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US: Dust Storm Rolls Through West Texas 2

A dust storm rolled across West Texas on Thursday, November 20, reducing visibility.

China: Boiling Water Freezes Instantly In Xinjiang’s Frigid Air

On November 28, 2022, in Altay, Xinjiang, the video showcased the severity of the cold wave that swept through the area. Residents experienced temperatures plunging to below -35°C, with the town itself recording a chilling low of -42.1°C. The video vividly captured the phenomenon of rapid freezing, a spectacle that highlighted the brutal winter temperatures typical of this northern Chinese region. Fortunately, the event recorded in the video did not lead to any reported emergencies.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings, such as beds and tables, are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings, such as beds and tables, are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice.

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Taiwan: Typhoon Gaemi Makes Landfall Bringing Gusty Winds And Torrential Rains 3

Widespread flooding hit Taiwan as Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rainfall on Thursday, July 25. Gaemi made landfall around midnight on the coast of northwestern Yilan County. According to weather officials, it was the most powerful typhoon that struck Taiwan in the last 8 years with gusts of up to 227 kph (141 mph).

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TRAIN-MOBILE BAZAAR (CN)

(240420) -- URUMQI, April 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yimamamat Saipar (C), a vendor from Atux in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, promotes fig products to passengers onboard the train No. 7556, April 3, 2024. The leisurely-paced green train No. 7556, linking Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to Hotan in the region's southern reaches, operates at a speed of below 80 km per hour. However, over the past 13 years since it was put into operation, this slow train has served as a marketplace for over 15 million passengers during its 31.5-hour journeys. TO GO WITH "Wondrous Xinjiang: Xinjiang's mobile bazaar blooms ahead " (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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Canada: Spring Storm Dumps Heavy Snow To Greater Toronto Area

Much of the Greater Toronto Area was blanketed with heavy snow on Friday, March 22, as a spring storm moved through the region, dumping up to 19 centimeters in some parts of the city.

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(SP)CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HULUN BUIR-14TH NATIONAL WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-JUNIOR MEN (CN)

(240227) -- HULUN BUIR, Feb. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jingkun (below C) of Heilongjiang vies for the puck during the ice hockey junior men's gold medal match between Heilongjiang and Beijing at the China's 14th National Winter Games in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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(SP)SPAIN-MADRID-TENNIS-MADRID OPEN-MEN'S SINGLES

(230430) -- MADRID, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Zhizhen (below C) of China greets the spectators after the men's singles round of 64 match between Zhang Zhizhen of China and Denis Shapovalov of Canada at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, April 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

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(SP)QATAR-AL RAYYAN-FOOTBALL-AFC ASIAN CUP-SEMIFINAL

(240206) -- AL RAYYAN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lee Kangin (below C) of South Korea competes during the semi-final between Jordan and South Korea at AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Feb. 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

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[Breaking News] Northern Japan hotel made of ice

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. (Kyodo)

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice.

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Crane Catches Fire, Collapses In Manhattan's Hudson Yards - NY

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - A burning construction crane is seen atop a high rise near Manhattan's Hudson Yards after part of its load collapsed and plunged 45 stories to the street below Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Photo by Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Daily News/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-TIBET-MEDICAL TEAM-HOME SERVICE (CN)

(230615) -- LHASA, June 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Zhenjiang (L, above), Wang Tongxu (C, above) and local doctor Nyima Yexe (1st R) assist Chen Bing (R, below) in conducting obstetric examination on pregnant woman Zhaxi Yangzom at a village in Mainling City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 12, 2023. Wang Zhenjiang, Chen Bing and Wang Tongxu are doctors of a medical team from a hospital in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, who arrived in Tibet in late February. In order to provide sufficient medical services to the villagers, especially elder people with chronic diseases, they have paid regular home visits to the villages despite of the physical burden they need to endure on the plateau. However, the doctors feel everything is worthwhile when they are warmly welcomed in the village as their visits give lots of villagers easier access to the medical treatment they need. "As a doctor, this is a sense of responsibility and mission," said Wang Tongxu, "It's especially meaningful t

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(SP)CHINA-SUZHOU-BADMINTON-SUDIRMAN CUP-TPE VS IND (CN)

(230514) -- SUZHOU, May 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tai Tzu Ying (below) of Chinese Taipei celebrates after defeating Pusarla Venkata Sindhu of India during the group C match between Chinese Taipei and India at the BWF Sudirman Cup 2023 in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 14, 2023. (Xinhua/Hou Zhaokang)

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(SP)SPAIN-MADRID-TENNIS-MADRID OPEN-MEN'S SINGLES

(230430) -- MADRID, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Zhizhen (below C) of China greets the spectators after the men's singles round of 64 match between Zhang Zhizhen of China and Denis Shapovalov of Canada at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, April 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

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Sub-zero temperature in Tokyo

A thermometer shows the temperature below 0 C near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 25, 2023.

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Sub-zero temperature in Tokyo

A thermometer shows the temperature below 0 C near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 25, 2023.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice. The chapel was unveiled to the media, together with a dome-shaped hotel also made of ice at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, a day before its public opening.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice. The chapel was unveiled to the media, together with a dome-shaped hotel also made of ice at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, a day before its public opening.

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Butterflies overwintering on subtropical island

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023, on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows Ceylon blue glassy tigers clustered on twigs to make it through the winter. The butterfly is found in Southeast Asia, including Taiwan and southwestern islands in Japan, and is known to cluster in groups when the temperature falls below 15 C.

