Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Protesters carry portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found missing for 19 days, during a protest in Izmir on September 9, 2024. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on September 8 that the body of Narin Guran, missing for 19 days in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, has been found. The body of 8-year-old Narin Guran was found in a sack in a stream about two kilometers from the village where she lived. The whole of Turkey took to the streets to protest for the murder to be clarified. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Protesters carry portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found missing for 19 days, during a protest in Izmir on September 9, 2024. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on September 8 that the body of Narin Guran, missing for 19 days in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, has been found. The body of 8-year-old Narin Guran was found in a sack in a stream about two kilometers from the village where she lived. The whole of Turkey took to the streets to protest for the murder to be clarified. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Protesters carry portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found missing for 19 days, during a protest in Izmir on September 9, 2024. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on September 8 that the body of Narin Guran, missing for 19 days in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, has been found. The body of 8-year-old Narin Guran was found in a sack in a stream about two kilometers from the village where she lived. The whole of Turkey took to the streets to protest for the murder to be clarified. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Protesters carry portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found missing for 19 days, during a protest in Izmir on September 9, 2024. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on September 8 that the body of Narin Guran, missing for 19 days in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, has been found. The body of 8-year-old Narin Guran was found in a sack in a stream about two kilometers from the village where she lived. The whole of Turkey took to the streets to protest for the murder to be clarified. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Narin Guran Protest In Izmir - Turkey

Protesters carry portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found missing for 19 days, during a protest in Izmir on September 9, 2024. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on September 8 that the body of Narin Guran, missing for 19 days in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, has been found. The body of 8-year-old Narin Guran was found in a sack in a stream about two kilometers from the village where she lived. The whole of Turkey took to the streets to protest for the murder to be clarified. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Keeps On Strikes - Gaza

Israel Keeps On Strikes - Gaza

Eight-year-old Palestinian girl Sama Tubail sits alone in front of a tent in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, August 25, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Gazan girl hopes for hair regrowth amid war trauma" Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Keeps On Strikes - Gaza

Israel Keeps On Strikes - Gaza

Eight-year-old Palestinian girl Sama Tubail looks at herself in a broken mirror inside a tent in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, August 25, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Gazan girl hopes for hair regrowth amid war trauma" Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Keeps On Strikes - Gaza

Israel Keeps On Strikes - Gaza

Eight-year-old Palestinian girl Sama Tubail looks at herself in a broken mirror in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, August 25, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Gazan girl hopes for hair regrowth amid war trauma" Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

China: Young Girl Rides Horse Amid Lightning Strikes In Xinjiang

On August 13, 2024, a breathtaking moment was captured in Zhaosu Wetland Park, Yili, Xinjiang, in northwestern China, where an eight-year-old young girl rode a white horse through the park. As she passed by, a dramatic bolt of lightning streaked across the sky behind her, creating a visually stunning tableau.

Chinese boy shows amazing pottery-making skills

STORY: Chinese boy shows amazing pottery-making skills SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:14 LOCATION: QINZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the boy making pottery STORYLINE: An eight-year-old Chinese boy proficient in making pottery has drawn much attention in China's Guangxi. He's the 15th-generation inheritor of his family's pottery art. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Qinzhou, China. (XHTV)

Trudeau Meeting Family To Discuss Affordable Housing - Canada

Trudeau Meeting Family To Discuss Affordable Housing - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the Thompson-Hitchins family to discuss affordable housing in Caledon, Ontario, Canada on February 1, 2024. From left to right, father Roderick, five-year-old Jasmine, eight-year-old Jarrod, mother Kimisha, and the CEO of Mercer Canada, Jaqui Parchment. Photo by Arlyn McAdorey/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trudeau Meeting Family To Discuss Affordable Housing - Canada

Trudeau Meeting Family To Discuss Affordable Housing - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the Thompson-Hitchins family to discuss affordable housing in Caledon, Ontario, Canada on February 1, 2024. From left to right, father Roderick, five-year-old Jasmine, eight-year-old Jarrod, mother Kimisha, and the CEO of Mercer Canada, Jaqui Parchment. Photo by Arlyn McAdorey/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trudeau Meeting Family To Discuss Affordable Housing - Canada

Trudeau Meeting Family To Discuss Affordable Housing - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the Thompson-Hitchins family to discuss affordable housing in Caledon, Ontario, Canada on February 1, 2024. From left to right, five-year old Jasmine, eight-year-old Jarrod, mother Kimisha, and the CEO of Mercer Canada, Jaqui Parchment. Photo by Arlyn McAdorey/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trudeau Meeting Family To Discuss Affordable Housing - Canada

Trudeau Meeting Family To Discuss Affordable Housing - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the Thompson-Hitchins family to discuss affordable housing in Caledon, Ontario, Canada on February 1, 2024. From left to right, five-year old Jasmine, eight-year-old Jarrod, mother Kimisha, and the CEO of Mercer Canada, Jaqui Parchment. Photo by Arlyn McAdorey/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Little Girl Reading - France

