Protestors Face Feds After Immigration Raids - LA

Protestors Face Feds After Immigration Raids - LA

Protesters and Los Angeles sheriff deputies confront each other in Paramont, Los Angeles County, California, the United States, June 7, 2025. Several people were arrested on Saturday after protesters clashed with U.S. immigration agents for the second day in a row in Southern California. Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

Drying of Meters Colorful Fabrics - Bangladesh

A Worker hangs hundred of brightly colored fabrics out to dry under the sun after the coloring process. After the fabrics dried are offer in wholesale markets and later sent to garment factories. Each row of threads is valued at just $5. This region relies heavily on the textile industry. on March 28, 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/ Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Letizia At The Queen's Cup Water Polo Final - Palma

Queen Letizia At The Queen's Cup Water Polo Final - Palma

In the third row, the Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports and Government Spokesperson, Pilar Alegría (4l), and Queen Letizia (c) during the final of the XXIX Copa de S.M. la Reina Iberdrola Waterpolo, at the Piscinas Municipales de Son Hugo, on March 9, 2025, in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Balearic Islands (Spain). The match, which marks the first time Queen Letizia has presided over the final of the Queen's Cup, pits Club Natació Sant Andreu and Astralpool Sabadell against each other. At the end of the event, the Queen presents the trophy bearing her name to the winning team. Photo by Tomàs Moyà / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese "hina" dolls for 2025

Japanese "hina" dolls for 2025

Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co. unveils "hina" dolls of (clockwise from bottom R) Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, table tennis player Hina Hayata (on second row), track and field athlete Nozomi Tanaka and javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2025. Each year Kyugetsu make hina dolls modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year ahead of the March 3 Girls' Day celebration, when hina dolls are traditionally displayed.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Ice Blocks Collide

Ice Blocks Collide

GREATER KHINGAN, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2024 - Ice blocks collide with each other in the Huma section of the Greater Khingan Mountains forming a spectacular "ice row" as they flow downstream in Heilongjiang province, China, April 27, 2024.

Annual dragon boat festival kicks off with fanfare in NYC

STORY: Annual dragon boat festival kicks off with fanfare in NYC DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:51 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: The 31st Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, the largest of its kind in the United States, kicked off on Saturday at the Corona Park in New York City's Queens borough with plenty of fanfare. "We want this dragon boat festival to grow and we want children from all over the entire borough to see the moment of if you row together, then you can learn and grow together," said NYC mayor Eric Adams at the opening ceremony that featured a colorful dragon dance. "And when you go through this experience of competition, it also routes us and how much we need each other because we had to row out the same method, the same stroke, we had to make sure we moved in the same way, in the same direction. That's what this is about," said Adams. "It's such a fun and nice way to share culture, to share happiness," said Candy Nip, D

Zagreb Christmas markets in festive atmosphere amid booming tourism

STORY: Zagreb Christmas markets in festive atmosphere amid booming tourism DATELINE: Dec. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the city decorated in the Christmas spirit 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Croatian): AMNA JASAREVIC, Tourist 3. various of people drinking and eating on the streets 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Croatian): MARINA RADILIC, Tourist 5. various of decorated area with food and drink 6. SOUNBITE 3 (English): MARKO ROKSANDIC, Peddler 7. various of a skate ring STORYLINE: Christmas markets have returned to Zagreb this year as tourists from home and abroad are visiting Croatia's capital to experience the festive atmosphere and holiday cheer. More than 25 individual Christmas markets are spread throughout the city's main squares and promenades, each with unique theme and atmosphere. SOUNDBITE 1 (Croatian): AMNA JASAREVIC, Tourist "Everyone is talking about the Christmas markets in Zagreb, so I came from Bosnia to visit them." For three years in a row, the Zagreb Christm

AUM trial

AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, entering the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 3, 2014. The court in a rare move summoned a death row inmate, Yoshihiro Inoue, as a witness in the trial of Makoto Hirata, following the questioning of another death row inmate in January.

AUM trial

AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - A police vehicle leads two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, as the convoy heads to the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 3, 2014. The court in a rare move summoned a death row inmate, Yoshihiro Inoue, as a witness in the trial of Makoto Hirata, following the questioning of another death row inmate in January.

AUM trial

AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, with a police vehicle leading the convoy, leaving the Tokyo Detention House for the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

AUM trial

AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, enter the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, with riot police on standby along the streets and traffic lights changed to green to ensure a smooth procession during the convoy's nearly hour-long journey from the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

AUM trial

AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, enter the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, with riot police on standby along the streets and traffic lights changed to green to ensure a smooth procession during the convoy's nearly hour-long journey from the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

AUM trial

AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - A police vehicle leads two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, as the convoy heads for the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, with riot police on standby along the streets and traffic lights changed to green to ensure a smooth procession during the convoy's nearly hour-long journey from the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

Japanese graduate student wins world Sudoku competition

Japanese graduate student wins world Sudoku competition

BEIJING, China - Kota Morinishi (R), a University of Tokyo graduate student, holds a prize check after winning the 2012 Beijing International Sudoku Contest in Beijing on May 20, 2012. Sudoku, a numerical puzzle in which an 81-square grid must have each row and column filled with the digits from 1 to 9, was named by a Japanese publisher and has become highly popular in Europe and the United States, with an increasing number of devotees in China.

Chicago Cubs win National League Central division

Chicago Cubs win National League Central division

CHICAGO, United States - Kosuke Fukudome from Japan (R) and his teammate shower champagne on each other as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 Sept. 20 to win the National League Central division for the second season in a row.

