China: Traffic Light Takes Direct Lightning Strike During Thunderstorm

A lightning strike hit a roadside utility pole and communication cables in Anping Village, Jiangxi Town, Nanning, Guangxi on August 5, producing a bright flash, sparks, and yellow smoke, and briefly knocking out a nearby traffic signal. Local authorities said the strike did not affect residents' daily lives.

Spain: Fireworks Shell Misfire Injures 27 at Altea’s Castell de l’Olla

At least 27 people were injured in Altea, Spain, after a pyrotechnic shell veered off course and landed among spectators during the 40th-anniversary Castell de l'Olla fireworks show on the night of Saturday, August 8 into Sunday, August 9. Some suffered burns, and others were hurt in a subsequent stampede-like panic. Authorities said no injuries were reported as serious.

Yosakoi dance festival in western Japan

Yosakoi dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform during the Yosakoi dance festival on Aug. 10, 2026, in Kochi, western Japan. About 18,000 people from 197 teams plan to dance during the annual event that began in 1954, running through Aug. 12.

Yosakoi dance festival in western Japan

Yosakoi dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform during the Yosakoi dance festival on Aug. 10, 2026, in Kochi, western Japan. About 18,000 people from 197 teams plan to dance during the annual event that began in 1954, running through Aug. 12.

Yosakoi dance festival in western Japan

Yosakoi dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform during the Yosakoi dance festival on Aug. 10, 2026, in Kochi, western Japan. About 18,000 people from 197 teams plan to dance during the annual event that began in 1954, running through Aug. 12.

China: Powerful Storm Brings Heavy Rain, Fierce Winds to Chengdu, Sichuan

A powerful storm swept through a busy commercial area of Chengdu, Sichuan during the morning rush hour on August 5, bringing torrential rain and level-9 winds that reduced visibility and sent water rushing along the roads. Authorities linked the severe convective weather to high temperatures and the urban heat island effect.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani watches from the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on Aug. 9, 2026.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani watches from the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on Aug. 9, 2026.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani grips a ball in the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on Aug. 9, 2026.

Golf: Wyndham Championship

Golf: Wyndham Championship

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan acknowledges the crowd after making a birdie on the eighth hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 9, 2026.

Golf: Wyndham Championship

Golf: Wyndham Championship

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan acknowledges the crowd after making a birdie on the eighth hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 9, 2026.

Golf: Wyndham Championship

Golf: Wyndham Championship

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan acknowledges the crowd after making a birdie on the eighth hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 9, 2026.

Golf: Wyndham Championship

Golf: Wyndham Championship

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits out of a bunker on the 15th hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 9, 2026.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

U.S. military airlifts drinking water to quake-hit Kumamoto Pref.

U.S. military airlifts drinking water to quake-hit Kumamoto Pref.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass speaks during a visit to the Kumamoto prefectural government headquarters in Kumamoto on Aug. 9, 2026, as a U.S. military KC-130 transport aircraft airlifts 16 tons of drinking water for people affected by a recent massive earthquake.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far L) receives paper listing a set of demands during a meeting with representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II. (Pool photo)

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (back) receives paper listing a set of demands during a meeting with representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Survivor Chiyoko Motomura, 87, speaks during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, to mark the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Survivor Chiyoko Motomura, 87, speaks during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, to mark the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (L) is pictured after sawing a log during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (2nd from R) is briefed about how to prepare breakfast during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front, L) is taught how to saw a log during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front) saws a log during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front) prepares breakfast with boy scouts during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front) prepares breakfast with boy scouts during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026. (Pool photo)

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki reads out the Peace Declaration during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, to mark the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki (3rd from L) prepares to place a wreath during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, to mark the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi prepares to place a wreath during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, to mark the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, to mark the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from R) observes a moment of silence during a memorial ceremony at Peace Park in Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2026, the exact time when a U.S. atomic bomb was dropped on the southwestern Japan city 81 years earlier in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Doves are released during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, to mark the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Doves are released during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, to mark the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Doves are released during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, to mark the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

A woman prays during Mass at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (L) watches a boy scout event during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (L) watches a boy scout event during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) waves to participants during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito waves to participants during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito waves to participants during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito waves to participants during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (2nd from R) sets up a tent during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) sets up a tent during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (front) sets up a tent during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (L) sets up a tent during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) sets up a tent during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Prince Hisahito joins boy scout event in western Japan

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) sets up a tent during the 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree in Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Pool photo)