Little Girl Reading - France

An eight-year-old girl reads "My Monster Stress", a book by Luc Blanvillain, whose educational role is to humorously play down children s fears, France on June 28, 2023. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

Little Girl Reading - France

Little Girl Reading - France

An eight-year-old girl reads "My Monster Stress", a book by Luc Blanvillain, whose educational role is to humorously play down children s fears, France on June 28, 2023. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

Little Girl Reading - France

Little Girl Reading - France

An eight-year-old girl reads "My Monster Stress", a book by Luc Blanvillain, whose educational role is to humorously play down children s fears, France on June 28, 2023. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

Little Girl Reading - France

Little Girl Reading - France

An eight-year-old girl reads "My Monster Stress", a book by Luc Blanvillain, whose educational role is to humorously play down children s fears, France on June 28, 2023. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

Little Girl Reading - France

Little Girl Reading - France

An eight-year-old girl reads "My Monster Stress", a book by Luc Blanvillain, whose educational role is to humorously play down children s fears, France on June 28, 2023. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

Yemen prisoner swap enters 2nd day as Houthi group releases Saudi prisoners

STORY: Yemen prisoner swap enters 2nd day as Houthi group releases Saudi prisoners DATELINE: April 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a plane landing at Sanaa airport carrying released prisoners on board 2. various of people welcoming released prisoners at the airport 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): FARID AL-HAMIDI, Spokesman for ICRC in Yemen 4. various of people welcoming released prisoners at the airport STORYLINE: Hundreds of Yemeni war prisoners, including Saudis, were freed on Saturday from Sanaa airport as part of a prisoner exchange facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This marked the second day of flights between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi group, involving nearly 900 detainees from both sides, amid ongoing peace talks aimed at ending Yemen's eight-year-old war. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): FARID AL-HAMIDI, Spokesman for ICRC in Yemen "Today, detainees are being transferred between Saudi Arabia and Yemen using multiple airport

7 people killed in roof collapse in east Afghanistan

STORY: 7 people killed in roof collapse in east Afghanistan DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a collapsed house in Alishing district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Seven members of a family lost their lives as the roof of their house caved in on Friday in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, said Qari Khair Mohammad Ghazi, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs. According to the official, the deadly incident took place at 2 a.m. local time Friday in Alishing district when the roof of a mud house collapsed and killed seven members of the ill-fated family. Five children, along with their parents, were killed. Only an eight-year-old girl survived but was in critical condition, the official further said. In war-torn Afghanistan, especially in rural areas, residential houses are mostly built of mud, which is prone to natural disasters and easily gutted in rainstorms and flash floods. Xinh

Australian volunteer forms blood bond with Chinese

STORY: Australian volunteer forms blood bond with Chinese DATELINE: March 5, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:49 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Peter Mecoy 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PETER MECOY, Australian volunteer blood donor in Tianjin 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PETER MECOY, Australian volunteer blood donor in Tianjin 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): PETER MECOY, Australian volunteer blood donor in Tianjin STORYLINE: Fifty-eight-year-old Peter Mecoy is an Australian expat living in north China's Tianjin. He has been volunteering to donate blood and platelets almost every 15 days since 2008. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PETER MECOY, Australian volunteer blood donor in Tianjin "In China, my blood type is called 'panda blood.' It's Type A RhD-negative blood. Maybe my blood can help mothers delivering babies or aged people in surgery. I am happy to be helpful." Peter has donated blood and platelets more than 270 times, equivalent to more than 420,000 milliliters of blood in terms of therapeutic vol

SOUTH SUDAN-JUBA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

SOUTH SUDAN-JUBA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230228) -- JUBA, Feb. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of the tenth batch of the Chinese medical team and South Sudanese nurses treat eight-year-old Gusphers Lokwete after a successful surgery at Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 27, 2023. TO GO WITH "Chinese doctors' compassion for sick child relieves treatment burden of family in South Sudan" (Photo by Denis Elamu/Xinhua)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors shoot videos of giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant pandas Ouhin, Touhin and Eimei (L-R) are about to set off for China at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2023 shows giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos of a banner with a picture of giant panda Eimei and a slogan which reads "Thank you, Eimei!" at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Ouhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members line up to bid farewell to giant pandas Eimei, Ouhin and Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor attends a farewell ceremony held for giant pandas Eimei, Ouhin and Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors take photos of giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member feeds giant panda Touhin with apples at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors take a selfie at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

Anish Giri wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023

STORY: Anish Giri wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: WIJK AAN ZEE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023 STORYLINE: Dutch chess player Anish Giri won the prestigious Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023, which concluded in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, on Sunday. In the 13th and final round of the 85th edition of the tournament at the Dutch west coast, the runner-up in 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2021 won playing with white against Romanian Richard Rapport. Giri finished first with 8.5 points. Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan and Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen ended joint second with 8 points and China's Ding Liren had to settle for 11th place with 5.5 points. Giri took over the title from Carlsen, who had won eight times in Wijk aan Zee. Twenty-eight-year-old grandmaster Giri had a strong tournament, remained unbeaten and beat both world No. 1, Carlsen, and world No. 2, Ding Liren. Xi

Polar bear presented with ice

Polar bear presented with ice

OSAKA, Japan - Male polar bear Gogo licks a chunk of ice containing apples, a present for the eight-year-old from Russia from his keepers at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2013.

