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Russia's St. Petersburg marks Int'l Day of Human Space Flight with rocket model launch

STORY: Russia's St. Petersburg marks Int'l Day of Human Space Flight with rocket model launch SHOOTING TIME: April 14, 2024 DATELINE: April 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rocket model launch event in St. Petersburg STORYLINE: The Russian city of St. Petersburg hosted its 36th annual rocket model launch event on Sunday, in celebration of the International Day of Human Space Flight, which is also called Cosmonautics Day in Russia. About 100 rocket models built by children were launched during the event. Observed annually on April 12, the International Day of Human Space Flight commemorates the date in 1961 when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin carried out the first-ever human space flight. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from St. Petersburg, Russia. (XHTV)

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Countdown To The Hangzhou Asian Games

HANGZHOU, CHINA JUNE 13, 2023 - Children participate in the blind box event of the "Asian Games" in Hangzhou West Lake District, East China's Zhejiang province, June 13, 2023. As the 100 days countdown to the Hangzhou Asian Games is approaching, people will learn about the Hangzhou Asian Games by participating in a variety of game activities related to the Asian Games, such as the Asian Games Multi-star, Asian Games darts, fun golf, football and kickball, so as to enhance the participation of citizens in the Asian Games and jointly create a good atmosphere for the whole people to welcome the Asian Games.

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230331) -- XIONG'AN, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children do exercises at the sportsground of Yunxi primary school in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 23, 2023. Located about 100 km southwest of Beijing, the Xiong'an New Area has been designed as a major recipient of functions previously located in Beijing but which are not essential to its role as China's capital. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230331) -- XIONG'AN, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children practice at a dancing room of Yunxi primary school in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 23, 2023. Located about 100 km southwest of Beijing, the Xiong'an New Area has been designed as a major recipient of functions previously located in Beijing but which are not essential to its role as China's capital. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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Large dinosaur exhibition held in Southern California

STORY: Large dinosaur exhibition held in Southern California DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of life-sized animated dinosaurs in the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM SCALF, Exhibition tour manager STORYLINE: A large-scale dinosaur exhibition is being held in Woodland Hills in Southern California, attracting visitors to interact with life-sized animated dinosaurs. The exhibition, named "Dinosaurs in the Valley," is held at Pierce College in Woodland Hills. It offers an immersive walk-thru experience that lets visitors get up close to over 100 life-like and life-size dinosaurs ranging from babies to some standing over 40 feet (about 12 meters) tall and spanning over 70 feet (about 21 meters) long. Children dig for fossils, climb into giant dinosaur eggs, and listen to dinosaur stories at the exhibition. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM SCALF, Exhibition tour manager "People love it. I mean they get in here and you know, eve

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - A mother and her two children ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in a 30-minute trial ride on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The railway company aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Yearly Sand Festa opens in Kagoshima Pref.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - People attend the annual Sand Festa exhibition on May 2, 2014, in the sand dune area of Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, which opened under the theme of Japanese treasures. The event featuring about 100 sand sculptures by Japanese and foreign sculptors as well as children runs through May 31, 2014.

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Mourning for children

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - About 100 relatives and others gather to pray for children lost in the March 11 tsunami at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 13, 2011. About 70 percent of the 108 pupils at the school died or went missing in the disaster.

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Kamakura festival to open in Yokote Feb. 15

YOKOTE, Japan - Children sit in snow huts called kamakura in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, the eve of the two-day annual kamakura festival in the northern Japanese city. During the festival, tourists will be invited into snow huts and served sake and rice cakes. About 100 kamakura have been built in the city for the event.

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Children offer Bon prayer

KYOTO, Japan - Children kneel in prayer at stone Buddhist images in the annual Bon ''Ceremony of One Thousand Candles'' at Nenbutsu Temple in Adashino, Kyoto, on Aug. 23. The temple keeps about 8,000 Buddhist images excavated in the vicinity about 100 years ago.

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10 die, 100 injured on Hyogo bridge after fireworks

AKASHI, Japan - Photo shows a pedestrian bridge where 10 people were crushed to death, most of them children, and about 100 more were injured on July 21 as people tripped and piled on top of each other while a huge crowd crossed the bridge. They were heading home after watching a fireworks display in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Norway's king places wreath at Nagasaki A-bomb monument

NAGASAKI, Japan - Norway's King Harald V on March 30 stands in front of a wreath at a monolith marking a point below the explosion of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945. The king and his wife, Queen Sonja, visited Hypocenter Park in the city, where about 100 children welcomed them by waving Japanese and Norwegian flags. The royal couple plans to leave Japan on March 31 after a weeklong visit to the country as state guests.

