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China: Off-Road Team Rescues Camel Trapped in Wire Fencing in Inner Mongolia

On April 24, 2026, in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, a video captured a rescue mission unfolding along a desert crossing route from the sacred tree area of the Ulan Buh Desert to Ji’aobao. Members of an off-road team spotted a camel that had been stuck for three to four days, its leg tightly entangled in wire fencing. The team leader carefully crouched down and began cutting away the metal wires wrapped around the animal’s leg, taking care not to cause further injury. The camel appeared exhausted and weak, remaining motionless even after being freed, its legs stiff from prolonged restraint. The video ended with the camel gradually managing to stand up, wobbling at first before stabilizing itself as the rescuers looked on.

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EC175 Rescue Helicopters

Two EC175 rescue helicopters are on duty and on standby at the First Rescue Flight Team of Beihai Rescue Bureau in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on July 12, 2025.

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EC175 Rescue Helicopters

Two EC175 rescue helicopters are on duty and on standby at the First Rescue Flight Team of Beihai Rescue Bureau in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on July 12, 2025.

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Greece: Severe Storms Batter Cyclades, Triggering Flooding 4

Severe weather with heavy rainfall hit the Cyclades, the island group southeast of mainland Greece on Monday, March 31, triggering widespread flooding. Authorities imposed a traffic ban on the islands of Paros and Mykonos due to the severe flooding.

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Myanmar Earthquake Aftermath

Members of the China Search and Rescue Team transfer a female survivor at the Great Wall Hotel quake site in Mandalay city, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. China Search and Rescue Team successfully recovered a female survivor at the Great Wall Hotel quake site in Mandalay city, Myanmar, early on Monday. This was the first survivor rescued by China Search and Rescue Team after they arrived in the hard-hit Mandalay city late on Sunday. Photo by Cai Yang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rescue Operations Underway in Earthquake-Hit Myanmar

March 30, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This video screenshot taken on March 30, 2025 shows rescue operations underway in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A rescue team of China's Yunnan Province, joined by Myanmar's rescue forces, retrieved an elderly man in earthquake-hit Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw at 05:00 local time on Sunday. The man had been trapped for nearly 40 hours under the rubble of a hospital in the city. After an overnight emergency rescue, it was the first person rescued by the Chinese team after arriving in the earthquake-stricken area of Myanmar on Saturday. Photo by Wang Hao/Yunnan Media Group/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rescue Operations Underway in Earthquake-Hit Myanmar

March 30, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This video screenshot taken on March 30, 2025 shows rescue operations underway in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A rescue team of China's Yunnan Province, joined by Myanmar's rescue forces, retrieved an elderly man in earthquake-hit Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw at 05:00 local time on Sunday. The man had been trapped for nearly 40 hours under the rubble of a hospital in the city. After an overnight emergency rescue, it was the first person rescued by the Chinese team after arriving in the earthquake-stricken area of Myanmar on Saturday. Photo by Wang Hao/Yunnan Media Group/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rescue Operations Underway in Earthquake-Hit Myanmar

March 30, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This video screenshot taken on March 30, 2025 shows rescue operations underway in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A rescue team of China's Yunnan Province, joined by Myanmar's rescue forces, retrieved an elderly man in earthquake-hit Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw at 05:00 local time on Sunday. The man had been trapped for nearly 40 hours under the rubble of a hospital in the city. After an overnight emergency rescue, it was the first person rescued by the Chinese team after arriving in the earthquake-stricken area of Myanmar on Saturday. Photo by Wang Hao/Yunnan Media Group/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rescue Operations Underway in Earthquake-Hit Myanmar

March 30, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This video screenshot taken on March 30, 2025 shows rescue operations underway in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A rescue team of China's Yunnan Province, joined by Myanmar's rescue forces, retrieved an elderly man in earthquake-hit Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw at 05:00 local time on Sunday. The man had been trapped for nearly 40 hours under the rubble of a hospital in the city. After an overnight emergency rescue, it was the first person rescued by the Chinese team after arriving in the earthquake-stricken area of Myanmar on Saturday. Photo by Wang Hao/Yunnan Media Group/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rescue Operations Underway in Earthquake-Hit Myanmar

March 30, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This video screenshot taken on March 30, 2025 shows rescue operations underway in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A rescue team of China's Yunnan Province, joined by Myanmar's rescue forces, retrieved an elderly man in earthquake-hit Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw at 05:00 local time on Sunday. The man had been trapped for nearly 40 hours under the rubble of a hospital in the city. After an overnight emergency rescue, it was the first person rescued by the Chinese team after arriving in the earthquake-stricken area of Myanmar on Saturday. Photo by Wang Hao/Yunnan Media Group/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rescue Operations Underway in Earthquake-Hit Myanmar

