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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (2nd from L) talks with manager Dave Roberts (30) during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta. Sasaki will be on the injured list due to a blister on his right middle finger.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (2nd from L) talks with manager Dave Roberts (30) during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta. Sasaki will be on the injured list due to a blister on his right middle finger.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (11) is pulled from the mound during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (11) is pulled from the mound during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (11) is pulled from the mound during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (11) is pulled from the mound during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki is pulled from the mound during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

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Japan: Typhoon Saudel Brings Strong Winds, Rain to Amami Islands

Typhoon Saudel brought strong winds and heavy rain to the Amami islands and parts of Okinawa's main island from Tuesday, August 25, through Wednesday, August 26, as it moved northwestward across the East China Sea, cutting power to about 34,000 homes.

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ICC chief Akane

ICC chief Akane

Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, speaks during an online press conference organized by the Japan National Press Club on Aug. 26, 2026. Akane said she will resist U.S. sanctions against her and defend the Hague-based judicial body amid mounting pressure from Washington.

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Japan's rice reserves

Japan's rice reserves

File photo taken on May 30, 2025, shows the Japanese government's rice stockpile at a storage center in Kanagawa Prefecture. Japan's farm ministry is set to buy back rice it released from its stockpile in 2025 amid calls by farmers concerned about a surplus and a price collapse.

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Japan's rice reserves

Japan's rice reserves

File photo taken on May 30, 2025, shows the Japanese government's rice stockpile at a storage center in Kanagawa Prefecture. Japan's farm ministry is set to buy back rice it released from its stockpile in 2025 amid calls by farmers concerned about a surplus and a price collapse.

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Japan's rice reserves

Japan's rice reserves

File photo taken on May 30, 2025, shows the Japanese government's rice stockpile at a storage center in Kanagawa Prefecture. Japan's farm ministry is set to buy back rice it released from its stockpile in 2025 amid calls by farmers concerned about a surplus and a price collapse.

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Musical on history of Japan-Vietnam ties to begin in Yokohama

Musical on history of Japan-Vietnam ties to begin in Yokohama

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) poses for a photo with lead actors from Japan and Vietnam starring in the musical "Princess Anio" as well as Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa (3rd from R) at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2026. The musical, depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties, will be held between Sept. 12 and Sept. 27 at Kanagawa Arts Theater in Yokohama near Tokyo.

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China: Man Rescues Drowning Dog Using Tree Branch in Shanxi

A man in Jincheng, Shanxi, used a long tree branch to pull a struggling dog from the water on July 30, 2026. The dog bit onto the branch as the man guided it safely to the embankment.

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US: Empire State Building Glows Pink in Tribute to Dolly Parton 3

The Empire State Building lit its tower lights in a pink sparkle on Tuesday, August 25, in tribute to country music icon Dolly Parton, who died earlier that day at age 80. The illumination ran from 9:25 to 10:25 p.m., a nod to Parton's song and film "9 to 5," and also honored her Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library children's book charity.

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US: Empire State Building Glows Pink in Tribute to Dolly Parton 2

The Empire State Building lit its tower lights in a pink sparkle on Tuesday, August 25, in tribute to country music icon Dolly Parton, who died earlier that day at age 80. The illumination ran from 9:25 to 10:25 p.m., a nod to Parton's song and film "9 to 5," and also honored her Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library children's book charity.

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US: Empire State Building Glows Pink in Tribute to Dolly Parton

The Empire State Building lit its tower lights in a pink sparkle on Tuesday, August 25, in tribute to country music icon Dolly Parton, who died earlier that day at age 80. The illumination ran from 9:25 to 10:25 p.m., a nod to Parton's song and film "9 to 5," and also honored her Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library children's book charity.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko are greeted by officials at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 26, 2026, after returning from their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (3rd from L) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko are greeted by officials at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 26, 2026, after returning from their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (3rd from L) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko are greeted by officials at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 26, 2026, after returning from their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko meet officials at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 26, 2026, after returning from their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko return to Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 26, 2026, following their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko return to Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 26, 2026, following their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko return to Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 26, 2026, following their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country.

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Ex-Japan abductee Soga calls for early gov't action

Ex-Japan abductee Soga calls for early gov't action

Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga speaks during a rally in Ageo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 25, 2026, urging the government to take action to rescue Japanese still in North Korea, in light of the age of their family members. Soga, 67, returned from North Korea in 2002 following a Japan-North Korea summit in Pyongyang.

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Ex-Japan abductee Soga calls for early gov't action

Ex-Japan abductee Soga calls for early gov't action

Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga speaks during a rally in Ageo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 25, 2026, urging the government to take action to rescue Japanese still in North Korea, in light of the age of their family members. Soga, 67, returned from North Korea in 2002 following a Japan-North Korea summit in Pyongyang.

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Ex-Japan abductee Soga calls for early gov't action

Ex-Japan abductee Soga calls for early gov't action

Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga speaks during a rally in Ageo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 25, 2026, urging the government to take action to rescue Japanese still in North Korea, in light of the age of their family members. Soga, 67, returned from North Korea in 2002 following a Japan-North Korea summit in Pyongyang.

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Ex-Japan abductee Soga calls for early gov't action

Ex-Japan abductee Soga calls for early gov't action

Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga speaks during a rally in Ageo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 25, 2026, urging the government to take action to rescue Japanese still in North Korea, in light of the age of their family members. Soga, 67, returned from North Korea in 2002 following a Japan-North Korea summit in Pyongyang.

