Rice Production in Indonesia - Bali

Rice Production in Indonesia - Bali

A worker carries a large bundle of harvested rice stalks across a field in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on September 13, 2023. Rice is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, making its cultivation a critical global process. Photo by Nicola Longobardi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COm

Newly Harvested Cotton - China

Newly Harvested Cotton - China

A bundle of newly harvested cotton is loaded onto a truck in a field in Xayar County of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 21, 2025. The harvest season of cotton has started in Xayar County. Photo by Xinhua/Gu Yu/ABACAPRESS.COM

Water Lily Harvest - Bangladesh

Water Lily Harvest - Bangladesh

People bundle up freshly collected water lilies in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2025. Photo by Habibur Rahman/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Incense Sticks Traditional Making - Vietnam

Incense Sticks Traditional Making - Vietnam

A villager puts a bundle of incense sticks onto a shelf in Quang Phu Cau Village, Vietnam, March 24, 2025. Quang Phu Cau Village, 35 kilometers south of Hanoi, has a long tradition of making incense sticks. These incense sticks need to go through a dozens of processes, such as bamboo splitting, dyeing, powder wrapping and drying, to be made. When bundles of incense sticks are spread out in courtyards and fields for drying, its various colors like vermilion, bright yellow, indigo, emerald green and others form a spectacular scene, attracting many tourists and photographers. Photo by Zhu Wei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rural Women Employment in Liuzhou - China -

Rural Women Employment in Liuzhou - China -

A woman carries a bundle of chives at a market in Sandu Town in Liujiang District of Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on December 18, 2024. In recent years, Liujiang District of Liuzhou City has made efforts to develop local characteristic agriculture to provide more jobs for rural women. Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Water Lily Harvest - Bangladesh

Water Lily Harvest - Bangladesh

People bundle up freshly collected water lilies in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, August 13, 2024. Water lillies or shapla flowers, Bangladeshi national flower and also a delicious vegetable, are available from mid-monsoon to late autumn. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

KAZAKHSTAN-AKMOLA-GRASS MOWING SEASON

KAZAKHSTAN-AKMOLA-GRASS MOWING SEASON

(240805) -- ASTANA, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 4, 2024 shows a bundle of grass which have been mowed on a grassland in Akmola region in northern Kazakhstan. The pastoral area in Kazakhstan has entered into its grass mowing season. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

INDIA-ASSAM-NAGAON-JUTE HARVESTING

INDIA-ASSAM-NAGAON-JUTE HARVESTING

(240804) -- NAGAON, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A farmer carries a bundle of jute for drying to make threads in Nagaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, Aug. 3, 2024. (Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kyiv bookshop accepts Russian books for recycling

Kyiv bookshop accepts Russian books for recycling

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 30, 2024 - A woman holds a bundle of Russian books outside the Sens on Khreshchatyk bookshop, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In cooperation with No Waste Ukraine NGO and Hurkit Fund, the bookshop expects to raise money from recycling those books to buy the MECHATRONICS mobile air defence station for the 101st Air Defence Brigade.

Kyiv bookshop accepts Russian books for recycling

Kyiv bookshop accepts Russian books for recycling

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 30, 2024 - A bundle of Russian books is outside the Sens on Khreshchatyk bookshop, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In cooperation with No Waste Ukraine NGO and Hurkit Fund, the bookshop expects to raise money from recycling those books to buy the MECHATRONICS mobile air defence station for the 101st Air Defence Brigade.

A Loading and Unloading Training in Yingtan

A Loading and Unloading Training in Yingtan

YINGTAN, CHINA - JULY 18, 2024 - Officers and soldiers bundle their equipment for reinforcement during loading and unloading training in Yingtan city, Jiangxi province, China, July 18, 2024.

A Loading and Unloading Training in Yingtan

A Loading and Unloading Training in Yingtan

YINGTAN, CHINA - JULY 18, 2024 - Officers and soldiers bundle their equipment for reinforcement during loading and unloading training in Yingtan city, Jiangxi province, China, July 18, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

Wheat Straw Storage

Wheat Straw Storage

YONGJI, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2024 - A farmer drives a machine to bundle wheat stalks in a wheat field at Huanghe Beach in Yongji city, North China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2024.

