquesne CSI MIAMI

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N. Korea's Hyon Song Wol

Photo taken Jan. 21, 2018, shows Hyon Song Wol, leader of North Korea's all-female Moranbong Band. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea to accept North's reunion of Kim Young Nam, mother: Yon

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L), mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abducted by the North and believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, and her daughter Kim Young Ja holds a press conference in Seoul on June 8 after the South Korean government said it plans to accept North Korea's decision to arrange a reunion between them. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea to accept North's reunion of Kim Young Nam, mother: Yon

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L), mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abducted by the North and believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, wipes her tears during a press conference in Seoul on June 8. The South Korean government said earlier in the day that it plans to accept North Korea's decision to arrange a reunion between her and her son in the North. (Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold last meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Choi Gye Wol (3rd from R), the mother of Kim Young Nam (4th from R), believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, looks at a photo album during their last meeting at Mt. Kumgan resort in North Korea on June 30. They are flanked by (from L to R) Kim Hye Gyong, a daughter of Kim Young Nam, Kim's elder sister Kim Young Ja, his son Kim Chol Bong and his wife Pak Chun Hwa. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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S. Korean abductee parts again with mother

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (in wheelchair), the mother of Kim Young Nam believed to be a South Korean abductee, and her daughter Kim Young Ja (R) arrive at a border village near the Demilitarized Zone in Kosong, in the far northeast of South Korea, on June 30 after meeting Kim Young Nam at the North Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean abductee parts again with mother

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (front), the mother of Kim Young Nam believed to be a South Korean abductee, speaks to reporters at a border village near the Demilitarized Zone in Kosong, in the far northeast of South Korea, on June 30 after meeting Kim Young Nam at the North Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang. Behind is her daughter Kim Young Ja. (Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family end meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L), the mother of Kim Young Nam, believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, says goodbye to Kim Hye Gyong, a daughter of Kim Young Nam, as Choi leaves the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 30 for South Korea after a three-day reunion with Kim's family. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family end meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Kim Young Nam (R), believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, sees off his mother Choi Gye Wol with his wife Pak Chun Hwa and two children after their three-day reunion there. Choi was returning to South Korea. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family end meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L), the mother of Kim Young Nam (R), believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, holds her son's hand as Choi leaves the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 30 for South Korea after a three-day reunion with Kim's family there. They were reunited for the first time in 28 years. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold last meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Choi Gye Wol (R), the mother of Kim Young Nam (L), believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, weeps during their last meeting at Mt. Kumgan resort in North Korea on June 30. They were reunited for the first time in 28 years. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Kim Hye Gyong (L), a daughter of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, and Kim Young Nam's mother Choi Gye Wol embrace at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. Kim and his mother were reunited for the first time in 28 years. (South Korean pool photo- Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, kneels in greeting his wheelchair-bound mother Choi Gye Wol as is elder sister Kim Young Ja looks in tears during their first reunion in 28 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Kim Young Nam (L), a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, embraces his wheelchair-bound mother Choi Gye Wol (L) during their first reunion in 28 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Kim Young Nam (L), a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, and his wheelchair-bound mother Choi Gye Wol (L) embrace each other as his elder sister Kim Young Ja stands by in tears during their first reunion in 28 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - The family members of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, hold a reunion with him for the first time in 28 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. (From left to right) Kim Hye Gyong, daughter of Kim Young Nam and Megumi Yokota, his son born between him and his wife from a second marriage, his second wife and his wheelchair-bound mother Choi Gye Wol. Kim himself and his elder sister Kim Young Ja are seen embracing each other in the back. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L) embraces her son Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, in their first reunion in 28 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Kim Young Nam's family leaves for 1st reunion in 28 years

SOKCHO, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L) and Kim Young Ja, mother and older sister of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean victim of North Korea's abduction, leave the northeastern port city of Sokcho on June 28 for a reunion with their respective son and brother for the first time in 28 years. Kim is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota. (Kyodo)

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Abductee's mother on way to meet son

SOKCHO, South Korea - South Korea's Choi Gye Wol (C), the mother of Kim Young Nam, abducted by North Korea and believed to be the husband of Japanese victim of N. Korean abduction Megumi Yokota, and Kim's sister, Kim Young Ja (2nd from R), arrive at Sokcho in the country northeast on June 27 on their way to meet with Kim Young Nam as part of a special reunion between separated families and relatives to be held at the North's Mt. Kumgang. (Kyodo)

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Kim Young Nam's kin head home after meeting with Yokotas

NIIGATA, Japan - Choi Gye Wol (front), the mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota in North Korea, and Kim Young Ja (R), his sister, are seen off by Megumi's mother Sakie (L) and father Shigeru (2nd from L) as they head for a boarding gate at Niigata airport on May 31 after a four-day visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Kim Young Nam's kin visit Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Choi Gye Wol (C), the mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota in North Korea, and Kim Young Ja, his sister, arrive at JR Niigata Station on May 30. (Kyodo)