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Demonstration Artists Against Precarity in Toulouse

A Resist Disaster poster. Manifested works of art rally, organised by the collectif travailleureusesdelart31 led by the CGT. Manifested works = an exhibition + a demonstration, against the precariousness of art workers, to raise awareness of their status and working conditions, against budget cuts in culture, to share art with as many people as possible. France Toulouse on 5 April 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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INDONESIA-MAGELANG-DISASTER DRILL

(230725) -- MAGELANG, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a disaster drill at Kaliurang village in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, on July 25, 2023. A disaster drill was held by District Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Magelang on Tuesday to raise awareness of safety measures for people living near Mount Merapi. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)

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Female anti-disaster group active across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Misaki Tanaka (C), head of a group calling itself "Bosai (disaster prevention) Girls," and its members pose in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, in this file photo taken on May 10, 2014. The group aims to raise awareness for disaster prevention among young people and produces goods for emergency use.

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Confab calls for geoparks to be utilized for disaster awareness

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 5th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, holds a closing ceremony on May 15, 2012. Scientists and environmental conservationists affirmed the importance of drawing lessons from natural disasters and climate change by utilizing parks with geological features as they wrapped up the four-day conference.

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks to reporters after attending a nationwide disaster drill in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) visits Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, with state minister for disaster management Hiroshi Nakai (behind Kan) during a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (back) carries a stretcher with a high school student (front) in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) sits on a stretcher in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) fills a flood prevention sandbag with a high school student in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Prince at service for quake victims

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, cousin of Emperor Akihito, attends a service in Tokyo to commemorate victims of earthquakes and wars on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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SDF at disaster drill

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Japan's Self-Defense Forces members land on a beach in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, part of a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Prince at service for quake victims

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, cousin of Emperor Akihito, attends a service in Tokyo to commemorate victims of earthquakes and wars on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Disaster awareness

ITO, Japan - Firefighting volunteers explain to junior high school students how tools are used at disaster sites in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

ITO, Japan - High school students stack up flood prevention sandbags under instruction from ground troops in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers hold a meeting at Prime Minister Naoto Kan's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan heads to a meeting with Cabinet ministers in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Landmines continue to pose threat to Afghans' lives: official

STORY: Landmines continue to pose threat to Afghans' lives: official DATELINE: April 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the views in Kabul 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): NOORUDDIN RUSTAMKHIL, State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs 3 various of the event 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): NOORUDDIN RUSTAMKHIL, State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs 5 various of people and streets views in Afghanistan STORYLINE: Figures from Afghan authorities show that landmines have continued to kill or maim people in Afghanistan, one of the most landmine-contaminated countries. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): NOORUDDIN RUSTAMKHIL, State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs "Landmines and explosive remnants of war kill or maim more than 120 Afghans every month." Rustamkhil, head of the Directorate for Mine Action Coordination of the ministry, unveiled the figure at an event marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assista

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First Class Begins

A fire rescue worker explains earthquake knowledge to students in Gaogang Experimental Primary School in Taizhou City, east China's Hebei Province, Feb 22, 2021. Gaogang Experimental Primary School in Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, together with the Fire and Rescue Brigade of Gaogang District in Taizhou City, launched the First Class of the Term with the theme of Safety Awareness Accompanioned. The course contents include fire knowledge, drowning self-rescue, disaster prevention and escape and other safety education contents, which enhance students' safety awareness, prevention awareness and self-protection ability.

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Japan eyes tsunami summit of global high school students

Toshihiro Nikai (far L), chairman of the General Council of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attends a meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 29, 2016, to commemorate the designation of Nov. 5 as World Tsunami Awareness Day. Nikai said during his speech in the meeting that Japan is planning to hold a summit of high school students from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster that damaged the northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan eyes tsunami summit of global high school students

Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the General Council of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, addresses a meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 29, 2016, to commemorate the designation of Nov. 5 as World Tsunami Awareness Day. Nikai said Japan is planning to hold a summit of high school students from around the world to discuss lessons learned from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster that damaged the northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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School building engulfed by 2011 tsunami in Japan to be preserved

Photo taken March 26, 2016, shows the ravaged Okawa elementary school building in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan. The school building where more than 80 pupils and teachers lost their lives in the 2011 tsunami is to be kept as a reminder of the calamity and to raise awareness about disaster preparedness, the mayor of the Ishinomaki city said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Popular local mascots form team to promote tsunami disaster prevention

Popular local mascot characters strike a pose with disaster management state minister Eriko Yamatani at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2015, to announce the launch of their team to promote awareness among the public to prevent and prepare for tsunami disasters. (From L) Shinjo-kun representing Susaki in Kochi Prefecture; Chicchai Ossan of Amagasaki in Hyogo Prefecture; Funasshi of Funahashi, Chiba Prefecture; Yamatani; Kumamon of Kumamoto Prefecture; and Kii-chan of Wakayama Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka district produces comic-style evacuation manual for disasters

A comic-style evacuation manual, shown in this undated photo, has been published in a bulletin paper issued since April 2015 by the Konohana district of the city of Osaka, western Japan, in an effort to raise public awareness of the proper response procedures in the event of a tsunami or other natural disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese NPO to step up disaster awareness campaign in N.Y.

