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China: Typhoon Bavi Rips Metal Roof Off Residential Building in Shanghai

Typhoon Bavi tore the metal roof off a residential building in Chongming District, Shanghai on July 12, 2026, with footage showing the structure shaking violently before being ripped apart and blown to the ground by powerful gusts.

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Mourning for Pele

Mourning for Pele

Photo taken Jan. 2, 2023, shows football club Santos' home stadium in Santos, southeastern Brazil, where the coffin of Brazilian legend Pele, who died four days earlier at age 82, is on display for mourners to pay their respects.

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Tokyo gets winter's first snow

Tokyo gets winter's first snow

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians walk in Tokyo's Shiodome district on Dec. 29 amid this winter's first snow in the metropolitan area, falling four days earlier than usual but two days later than last year's first snow.

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Mt. Ontake eruption

Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, shows a building in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, where the bodies of climbers, killed in the eruption four days earlier of Mt. Ontake, were temporarily placed.

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Mt. Ontake eruption

Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, shows people entering a building in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, where the bodies of climbers, killed in the eruption four days earlier of Mt. Ontake, were temporarily placed.

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Search efforts resume in Mt. Ontake eruption

Search efforts resume in Mt. Ontake eruption

OTAKI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and firefighters board a helicopter on Oct. 1, 2014, to head for Mt. Ontake, continuing to fume since its eruption four days earlier, in central Japan. Police, firefighters and the GSDF resumed operations the same day to find survivors and retrieve bodies at the 3,067-meter volcano, after interruptions due to continued volcanic activity. The eruption has claimed dozens of victims.

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Search efforts resume in Mt. Ontake eruption

Search efforts resume in Mt. Ontake eruption

OTAKI, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter carrying rescue workers on Oct. 1, 2014, heads for Mt. Ontake (R back), continuing to fume since its eruption four days earlier, in central Japan. Police, firefighters and the GSDF resumed operations the same day to find survivors and retrieve bodies at the 3,067-meter volcano, after interruptions due to continued volcanic activity. The eruption has claimed dozens of victims.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 20, 2014, shows workers carrying a body recovered from inside a ferry that sank four days earlier off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 20, 2014, shows workers carrying a body recovered from inside a ferry that sank four days earlier off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 20, 2014, shows workers carrying a body recovered from inside a ferry that sank four days earlier off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 20, 2014, shows workers carrying bodies recovered from inside a ferry that sank four days earlier off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 20, 2014, shows workers carrying bodies recovered from inside a ferry that sank four days earlier off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken April 20, 2014, shows relatives of a missing passenger aboard a ferry that sank four days earlier off the island of Jindo, at a gymnasium on the island in southwestern South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken April 20, 2014, shows relatives of a missing passenger aboard a ferry that sank four days earlier off the island of Jindo, at a gymnasium on the island in southwestern South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken April 20, 2014, shows a relative of a missing passenger aboard a ferry that sank four days earlier off the island of Jindo, at a gymnasium on the island in southwestern South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken April 20, 2014, shows a relative of a missing passenger aboard a ferry that sank four days earlier off the island of Jindo, at a gymnasium on the island in southwestern South Korea.

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80kg of cocaine found on Japan coast

80kg of cocaine found on Japan coast

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 21, 2013, shows the seashore in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, where four backpacks containing roughly 80 kilograms of cocaine were discovered two days earlier in one of the largest finds of drugs in Japan.

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Shinto ritual on Lake Suwa

Shinto ritual on Lake Suwa

NAGANO, Japan - A Shinto ritual is held on the surface of the frozen Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012 to predict the year's social situations and the prospects for crop harvests and weather from a streak of elevated ice cracks, a natural phenomenon observed two days earlier on the Nagano Prefecture lake for the first time in four years.

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Shinto ritual on Lake Suwa

Shinto ritual on Lake Suwa

NAGANO, Japan - A Shinto ritual is held on the surface of the frozen Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012 to predict the year's social situations and the prospects for crop harvests and weather from a streak of elevated ice cracks, a natural phenomenon observed two days earlier on the Nagano Prefecture lake for the first time in four years.