Ichiro, Jojima get 2 hits, but Seattle's skid continues

Ichiro, Jojima get 2 hits, but Seattle's skid continues

OAKLAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki (3rd from L) and Kenji Jojima (2nd from L) each collected a pair of hits but their multihit performances were unable to stop the Seattle Mariners' losing skid on Aug. 16. The loss was the Mariners' seventh in as many games and 15th in a row against the Oakland Athletics, who lead the American League West.

Chinese envoy says nat'l sentiments key in tackling shrine row

Chinese envoy says nat'l sentiments key in tackling shrine row

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Dawei (L) talks with Taku Yamasaki (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 31. The Chinese envoy told Yamasaki that China and Japan must respect each other's national sentiments in dealing with their row over a planned visit by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Yasukuni Shrine, dedicated to the war dead.

Lights of Vivid returns to Australia

STORY: Lights of Vivid returns to Australia DATELINE: June 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lights of Vivid show, illuminations and installations STORYLINE: After being canceled two years in a row due to the pandemic, one of Sydney's most iconic events, Vivid Sydney, once again lights up the city's most famous landmarks. From May 27 to June 18, each night as the sun goes down Sydney is lit up with illuminations, installations and interactive events, bringing together light artists, music makers and a variety of creatives to celebrate the soul of Sydney. New South Wales (NSW) Minister for Tourism Stuart Ayres, who kicked off the 23-day event last week, said after two years of darkness Vivid 2022 would be "bigger, brighter and bolder" than ever. And for the first time in its 12-year history, the event was kicked off with a "First Light" smoking ceremony and indigenous performance, in acknowledgment and celebration of Australia's indige

Vlog: What's a day in Shanghai's makeshift hospital like?

STORY: Vlog: What's a day in Shanghai's makeshift hospital like? DATELINE: April 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:30 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MR. LAN, patient from Shanghai's makeshift hospital STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MR LAN, COVID-19 patient in Shanghai's makeshift hospital "It's 5 o'clock in the morning and it's still dark inside the hospital. People who wake up first start to wash faces and brush teeth. At 6:30 am in the morning, it's time for breakfast. Volunteers are helping dispatch food. Today's breakfast includes vegetable buns, eggs and milk, the same as yesterday. After 7 o'clock, nurses start handing out nucleic acid test tubes. If testing negative for two days in a row, one doesn't need to test again. Fortunately, as the days go by, fewer and fewer patients need to do tests. At 8 am, doctors on duty come to each patient's bed. Here, every morning and evening, patients are required to scan a code to log in to an online consultation platform a

Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri

Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri

The Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri, 31st August 1945. All the US naval personnel are wearing 'Class B' uniforms on purpose. The surrender officially ended World War Two. Standing in front are: Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (wearing top hat) and General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff. Behind them are three representatives each of the Foreign Ministry, the Army and the Navy. They include, in middle row, left to right: Major General Yatsuji Nagai - Army, Katsuo Okazaki - Foreign Ministry, Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka - Navy, Toshikazu Kase, Foreign Ministry and Lieutenant General Suichi Miyakazi - Army. Date: 1945

Apple's new iPhones go on sale in Japan

Apple's new iPhones go on sale in Japan

NTT Docomo Inc. President Kaoru Kato (R on front row) attends a ceremony in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2015, to launch Apple Inc.'s iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus smartphones in Japan. It will pit the country's three major mobile phone carriers against each other in a fierce competition to win new subscribers, as they have announced their own price plans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chicago Cubs win National League Central division

Chicago Cubs win National League Central division

CHICAGO, United States - Kosuke Fukudome from Japan (R) and his teammate shower champagne on each other as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 Sept. 20 to win the National League Central division for the second season in a row. (Kyodo)

Ichiro, Jojima get 2 hits, but Seattle's skid continues

Ichiro, Jojima get 2 hits, but Seattle's skid continues

OAKLAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki (3rd from L) and Kenji Jojima (2nd from L) each collected a pair of hits but their multihit performances were unable to stop the Seattle Mariners' losing skid on Aug. 16. The loss was the Mariners' seventh in as many games and 15th in a row against the Oakland Athletics, who lead the American League West. (Kyodo)

Japanese graduate student wins world Sudoku competition

Japanese graduate student wins world Sudoku competition

BEIJING, China - Kota Morinishi (R), a University of Tokyo graduate student, holds a prize check after winning the 2012 Beijing International Sudoku Contest in Beijing on May 20, 2012. Sudoku, a numerical puzzle in which an 81-square grid must have each row and column filled with the digits from 1 to 9, was named by a Japanese publisher and has become highly popular in Europe and the United States, with an increasing number of devotees in China. (Kyodo)

Shogi championship series

Shogi championship series

Shogi players Masayuki Toyoshima (R, front row) and Yoshiharu Habu (L, front row) face each other in the first match of the best-of-seven Ryuo championship series in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2020. (Pool photo)

Kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka

Kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka

Kataoka Nizaemon (C in front row), a popular kabuki actor and living national treasure, cruises through central Osaka on June 29, 2017, to advertise a kabuki performance at a theater in the western Japan city from July 3 to 27. The promotional activity by the popular kabuki actors is a feature each summer in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chinese envoy says nat'l sentiments key in tackling shrine row

Chinese envoy says nat'l sentiments key in tackling shrine row

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Dawei (L) talks with Taku Yamasaki (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 31. The Chinese envoy told Yamasaki that China and Japan must respect each other's national sentiments in dealing with their row over a planned visit by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Yasukuni Shrine, dedicated to the war dead.