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US: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Creates “Jellyfish Cloud” Effect 3

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, August 25. The first-stage booster completed its record 37th flight.

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US: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Creates “Jellyfish Cloud” Effect 2

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, August 25. The first-stage booster completed its record 37th flight.

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US: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Creates “Jellyfish Cloud” Effect

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, August 25. The first-stage booster completed its record 37th flight.

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Spain: Floodwater Sweeps Person Down Tarragona Street

A person was swept along by floodwater on Carrer d'Apodaca in Tarragona, Spain, on Monday, August 24, as heavy rain left the street submerged. The video, filmed from a balcony overlooking the flooded road, shows the person being carried by the current as another bystander watches from the sidewalk. No injuries were reported.

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China: Firefighter Rescues Soot-Covered Cat From Warehouse Fire

A firefighter carried a soot-covered cat to safety after the animal survived a warehouse fire in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, on September 7, 2025. Video shows the exhausted cat, coated in black soot, being gently lifted from the charred debris; the firefighter later paid out of pocket for the cat's veterinary treatment.

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Scene in North Korea

Scene in North Korea

Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2026, from the Chinese border city of Dandong in Liaoning Province shows a gate-like large building (L) under construction on the North Korean side of the Yalu River.

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Scene in North Korea

Scene in North Korea

Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2026, from the Chinese border city of Dandong in Liaoning Province shows a gate-like large building (L) under construction on the North Korean side of the Yalu River.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko are greeted prior to their departure from an international airport near Asuncion on Aug. 24, 2026, as they wrap up their official visit to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko are greeted prior to their departure from an international airport near Asuncion on Aug. 24, 2026, as they wrap up their official visit to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko are greeted prior to their departure from an international airport near Asuncion on Aug. 24, 2026, as they wrap up their official visit to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko are greeted prior to their departure from an international airport near Asuncion on Aug. 24, 2026, as they wrap up their official visit to the South American country.

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Kabuki performance in London

Kabuki performance in London

Kabuki actors Ichikawa Somegoro VIII (2nd from R) and Onoe Tatsunosuke III attend a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2026. They will perform abroad for the first time in London in January 2027.

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US: Hawk Fire Burns Structures, Forces Mass Evacuations in Reno Area 4

Fueled by strong winds, the Hawk Fire grew to more than 15,000 acres by Sunday evening after igniting Saturday in the Sierra Nevada foothills, forcing roughly 42,000 people to evacuate near Reno, Nevada, with another 45,000 told to prepare to leave. Officials said six people, including three first responders and three civilians, were injured, and several structures have burned, as about 800 firefighters from local, state and federal agencies battle the blaze with zero containment.

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US: Hawk Fire Burns Structures, Forces Mass Evacuations in Reno Area 3

Fueled by strong winds, the Hawk Fire grew to more than 15,000 acres by Sunday evening after igniting Saturday in the Sierra Nevada foothills, forcing roughly 42,000 people to evacuate near Reno, Nevada, with another 45,000 told to prepare to leave. Officials said six people, including three first responders and three civilians, were injured, and several structures have burned, as about 800 firefighters from local, state and federal agencies battle the blaze with zero containment.

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Scene from Kyiv

Scene from Kyiv

A poster encouraging enlistment in the Ukrainian armed forces is seen in Kyiv on Aug. 23, 2026, as the country marks four and a half years since the start of Russia's invasion.

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Scene from Kyiv

Scene from Kyiv

A poster encouraging enlistment in the Ukrainian armed forces is seen in Kyiv on Aug. 23, 2026, as the country marks four and a half years since the start of Russia's invasion.

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Thailand: Massive Waterspout Forms Off Koh Lipe Coast

A massive waterspout formed over the sea off Koh Lipe, Thailand, on August 9, 2026, descending from dark storm clouds and churning the ocean surface below.

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US: Hawk Fire Burns Structures, Forces Mass Evacuations in Reno Area 2

Fueled by strong winds, the Hawk Fire grew to more than 15,000 acres by Sunday evening after igniting Saturday in the Sierra Nevada foothills, forcing roughly 42,000 people to evacuate near Reno, Nevada, with another 45,000 told to prepare to leave. Officials said six people, including three first responders and three civilians, were injured, and several structures have burned, as about 800 firefighters from local, state and federal agencies battle the blaze with zero containment.

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US: Hawk Fire Burns Structures, Forces Mass Evacuations in Reno Area

Fueled by strong winds, the Hawk Fire grew to more than 15,000 acres by Sunday evening after igniting Saturday in the Sierra Nevada foothills, forcing roughly 42,000 people to evacuate near Reno, Nevada, with another 45,000 told to prepare to leave. Officials said six people, including three first responders and three civilians, were injured, and several structures have burned, as about 800 firefighters from local, state and federal agencies battle the blaze with zero containment.

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US: Ethan Fire Breaks Out Near Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale, California

A brush fire dubbed the Ethan Fire broke out Sunday, August 23, at Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale, California, sending a towering column of smoke into the sky that was visible from nearby communities.

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Scene from Kyiv

Scene from Kyiv

A woman looks at portraits of fallen Ukrainian soldiers displayed on a wall in Kyiv on Aug. 22, 2026.

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Scene from Kyiv

Scene from Kyiv

Portraits of fallen Ukrainian soldiers are displayed at Independence Square in Kyiv on Aug. 22, 2026.

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