March 30, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This video screenshot taken on March 30, 2025 shows rescue operations underway in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A rescue team of China's Yunnan Province, joined by Myanmar's rescue forces, retrieved an elderly man in earthquake-hit Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw at 05:00 local time on Sunday. The man had been trapped for nearly 40 hours under the rubble of a hospital in the city. After an overnight emergency rescue, it was the first person rescued by the Chinese team after arriving in the earthquake-stricken area of Myanmar on Saturday. Photo by Wang Hao/Yunnan Media Group/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Deadly Hurricane Milton Leaves Destruction And Massive Power Outages

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday, October 9, bringing high winds, heavy rain, and storm surges. At least 17 people have died due to Milton and its aftermath, and more than 2 million people remained without power as of Friday.

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US: Hurricane Milton Tears Roof Off Tropicana Field In Devastating Strike 2

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, on Wednesday, October 9, as a Category 3 storm. Milton brought high winds, ripping off the roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.

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Efforts To Free Orphaned Orca - Canada

A Ehattesaht First Nations team certified to work with the Marine Mammal Rescue team throws harbour seal meat behind his zodiak to tow behind in an effort to supplement it's diet in a lagoon where the orphaned orca has been spending most of it's time near Zeballos, B.C., on April 4, 2024. Photo by Chad Hipolito/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Efforts To Free Orphaned Orca - Canada

A Ehattesaht First Nations team certified to work with the Marine Mammal Rescue team throws harbour seal meat behind his zodiak to tow behind in an effort to supplement it's diet in a lagoon where the orphaned orca has been spending most of it's time near Zeballos, B.C., on April 4, 2024. Photo by Chad Hipolito/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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DC: President Biden Awards the Medal of Honor to US Army Captain Larry Taylor

President Joe Biden wears a mask before presenting the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Captain Larry Taylor during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House on September 5, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The President is wearing a mask after his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, tested positive for COVID last night. Captain Taylor is being awarded the Medal of Honor for actions he took in 1968 while serving as a team leader of a helicopter light-fire team that directly resulted in the rescue of a 4-man reconnaissance patrol that became surrounded by overwhelming enemy forces. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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MEXICO-MEXICO CITY-EARTHQUAKE-NATIONAL DRILL

(230419) -- MEXICO CITY, April 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Emergency rescue team members take part in the First National Drill 2023 in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on April 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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MEXICO-MEXICO CITY-EARTHQUAKE-NATIONAL DRILL

(230419) -- MEXICO CITY, April 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An emergency rescue team member takes part in the First National Drill 2023 in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on April 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe marks 60th anniversary of Chinese Medical Teams

STORY: Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe marks 60th anniversary of Chinese medical teams DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of Chinese Medical Teams 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHU WEI, Head of the 19th Chinese Medical Team 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CONSTANTINO CHIWENGA, Vice President of Zimbabwe, Minister of Health and Childcare 4. various of Chinese Medical Teams STORYLINE: A ceremony was held in Zimbabwe on Wednesday to mark the 60th anniversary since China sent its first medical teams abroad. The event also celebrated the annual shift of Chinese medical teams to Zimbabwe. China has dispatched 20 medical teams to Zimbabwe since 1985. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHU WEI, Head of the 19th Chinese Medical Team "We have provided medical services to local people wholeheartedly, promoted the cooperation project of the counterpart hospitals for respiratory and critical care constantly, promoted on-site rescue, f

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1 killed, 7 injured in train explosion in Pakistan's Punjab

STORY: 1 killed, 7 injured in train explosion in Pakistan's Punjab DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosion site 2. various of the rescue team 3. various of the explosion site STORYLINE: At least one passenger was killed and seven others were injured on Thursday in an explosion in a train in the Sahiwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, rescue service reported. According to the reports, the incident took place in the morning near Chichawatni railway station of the district when suddenly a blast occurred in a compartment, which killed a female passenger on the spot. Rescuers reached the site and shifted the dead and the five injured passengers to the hospital, the rescue service said. Two other injured were given first aid on the spot and were not required to be taken to the hospital, it added. The reason for the blast has not been found yet and a further investigation was underway, said the rescue service. The ill

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHINA RED CROSS SOCIETY-MEDICAL SUPPLIES-EARTHQUAKE

(230210) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Medical supplies donated by the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) are unloaded in Damascus, capital of Syria, Feb. 9, 2023. The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) on Thursday morning dispatched a team of rescue workers with its first batch of medical supplies to Syria to assist the earthquake-hit country in rescue operations. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHINA RED CROSS SOCIETY-MEDICAL SUPPLIES-EARTHQUAKE