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Butterflies overwintering on subtropical island

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023, on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows Ceylon blue glassy tigers clustered on twigs to make it through the winter. The butterfly is found in southeast Asia, including Taiwan and southwestern islands in Japan, and is known to cluster in groups when the temperature falls below 15 C.

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Texas defeats Boston

ARLINGTON, United States - Adrian Beltre (C, below) of the Texas Rangers is congratulated by teammates after hitting a game-winning single in the ninth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 5, 2013. The Rangers won 4-3.

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N. Korea power succession

BEIJING, China - People ride bicycles in Pyongyang in the afternoon on Feb. 11, 2012. The fields are covered with snow and the temperature was below 0 C.

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Russian Orthodox Epiphany

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - People take a dip into water where ice has been removed in the sea in Vladivostok, the Russian Far East, when the temperature was below minus 10 C in the early hours of Jan. 19, 2012, to celebrate the Russian Orthodox Epiphany.

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Russian Orthodox Epiphany

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - People take a dip into water where ice has been removed in the sea in Vladivostok, the Russian Far East, when the temperature was below minus 10 C in the early hours of Jan. 19, 2012, to celebrate the Russian Orthodox Epiphany.

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Vancouver Olympics open with ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - Tomomi Okazaki (C, below) leads the Japanese delegation during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010.

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Stone chamber of ancient tomb in early Yamato dynasty unveiled

KASHIHARA, Japan - Photo taken September 24, 2009, shows a red-colored stone chamber and a wooden coffin (C, below) excavated at the ancient Sakurai Chausu-yama tomb mound near Japan's former capital of Nara. Japanese archaeologists showed the stone chamber at the tomb mound to the media on Oct. 22, 2009. The site is believed to be a nobleman's tomb from the early years of the Yamato dynasty, which ruled major parts of Japan from the third to seventh centuries. (Pool photo)

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Ice bar in Tokyo's Ginza draws customers in summer

TOKYO, Japan - Customers, bundled up in coats and gloves, chat in an ''ice bar'' at temperatures under 5 C below zero in Tokyo's Ginza district. Almost everything, including the walls, counters and chairs, in the bar are made of natural ice blocks brought from Sweden rivers.

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Mt. Fuji covered with snow in mid-June

KOFU, Japan - Mt. Fuji is covered with snow on June 17, just two weeks before the start of its mountaineering season, after the temperature fell to 5.9 degrees C below zero on the top of the mountain the previous day on the back of a cold air mass hitting the region.

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Thaksin pleads innocent at corruption trial

BANGKOK, Thailand - Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) emerges from a court in Bangkok on March 12 after pleading not guilty to charges of abusing his administrative power to enable his wife to buy prime Bangkok real estate from a state agency at below market prices. The trial opened 18 months after the military overthrew Thaksin's elected government in September 2006.

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4th body found after Mitsubishi Chemical plant fire

KAMISU, Japan - Firefighters (C, below) examine a Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 22 after a fire at the plant the previous day. Firefighters have found a fourth body from the debris the same day.

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Al Ittihad end Al Ahly's streak at Club World C'ship

TOKYO, Japan - Al Ittihad forward Mohammed Kallon (C) competes for the ball with Al Ahly defender Islam El Shater (below) during the first half of their game of the Club World Championship on Dec. 11 at National Stadium in Tokyo.

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(SP)QATAR-LUSAIL-2022 WORLD CUP-GROUP C-KSA VS MEX

(221130) -- LUSAIL, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Jesus Gallardo (below) of Mexico reacts after being tackled down by Mohamed Kanno (2nd R) of Saudi Arabia during the Group C match between Saudi Arabia and Mexico at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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(SP)QATAR-LUSAIL-2022 WORLD CUP-GROUP C-KSA VS MEX

(221130) -- LUSAIL, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mohammed Alowais (below), goalkeeper of Saudi Arabia, makes a save during the Group C match between Saudi Arabia and Mexico at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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(SP)QATAR-LUSAIL-2022 WORLD CUP-GROUP C-KSA VS MEX

(221130) -- LUSAIL, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Abdulelah Alamri (below) of Saudi Arabia knees on the pitch during the Group C match between Saudi Arabia and Mexico at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)

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(SP)QATAR-LUSAIL-2022 WORLD CUP-GROUP C-KSA VS MEX

(221130) -- LUSAIL, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Orbelin Pineda (below) of Mexico falls on the pitch during the Group C match between Saudi Arabia and Mexico at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)

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(SP)QATAR-LUSAIL-2022 WORLD CUP-GROUP C-KSA VS MEX

(221130) -- LUSAIL, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Orbelin Pineda (below R) of Mexico vies for the ball during the Group C match between Saudi Arabia and Mexico at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)

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(SP)QATAR-LUSAIL-2022 WORLD CUP-GROUP C-KSA VS MEX

(221130) -- LUSAIL, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Hassan Altambakti (below) of Saudi Arabia receives medical treatment after getting injured during the Group C match between Saudi Arabia and Mexico at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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(SP)QATAR-LUSAIL-2022 WORLD CUP-GROUP C-KSA VS MEX

(221130) -- LUSAIL, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mohammed Alowais (below), goalkeeper of Saudi Arabia, saves the ball from Henry Martin of Mexico during the Group C match between Saudi Arabia and Mexico at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)