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Cherry trees start blooming in Fukuoka

Cherry trees start blooming in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - A woman points to the first blossoms on ''someiyoshino'' cherry trees in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on March 22, 2011. The Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory declared the same day that cherry trees had started to bloom in the city, the third location this season in Japan after Shizuoka and Kumamoto among designated observation areas across the country. The blossoming of the cherry trees in Fukuoka is four days earlier than the average year.

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Scenes from quake-hit Java Island

Scenes from quake-hit Java Island

BANTUL, Indonesia - Advance team members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are briefed on the situation in Bantul on Java Island on May 31 after the powerful earthquake that struck four days earlier.

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Largest Hindu festival concludes with immersion of idols in Bangladesh

STORY: Largest Hindu festival concludes with immersion of idols in Bangladesh DATELINE: Oct. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:15 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Durga Puja celebrations and immersion of idols in Bangladesh STORYLINE: Durga Puja, one of the largest Hindu festivals, ended in Bangladesh on Wednesday with the immersion of the idols. Starting from Oct. 1 across Bangladesh, the five-day Durga Puja festival involved the worship of Hindu Mother Goddess Durga symbolizing the power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology. JL Bhowmik, president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad (BPUP), the largest organization of Hindus in Bangladesh, had earlier said that this year, the Durga Puja was celebrated at over 32,168 pavilions in Bangladesh including 241 in Dhaka. After worshipping for four days, devotees joined hands to lower the idols into the water amid the beating of drums, prayers and chanting of hymns, marking the end of the goddess' annual sojourn to her paternal home. S

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S.Korea, U.S. launch annual military drills, protests aroused

STORY: S.Korea, U.S. launch annual military drills, protests aroused DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. S.korea-U.S. Combined Command Post Training (source: Yonhap TV/File) 2. S.Korea-U.S. joint military exercises (File) STORYLINE: The combined forces of South Korea and the United States on Tuesday launched annual military drills as planned, three days after liberal activists held a massive rally to protest against it. The South Korea-led crisis management drills, designed to practice procedures to respond to possible pre-war crisis scenarios, kicked off earlier in the day. The four-day preliminary drills will be conducted ahead of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, a newly-named summertime military exercise between the two allies involving field maneuvers. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement on Tuesday that the UFS exercise, which is defensive in nature as it has been annually staged, would last from Aug. 22 t

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers carry a coffin at a church in Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 15, 2022. A funeral was held there for four members of the Ukrainian military killed by a Russian missile attack two days earlier.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian invasion of Ukraine

People grieve before a coffin of a Ukrainian soldier at a church in Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 15, 2022. A funeral was held there for four members of the Ukrainian military killed by a Russian missile attack two days earlier.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Members of bereaved families grieve before coffins at a church in Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 15, 2022. A funeral was held there for four members of the Ukrainian military killed by a Russian missile attack two days earlier.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers carry a coffin at a church in Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 15, 2022. A funeral was held there for four members of the Ukrainian military killed by a Russian missile attack two days earlier.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian invasion of Ukraine

People gather at a church in Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 15, 2022, for a funeral of four members of the Ukrainian military killed by a Russian missile attack two days earlier.

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Tokyo gets winter's first snow

Tokyo gets winter's first snow

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians walk in Tokyo's Shiodome district on Dec. 29 amid this winter's first snow in the metropolitan area, falling four days earlier than usual but two days later than last year's first snow. (Kyodo)

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"Cherry blossom front" begins tour north through Japan archipelago

"Cherry blossom front" begins tour north through Japan archipelago

Photo taken March 19, 2016, shows a "Somei Yoshino" cherry blossom that bloomed in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka four days earlier than usual. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house approves resignation of scandal-hit lawmaker

Lower house approves resignation of scandal-hit lawmaker

Kensuke Miyazaki of the Liberal Democratic Party bows as the House of Representatives approves his resignation during a plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2016. Miyazaki tendered his resignation to the lower house four days earlier following the revelation he had an affair with a woman while his wife, a fellow LDP parliamentarian, was pregnant. With his departure, a lower house by-election is scheduled for April 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean citizens pledge to follow up on Kim Jong Un's speech

