Giant panda performs "aerial yoga" in China's Guangdong

STORY: Giant panda performs "aerial yoga" in China's Guangdong DATELINE: July 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the giant panda practicing yoga STORYLINE: Jump and turn! A giant panda at a zoo in south China's Guangzhou is practicing "aerial yoga" using a sling that is suspended from the ceiling. The giant panda, named Yayi, earns itself the nickname "Yoga Queen" with its clumsy yet lovely movements. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)

African development conference in Japan

African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) speaks at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama near Tokyo on June 2, 2013. At left is Beninese President Boni Yayi. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

Benin president in Japan

Benin president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) meets with Beninese President Boni Yayi (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

POL#Emperor receives Beninois president

POL#Emperor receives Beninois president

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Beninois President Thomas Yayi Boni (2nd from L) and his wife are received by Emperor Akihito (far left) and Empress Michiko (far right) in Take-no-ma (Bamboo Room) at the Imperial Palace on July 5. (Pool photo)

Giant panda performs "flying yoga" in China's Guangdong

STORY: Giant panda performs "flying yoga" in China's Guangdong DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:17 LOCATION: Guangzhou, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the panda STORYLINE: Giant panda Yayi plays with a fire hose at Guangzhou Zoo in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. The 9-year-old giant panda is playful and lively. To ensure that giant pandas of the zoo could get enough amount of exercise, staff members prepared various facilities for them, such as fire hose. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)

POL#Emperor receives Beninois president

POL#Emperor receives Beninois president

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Beninois President Thomas Yayi Boni (2nd from L) and his wife are received by Emperor Akihito (far left) and Empress Michiko (far right) in Take-no-ma (Bamboo Room) at the Imperial Palace on July 5. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)