Polar bear presented with ice

Polar bear presented with ice

OSAKA, Japan - Male polar bear Gogo licks a chunk of ice containing apples, a present for the eight-year-old from Russia from his keepers at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2013.

U.S. girl hands tsunami relief money to Japanese envoy

U.S. girl hands tsunami relief money to Japanese envoy

WASHINGTON, United States - Eight-year-old Mackenzie Walsh (R) hands at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Sept. 7, 2011, to Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki $115 in donations, which she raised for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Mackenzie, from Maryland, collected the money by walking door to door to sell over 20 copies of a handmade children's book she had created after learning about the disaster.

Cat drinks water in standing position

Cat drinks water in standing position

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - ''Mokkun'' (R), an eight-year-old male cat kept by Takanori Ishimura (L), a dance instructor in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, drinks from a watering can while standing on his hind legs on July 25, 2011. Ishimura said Mokkun started drinking water like that about three years ago, and has now become a local celebrity cat for that.

Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-bomb exhibition in Netherlands

Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-bomb exhibition in Netherlands

OVERLOON, Netherlands - Ayako Okumura (L), who as an eight-year-old survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 but lost her family, speaks about her experience of the atomic bombing on May 31, 2010, in the village of Overloon in the southern Netherlands. The village will host the annual Hiroshima Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition from June 1 to Sept. 30.

Taiko drums pound out Olympic

Taiko drums pound out Olympic

2000 taiko drummers celebrate the first full day of Olympic competition on Feb. 8 with a colorful performance in Central Nagano. The drummers ranged from eight-year-old elementary school pupils to elderly women and a handful of foreigners.

8-year-old Chinese girl breaks rock climbing record

STORY: 8-year-old Chinese girl breaks rock climbing record DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:27 LOCATION: YANGSHUO, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rock climbing STORYLINE: Chen Yunxi, an eight-year-old girl from south China' Shenzhen, has broken the China Climb youngest record on a cliff in Yangshuo, China. She completed China Climb, a 5.14A sport route, on Nov. 19, becoming the youngest Chinese climber to do so. The girl started practicing climbing when she was less than four years old. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangshuo, China. (XHTV)

Pakistani volunteer joins anti-epidemic fight in S. China

STORY: Pakistani volunteer joins anti-epidemic fight in S. China DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Azeem Muhammad Shakir working as a volunteer 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AZEEM MUHAMMAD SHAKIR, Pakistani volunteer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): AZEEM MUHAMMAD SHAKIR, Pakistani volunteer STORYLINE: Twenty-eight-year-old Pakistani Azeem Muhammad Shakir has volunteered to join the anti-epidemic fight in Baise City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, since the city reported the first local infection in its latest outbreak on Feb. 5. He provides voluntary service at COVID-19 nucleic acid testing sites, as well as isolation sites. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AZEEM MUHAMMAD SHAKIR, Pakistani volunteer "Many people give a helping hand, it makes me feel that we are in a family. It's just like, when a family member is in trouble, he or she will get help from the whole family." Having been living in Baise for eight years, Shakir, who work

USAID Nominee Samantha Power Testifies - DC

USAID Nominee Samantha Power Testifies - DC

Samantha Power, nominee to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, embraces her eight year-old daughter Rían prior to her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Photo by Greg Nash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Nash Greg/Pool/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

DAVID VENCL

DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

DAVID VENCL

DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

U.S. girl hands tsunami relief money to Japanese envoy

U.S. girl hands tsunami relief money to Japanese envoy

WASHINGTON, United States - Eight-year-old Mackenzie Walsh (R) hands at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Sept. 7, 2011, to Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki $115 in donations, which she raised for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Mackenzie, from Maryland, collected the money by walking door to door to sell over 20 copies of a handmade children's book she had created after learning about the disaster. (Kyodo)

Cat drinks water in standing position

Cat drinks water in standing position

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - ''Mokkun'' (R), an eight-year-old male cat kept by Takanori Ishimura (L), a dance instructor in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, drinks from a watering can while standing on his hind legs on July 25, 2011. Ishimura said Mokkun started drinking water like that about three years ago, and has now become a local celebrity cat for that. (Kyodo)

Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-bomb exhibition in Netherlands

Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-bomb exhibition in Netherlands

OVERLOON, Netherlands - Ayako Okumura (L), who as an eight-year-old survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 but lost her family, speaks about her experience of the atomic bombing on May 31, 2010, in the village of Overloon in the southern Netherlands. The village will host the annual Hiroshima Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition from June 1 to Sept. 30. (Kyodo)