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Non-profit special education center brings warmth to autistic children in Xi'an, China

STORY: Non-profit special education center brings warmth to autistic children in Xi'an, China DATELINE: June 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the education center 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG LIFANG, Head of Xi'an Lalashou Special Education Center 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG BOTAO, Volunteer STORYLINE: On International Children's Day, a group of volunteers came to a special education center in China's Xi'an to help with the rehabilitation of autistic children there. The Lalashou special education center was set up by the mothers of two autistic children. The non-profit entity mainly works for early intervention and rehabilitation for children with autism, as well as consultation for parents of such kids. Over the past 20 years, the center has provided help to more than 5,000 families. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG LIFANG, Head of Xi'an Lalashou Special Education Center "We now have more than 40 teachers, and about 100 children come here for classes

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80 civilians evacuated from Mariupol's Azovstal

STORY: 80 civilians evacuated from Mariupol's Azovstal DATELINE: May 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondent "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that an evacuation is underway inside the Azovstal plant in the besieged city of Mariupol. 'The first group of about 100 people is already heading to the controlled area.' He said that the evacuees are set to arrive in southern Ukraine's city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday. The Ukrainian authorities are working with the United Nations to evacuate other civilians from the plant, Zelensky said. The evacuation from Mariupol was the centerpiece of talks between Zelensky and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday. Eighty civilians, including women and children, held by Ukrainian nationalists were evacuated from the Azovstal plant in the besieged city of Mariupol, the Russian Defense Ministry said S

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Rallies organized to raise awareness about under-nutrition in India

STORY: Rallies organized to raise awareness about under-nutrition in India DATELINE: March 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of government buildings 3. various of village area 4. various of children 5. various of traffic STORYLINE: The Indian government Saturday said over 100 rallies were carried out to raise public awareness about under-nutrition across the country. The rallies were organized by the federal ministry of rural development and nearly 5,000 women were part of the campaign - freedom from malnutrition - to spread the word. With an aim to create awareness on under-nutrition, anemia and low birth babies amongst rural women, more than 5,000 female trainees organized more than 100 rallies across the country, according to the ministry. "Women candidates marched and cycled across villages holding informative placards and posters as part of the rallies," the ministry said. Various stakeholders, state rural live

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Photos from North Korean orphanage

Children at an orphanage in North Korea's capital Pyongyang eat snacks on April 14, 2015. About 100 children aged 5 and 6 are cared for at the facility built in October 2014. North Korea is promoting a policy of developing such facilities across the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamakura festival to open in Yokote Feb. 15

YOKOTE, Japan - Children sit in snow huts called kamakura in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, the eve of the two-day annual kamakura festival in the northern Japanese city. During the festival, tourists will be invited into snow huts and served sake and rice cakes. About 100 kamakura have been built in the city for the event.

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Nature in imperial premises

TOKYO, Japan - Children try to catch insects in the premises of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 5, 2010. About 100 fourth to sixth graders selected by lot were allowed to enter the premises for a nature study trip. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Nature in imperial premises

TOKYO, Japan - Children take part in a nature study trip in the premises of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 5, 2010. About 100 fourth to sixth graders selected by lot were allowed to enter the premises for the nature study trip. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Nature in imperial premises

TOKYO, Japan - Children try to catch insects in the premises of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 5, 2010. About 100 fourth to sixth graders selected by lot were allowed to enter the premises for a nature study trip. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Mourning for children

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - About 100 relatives and others gather to pray for children lost in the March 11 tsunami at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 13, 2011. About 70 percent of the 108 pupils at the school died or went missing in the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - A mother and her two children ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in a 30-minute trial ride on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The railway company aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)(Kyodo)

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Children affected by March disaster receive Christmas presents

OTSUCHI, Japan - A boy receives a present from a man dressed as Santa Claus in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2011. About 100 volunteers will hand out presents to children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town and surrounding areas for three days through Dec. 25. (Kyodo)

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KidZania Tokyo

Elementary school children check consumption tax records while playing the role of tax officers at a retail store in KidZania Tokyo, a theme park for children where they can learn about 100 jobs using real-world tools and equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KidZania Tokyo

Elementary school children check consumption tax records while playing the role of tax officers at a retail store in KidZania Tokyo, a theme park for children where they can learn about 100 jobs using real-world tools and equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Children offer Bon prayer

KYOTO, Japan - Children kneel in prayer at stone Buddhist images in the annual Bon ''Ceremony of One Thousand Candles'' at Nenbutsu Temple in Adashino, Kyoto, on Aug. 23. The temple keeps about 8,000 Buddhist images excavated in the vicinity about 100 years ago.

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10 die, 100 injured on Hyogo bridge after fireworks

AKASHI, Japan - Photo shows a pedestrian bridge where 10 people were crushed to death, most of them children, and about 100 more were injured on July 21 as people tripped and piled on top of each other while a huge crowd crossed the bridge. They were heading home after watching a fireworks display in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Norway's king places wreath at Nagasaki A-bomb monument

NAGASAKI, Japan - Norway's King Harald V on March 30 stands in front of a wreath at a monolith marking a point below the explosion of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945. The king and his wife, Queen Sonja, visited Hypocenter Park in the city, where about 100 children welcomed them by waving Japanese and Norwegian flags. The royal couple plans to leave Japan on March 31 after a weeklong visit to the country as state guests.