(230210) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Medical supplies donated by the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) are unloaded in Damascus, capital of Syria, Feb. 9, 2023. The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) on Thursday morning dispatched a team of rescue workers with its first batch of medical supplies to Syria to assist the earthquake-hit country in rescue operations. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHINA RED CROSS SOCIETY-MEDICAL SUPPLIES-EARTHQUAKE

(230210) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Medical supplies donated by the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) are unloaded in Damascus, capital of Syria, Feb. 9, 2023. The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) on Thursday morning dispatched a team of rescue workers with its first batch of medical supplies to Syria to assist the earthquake-hit country in rescue operations. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHINA RED CROSS SOCIETY-MEDICAL SUPPLIES-EARTHQUAKE

(230210) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Medical supplies donated by the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) are unloaded in Damascus, capital of Syria, Feb. 9, 2023. The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) on Thursday morning dispatched a team of rescue workers with its first batch of medical supplies to Syria to assist the earthquake-hit country in rescue operations. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHINA RED CROSS SOCIETY-MEDICAL SUPPLIES-EARTHQUAKE

(230210) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Medical supplies donated by the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) are unloaded in Damascus, capital of Syria, Feb. 9, 2023. The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) on Thursday morning dispatched a team of rescue workers with its first batch of medical supplies to Syria to assist the earthquake-hit country in rescue operations. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHINA RED CROSS SOCIETY-MEDICAL SUPPLIES-EARTHQUAKE

(230210) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Medical supplies donated by the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) are unloaded in Damascus, capital of Syria, Feb. 9, 2023. The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) on Thursday morning dispatched a team of rescue workers with its first batch of medical supplies to Syria to assist the earthquake-hit country in rescue operations. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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Chinese civilian efforts intensify to help earthquake rescue in Türkiye

STORY: Chinese civilian efforts intensify to help earthquake rescue in Türkiye DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Blue Sky Rescue (BSR) team heading for Türkiye 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG YONG, Founder of the Blue Sky Rescue (BSR) team 3. various of the Rescue Team of Ramunion arriving in Adana, Türkiye 4. various of machinery from Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group joining in the rescue work STORYLINE: Several Chinese civilian rescue teams have departed for Türkiye to help with rescue efforts following devastating earthquakes. The first batch of the Blue Sky Rescue (BSR) team, a professional non-profit search-and-rescue organization, consists of 50 members. They arrived in Türkiye on Wednesday. Many of them have international rescue experience. On Wednesday, another 127 BSR members from different parts of China assembled in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. They then departed for Türkiye, bringing with them more devices including

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Rescue team from India

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of the National Disaster Response Force from India search through the rubble for missing people in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 2, 2011. It is the first time India's NDRF, whose 46-member rescue team arrived in Japan on March 28, is engaged in an overseas mission.

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Rescue team from India

ONAGAWA, Japan - Yukiyoshi Sato, 38, cries in front of the recovered body of his mother, 59, as members of India's rescue team and others look on in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 2, 2011. The body was recovered by India's National Disaster Response Force team, which is engaged in its first overseas mission in Japan, following the country's March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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S. Korean rescue team back home

SEOUL, South Korea - A rescue worker undergoes a radiation check in Seoul on March 23, 2011, after returning from a search and rescue operation in northeastern Japan. The South Koreans arrived in Japan three days after the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster as the first team among foreign rescuers.

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South Korean rescue workers arrive in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers from South Korea arrive at Haneda airport in Tokyo on March 12, 2011, after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 hit the country the previous day. They were the first rescue team to arrive in Japan from overseas following the quake.

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Relief workers return from N.Z.

NARITA, Japan - Members of Japan's disaster relief team return from New Zealand to Narita airport, near Tokyo, on March 3, 2011, after conducting search and rescue operations in quake-hit Christchurch. The first relief team from Japan, which was unable to find any survivors during their operation, has been replaced by a second team.

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N.Z. quake aftermath

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The first batch of Japanese disaster relief team members head to a departure gate at Christchurch airport in New Zealand to return to Japan on March 2, 2011, after conducting search and rescue operations for victims of a deadly earthquake. The number of Japanese relief team members at the site of the quake was reduced to 32.

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1st bio-terrorism drill held at sea in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Special rescue team members of the Japan Coast Guard's regional headquarters in Yokohama remove white powder in a bio-terrorism drill Nov. 27 aboard the 3,500-ton patrol boat Izu at Yokohama Port. The drill, the first such drill conducted at sea in Japan, was based on the hypothesis that anthrax had been found on a passenger ship in Tokyo Bay.