U.S. Congress passes government funding package to avoid shutdown

STORY: U.S. Congress passes government funding package to avoid shutdown SHOOTING TIME: March 8 and Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: March 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:51 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. Senate voting on the bill 2. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. Congress on Friday approved a bundle of six bills to finance certain sections of the federal government until September, narrowly sidestepping a potential partial shutdown. The U.S. Senate voted 75 to 22 Friday night to approve the package, which cleared the House earlier this week. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden's desk for signing. The latest measure to keep the government funded covers agriculture, energy and the environment, housing, transportation, veterans and the Justice Department through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Lawmakers recently approved stopgap funding measures to prolong the deadlines of March 1 and March 8 until March 8 and March 22, buyi

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-HUMANITARIAN SITUATION-WORSENING

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-HUMANITARIAN SITUATION-WORSENING

(240219) -- GAZA, Feb. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian girl holds a bundle of firewood at a temporary camp in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Feb. 18, 2024. Over the past few weeks, Israel has signaled its intention to conduct a ground operation in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost town, to "eliminate" Hamas and rescue Israeli hostages. The impending invasion has deeply concerned the international community. Several countries have spoken out against it, warning of a humanitarian catastrophe in the coastal enclave. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

Rebuilding residential quarter in Irpin

Rebuilding residential quarter in Irpin

IRPIN, UKRAINE - JANUARY 23, 2024 - A bundle of rebars is seen at the construction site as the residential quarter on Bahirova Street damaged during the Russian invasion is being rebuilt, Irpin, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine.

Rebuilding residential quarter in Irpin

Rebuilding residential quarter in Irpin

IRPIN, UKRAINE - JANUARY 23, 2024 - A bundle of rebars is seen at the construction site as the residential quarter on Bahirova Street damaged during the Russian invasion is being rebuilt, Irpin, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine.

Coal-fired Unit Expansion Project Construction in Zhangye

Coal-fired Unit Expansion Project Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 - Builders bundle steel frames at the construction site of the 2｡ﾁ1000MW coal-fired unit expansion project of China Power Investment Corporation's Zhangye Power Plant in Zhangye city, Gansu province, September 29, 2023.

Coal-fired Unit Expansion Project Construction in Zhangye

Coal-fired Unit Expansion Project Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 - Builders bundle steel frames at the construction site of the 2｡ﾁ1000MW coal-fired unit expansion project of China Power Investment Corporation's Zhangye Power Plant in Zhangye city, Gansu province, September 29, 2023.

Coal-fired Unit Expansion Project Construction in Zhangye

Coal-fired Unit Expansion Project Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 - Builders bundle steel frames at the construction site of the 2｡ﾁ1000MW coal-fired unit expansion project of China Power Investment Corporation's Zhangye Power Plant in Zhangye city, Gansu province, September 29, 2023.

JAPAN-TOKYO-CITY DWELLERS-RICE HARVEST-EXPERIENCE

JAPAN-TOKYO-CITY DWELLERS-RICE HARVEST-EXPERIENCE

(230923) -- TOKYO, Sept. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children learn to bundle harvested rice at Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 23, 2023. TO GO WITH "City dwellers experience rice harvest at Tokyo's rooftop garden" (Xinhua/Qian Zheng)

BANGLADESH-DHAKA-SUGARCANE-HARVEST SEASON

BANGLADESH-DHAKA-SUGARCANE-HARVEST SEASON

(230919) -- DHAKA, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A laborer carries on shoulder a bundle of sugarcane at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 19, 2023. The early harvest of sugarcane has been in full swing in parts of Bangladesh with the harvesting season extending from September to March next year. (Xinhua)

Cold wave in China

Cold wave in China

Pedestrians bundle up to stay warm as they walk down a street in Beijing on Jan. 25, 2023, when temperatures plunged to minus 16.7 C in the Chinese capital.

Cold wave in China

Cold wave in China

Pedestrians bundle up to stay warm as they walk down a street in Beijing on Jan. 25, 2023, when temperatures plunged to minus 16.7 C in the Chinese capital.

(4)Tanaka, Suzuki testify at lower house panel

(4)Tanaka, Suzuki testify at lower house panel

TOKYO, Japan - Holding a bundle of papers under his arm, Muneo Suzuki, a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, alights from a car outside the Diet building Feb. 20 on his way to the House of Representatives Budget Committee, which invited him to testify on issues involving the Foreign Ministry.