N. Korean citizens pledge to follow up on Kim Jong Un's speech

North Korean citizens gather in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Jan. 5, 2016, to pledge to meet the goals stated in Kim Jong Un's New Year address four days earlier. The leader pledged to seek improved relations with South Korea and boost his country's economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean citizens pledge to follow up on Kim Jong Un's speech

N. Korean citizens pledge to follow up on Kim Jong Un's speech

North Korean citizens gather in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Jan. 5, 2016, to pledge to meet the goals stated in Kim Jong Un's New Year address four days earlier. The leader pledged to seek improved relations with South Korea and boost his country's economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean citizens pledge to follow up on Kim Jong Un's speech

N. Korean citizens pledge to follow up on Kim Jong Un's speech

North Korean citizens gather in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Jan. 5, 2016, to pledge to meet the goals stated in Kim Jong Un's New Year address four days earlier. The leader pledged to seek improved relations with South Korea and boost his country's economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kulizhnikov preparing to break own world record

Kulizhnikov preparing to break own world record

Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia gets ready on Nov. 19, 2015, for a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, starting the following day. The 21-year-old Kulizhnikov set a world record of 34.00 seconds in the 500-meter event in the season-opening event in Calgary, Canada, four days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kulizhnikov preparing to break own world record

Kulizhnikov preparing to break own world record

Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia gets ready on Nov. 19, 2015, for a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, starting the following day. The 21-year-old Kulizhnikov set a world record of 34.00 seconds in the 500-meter event in the season-opening event in Calgary, Canada, four days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bolt beats Gatlin again for sprint double

Bolt beats Gatlin again for sprint double

Jamaica's Usain Bolt (R) crosses the finish line ahead of Justin Gatlin of the United States in the men's 200-meter final at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 27, 2015. Bolt and Gatlin were also first and second in the 100 final four days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wildfire in eastern Japan

Wildfire in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 25, 2021, shows the site of a wildfire in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The wildfire started four days earlier.

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Wildfire in eastern Japan

Wildfire in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 25, 2021, shows the site of a wildfire in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The wildfire started four days earlier.

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Wildfire in eastern Japan

Wildfire in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 25, 2021, shows the site of a wildfire in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The wildfire started four days earlier.

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Wildfire in eastern Japan

Wildfire in eastern Japan

Photo taken on Feb. 25, 2021, shows a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter dumping water on a wildfire in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The wildfire started four days earlier.

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Wildfire in eastern Japan

Wildfire in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 25, 2021, shows the site of a wildfire in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The wildfire started four days earlier.

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Wildfire in eastern Japan

Wildfire in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 25, 2021, shows the site of a wildfire in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The wildfire started four days earlier.

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Wildfire in eastern Japan

Wildfire in eastern Japan

Smoke from a wildfire rises near a residential area in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Feb. 25, 2021. The wildfire reportedly started four days earlier.

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Reconstruction continuing decade after Pakistani killer quake

Reconstruction continuing decade after Pakistani killer quake

File photo taken on Oct. 12, 2005, shows people searching for residents buried under a collapsed housing complex in Muzaffarabad, northeastern Pakistan. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred four days earlier killed about 73,000 people in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reconstruction still going on decade after Pakistani killer quake

Reconstruction still going on decade after Pakistani killer quake

File photo taken on Oct. 12, 2005, shows a man lying on a bed in front of his collapsed home in Muzaffarabad, northeastern Pakistan. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred four days earlier killed about 73,000 people in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Cleanup operations are progressing on July 7, 2021, at the site of the deadly mudslide triggered by heavy rain four days earlier in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan.

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Huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Cleanup operations are progressing on July 7, 2021, at the site of the deadly mudslide triggered by heavy rain four days earlier in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan.

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Huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Cleanup operations are progressing on July 7, 2021, at the site of the deadly mudslide triggered by heavy rain four days earlier in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan.

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Huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

A police officer on July 7, 2021, washes pictures found at the site of the deadly mudslide triggered by heavy rain four days earlier in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan.

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