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Japan's 1st relief team sent to quake-hit Turkey

NARITA, Japan - Japan's rescue team of 20 firefighters, the first group of Japan's emergency relief mission, leaves Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Turkey, which was hit by a killer earthquake, on Aug. 17. The 20 firefighters are part of some 20 medical and 35 rescue personnel to western Turkey. The death toll rises to at least 800, according to Turkish state TV station.

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CHINA-TIBET-AIRBORNE EMERGENCY RESCUE TEAM (CN)

(221116) -- LHASA, Nov. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An airborne drill is conducted by Tibet's airborne rescue team for emergency response to train for firefighting in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 12, 2022. TO GO WITH "Tibet sets up first airborne emergency rescue team" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-TIBET-AIRBORNE EMERGENCY RESCUE TEAM (CN)

(221116) -- LHASA, Nov. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An airborne drill is conducted by Tibet's airborne rescue team for emergency response to train for firefighting in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 12, 2022. TO GO WITH "Tibet sets up first airborne emergency rescue team" (Xinhua)

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Shipwreck in C China's Wuhan lifted out of Yangtze River for navigation safety

STORY: Shipwreck in C China's Wuhan lifted out of Yangtze River for navigation safety DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:16 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a salvage team lifting a shipwreck from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE LE, Deputy director of Wuhan Water Emergency Rescue Base STORYLINE: A salvage team from the Yangtze River waterway administration managed to lift a shipwreck from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Wuhan on Tuesday. According to the administration, this was the first salvage operation that's part of a project aimed to clear out the passage in the main stream of the Yangtze River. The submerged ship, named Erhang 9566, sank to the bottom of the river 4 years ago. Its large-sized wreck with residual fuel oil had negatively affected local ecological environment and navigation safety. In early September, the salvage team dispatched a 1,000-tonne crane ship and other vessels and equipment to the site. The

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1st bio-terrorism drill held at sea in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Special rescue team members of the Japan Coast Guard's regional headquarters in Yokohama remove white powder in a bio-terrorism drill Nov. 27 aboard the 3,500-ton patrol boat Izu at Yokohama Port. The drill, the first such drill conducted at sea in Japan, was based on the hypothesis that anthrax had been found on a passenger ship in Tokyo Bay.

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Japan's 1st relief team sent to quake-hit Turkey

NARITA, Japan - Japan's rescue team of 20 firefighters, the first group of Japan's emergency relief mission, leaves Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Turkey, which was hit by a killer earthquake, on Aug. 17. The 20 firefighters are part of some 20 medical and 35 rescue personnel to western Turkey. The death toll rises to at least 800, according to Turkish state TV station.

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(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed hospital staff dormitory in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed hospital staff dormitory in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed hospital staff dormitory in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed hospital staff dormitory in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area in China

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed apartment in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

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1st batch of Japan's relief team arrives in disaster area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team reaches Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan on May 16 to begin rescue and recovery operations after a devastating earthquake on May 12. The group of 31 workers, the first foreign rescue team to arrive in China, reached Guanzhuang Town in Qingchuan at around 10 a.m. on May 16, traveling by land after arrival at the airport in Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu early in the day. Qingchuan is located 250 kilometers northeast of the epicenter and 400 km from Chengdu. (Kyodo)

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Rescue team from India

ONAGAWA, Japan - Yukiyoshi Sato, 38, cries in front of the recovered body of his mother, 59, as members of India's rescue team and others look on in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 2, 2011. The body was recovered by India's National Disaster Response Force team, which is engaged in its first overseas mission in Japan, following the country's March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Rescue team from India

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of the National Disaster Response Force from India search through the rubble for missing people in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 2, 2011. It is the first time India's NDRF, whose 46-member rescue team arrived in Japan on March 28, is engaged in an overseas mission. (Kyodo)

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Relief workers return from N.Z.

NARITA, Japan - Members of Japan's disaster relief team return from New Zealand to Narita airport, near Tokyo, on March 3, 2011, after conducting search and rescue operations in quake-hit Christchurch. The first relief team from Japan, which was unable to find any survivors during their operation, has been replaced by a second team. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean rescue team back home

SEOUL, South Korea - A rescue worker undergoes a radiation check in Seoul on March 23, 2011, after returning from a search and rescue operation in northeastern Japan. The South Koreans arrived in Japan three days after the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster as the first team among foreign rescuers. (Kyodo)