JAPAN-OITA-GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

JAPAN-OITA-GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

(221212) -- OITA, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 9, 2022 shows a hydrogen cylinder bundle at a test plant for producing hydrogen using geothermal energy in Kokonoemachi, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Japan's hot spring prefecture of Oita is going full steam ahead in developing geothermal energy, as the country aims to go carbon neutral by 2050. TO GO WITH "Economic Watch: Japan's hot spring prefecture bets big on geothermal energy" (Xinhua/Zhang Yiyi)

NEPAL-CHINA-PROJECT COMPANY-SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECTS

NEPAL-CHINA-PROJECT COMPANY-SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECTS

(221116) -- KATHMANDU, Nov. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man carries a bundle of grass forage across a suspension bridge expanded and uplifted during the renovation partly funded by a project company which funds and operates the Upper Marsyangdi A Hydropower Project, in Lamjung, Nepal, Nov. 8, 2022. As the Upper Marsyangdi A Hydropower Project funded and operated by a Chinese company in western Nepal has been contributing its share in improving Nepal's power supply over the years, the project company has been benefiting local communities with more than 200 projects. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)

Bundle up and enjoy the snow

STORY: Bundle up and enjoy the snow DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: MOHE, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the snow 2. various of people playing snowball fights STORYLINE: Mohe in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province saw a blizzard. Despite the freezing temperatures, local people were having a good time in the snow. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Mohe, China. (XHTV)

BANGLADESH-MUNSHIGANJ-JUTE

BANGLADESH-MUNSHIGANJ-JUTE

(220905) -- MUNSHIGANJ, Sept. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Laborers processes a bundle of jute onto a boat at a ferry terminal in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, on Sept. 2, 2022. (Xinhua)

INDIA-ASSAM-MORIGAON-COLLECTING FODDER

INDIA-ASSAM-MORIGAON-COLLECTING FODDER

(220803) -- MORIGAON, Aug. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer moves a bundle of fodder for domestic animals in Morigaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, Aug. 2, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

YEMEN-HAJJAH-SORGHUM-HARVEST

YEMEN-HAJJAH-SORGHUM-HARVEST

(220619) -- HAJJAH (YEMEN), June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Yemeni man holds a bundle of sorghum in the Midi district of Hajjah province, northern Yemen, on June 19, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua)

CHINA-DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL-FOLK CUSTOM(CN)

CHINA-DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL-FOLK CUSTOM(CN)

(220603) -- CHONGQING, June 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A local resident hangs a bundle of mugwort on the door in Yongchuan District in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, June 3, 2022, the day of China's traditional Dragon Boat Festival. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

Lychee season now in full swing in Bangladesh

STORY: Lychee season now in full swing in Bangladesh DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of vendors selling lychees in the market STORYLINE: Summer in Bangladesh is incomplete without juicy and fleshy lychees. Lychee season is now in full swing in Bangladesh with a variety of the delicious tropical fruit flooding capital Dhaka to make this summer sweeter. Traders in Dhaka said there is huge demand for lychees in the markets at present and they are getting good prices. The prices for a bundle of 100 lychee pieces range from 400-600 taka (4-6 U.S. dollars) in the retail markets in Dhaka. Although there are dozens of varieties grown all over Bangladesh, lychees from the country's western Rajshahi region, Dinanjpur district to be more specific, are very popular for their mouth-watering taste, special red colour, big size and thick pulp with smaller seed. Lychees from Dinajpur, the largest growing district, some 338 km northwest of the capital, are

INDIA-AGARTALA-AGRICULTURE

INDIA-AGARTALA-AGRICULTURE

(220107) -- AGARTALA, Jan. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers bundle dry rice straw in a field on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Tripura, Jan. 7, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980)

Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980)

Snoopy & Woodstock Characters: Snoopy & Film: Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don'T Come Back!!) (USA 1980) Director: Bill Melendez 30 May 1980 Date: 30 May 1980

The Biggest Bundle Of Them All - film (1968)

The Biggest Bundle Of Them All - film (1968)

Raquel Welch Characters: Juliana Film: The Biggest Bundle Of Them All (USA 1968) Director: Ken Annakin 17 January 1968 Date: 17-Jan-68

The Biggest Bundle Of Them All - film (1968)

The Biggest Bundle Of Them All - film (1968)

Raquel Welch Characters: Juliana Film: The Biggest Bundle Of Them All (USA 1968) Director: Ken Annakin 17 January 1968 Im Bikini am Strand posiert Raquel Welch fｸr einen Fotografen (undatiert). Am 5.9..2000 feiert die als Kurvenstar berｸhmt gewordene US-Schauspielerin ihren 60. Geburtstag. Date: 17-Jan-68

The Biggest Bundle Of Them All - film (1968)

The Biggest Bundle Of Them All - film (1968)

Raquel Welch Poster Characters: Juliana Film: The Biggest Bundle Of Them All (USA 1968) Director: Ken Annakin 17 January 1968 Date: 17-Jan-68