Hirokazu Nagata, head of Plus Arts, a Kobe-based nonprofit organization, gives a lecture in New York on Feb. 23, 2017, on creative designs used in disaster preparation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Confab calls for geoparks to be utilized for disaster awareness

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 5th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, holds a closing ceremony on May 15, 2012. Scientists and environmental conservationists affirmed the importance of drawing lessons from natural disasters and climate change by utilizing parks with geological features as they wrapped up the four-day conference. (Kyodo)

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SDF at disaster drill

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Japan's Self-Defense Forces members land on a beach in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, part of a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) fills a flood prevention sandbag with a high school student in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) sits on a stretcher in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks to reporters after attending a nationwide disaster drill in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Prince at service for quake victims

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, cousin of Emperor Akihito, attends a service in Tokyo to commemorate victims of earthquakes and wars on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (back) carries a stretcher with a high school student (front) in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Prince at service for quake victims

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, cousin of Emperor Akihito, attends a service in Tokyo to commemorate victims of earthquakes and wars on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) visits Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, with state minister for disaster management Hiroshi Nakai (behind Kan) during a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers hold a meeting at Prime Minister Naoto Kan's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary. (Kyodo)

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Disaster awareness

ITO, Japan - High school students stack up flood prevention sandbags under instruction from ground troops in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary. (Kyodo)

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan heads to a meeting with Cabinet ministers in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary. (Kyodo)

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Disaster awareness

ITO, Japan - Firefighting volunteers explain to junior high school students how tools are used at disaster sites in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary. (Kyodo)

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Female anti-disaster group active across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Misaki Tanaka (C), head of a group calling itself "Bosai (disaster prevention) Girls," and its members pose in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, in this file photo taken on May 10, 2014. The group aims to raise awareness for disaster prevention among young people and produces goods for emergency use. (Kyodo)

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2011 tsunami waves height shown in Shibuya

Photo taken March 1, 2019, shows a large advertisement board in Tokyo's Shibuya entertainment district indicating with a red line the maximum height of 16.7 meters reached by waves in the 2011 tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. Yahoo Japan Corp. put up the ad while carrying out a smartphone quiz to raise public awareness of disaster prevention through the end of the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 yrs after Mt. Ontake eruption

Takahiro Sasagawa, who survived the Sept. 27, 2014 eruption of Mt. Ontake in central Japan, relates his experiences against the background of the mountain on Sept. 3, 2018. Sasagawa, a mountain guide, has been designated by a local municipality as one of eight "Mt. Ontake volcano meisters" to enhance public awareness of the danger of natural disasters through sharing his experience of the volcanic disaster, which claimed 58 lives and left five other people unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Height of 2011 tsunami shown in central Tokyo

A giant banner on the wall of a building in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on March 7, 2017, shows with a red line the 16.7-meter height of the tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan city of Ofunato on March 11, 2011. The banner was hoisted by Yahoo Japan Corp. to increase awareness of disaster prevention prior to the sixth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone used to urge public to evacuate ahead of tsunami

A drone, equipped with loudspeaker, is used to urge the public to evacuate ahead of a tsunami in a demonstration on Nov. 5, 2016, in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai. The demonstration in Sendai, one of the areas most severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, was held on the U.N.-designated World Tsunami Awareness Day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone used to urge public to evacuate ahead of tsunami

A drone, equipped with loudspeaker, is used to urge the public to evacuate ahead of a tsunami in a demonstration on Nov. 5, 2016, in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai. The demonstration in Sendai, one of the areas most severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, was held on the U.N.-designated World Tsunami Awareness Day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster drill in quake, tsunami-damaged town

People evacuate to an upland community hall in the Japanese northeastern coastal town of Otsuchi, which was severely damaged by March 2011 disaster, during an emergency drill for a big earthquake and tsunami on Nov. 5, 2016, the U.N.-designated World Tsunami Awareness Day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster drill for Nankai Trough mega-quake

Elementary school students in the western Japan town of Hirogawa join a disaster drill for a Nankai Trough mega-quake on Nov. 5, 2016, the U.N.-designated World Tsunami Awareness Day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo