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Canada: Convoy of Evacuees Arrives in Opaskwayak Cree Nation Amid Wildfires

Thousands of people in Manitoba have been forced to evacuate as massive, out-of-control wildfires sweep through the province, prompting a monthlong state of emergency. This video, recorded Wednesday, May 28, shows a convoy of evacuees arriving in the areas surrounding Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), The Pas, and the Rural Municipality of Kelsey.

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Blessing and installation of cross at Trinity Gate Church in Kyiv

Avraamii, the head of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Mykhailo Lotysh), participates in the blessing of a cross to be installed on a dome of the 12th-century Gate Church of the Trinity at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Preserve, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 15, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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Blessing and installation of cross at Trinity Gate Church in Kyiv

Avraamii, the head of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Mykhailo Lotysh), participates in the blessing of a cross to be installed on a dome of the 12th-century Gate Church of the Trinity at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Preserve, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 15, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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Blessing of water in Kyiv Region

KYIV REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Church of Saint Andrew in Nove village, father Nazarii Bihun blesses people with holy water by Lake Verkhnie situated near Tarasivka village on Epiphany, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Blessing of water in Kyiv Region

KYIV REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Church of Saint Andrew in Nove village, father Nazarii Bihun blesses the water by dipping a crucifix into a bowl by Lake Verkhnie situated near Tarasivka village on Epiphany, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Blessing of water in Kyiv Region

KYIV REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Church of Saint Andrew in Nove village, father Nazarii Bihun blesses the water by dipping a crucifix into a bowl by Lake Verkhnie situated near Tarasivka village on Epiphany, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Greek Catholic liturgy in Kyiv on Epiphany

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Sviatoslav Shevchuk (C) uses a dikirion and a trikirion during the divine liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on Epiphany, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Greek Catholic liturgy in Kyiv on Epiphany

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Sviatoslav Shevchuk shares the Holy Communion with children during the divine liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on Epiphany, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Greek Catholic liturgy in Kyiv on Epiphany

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Sviatoslav Shevchuk partakes in the divine liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on Epiphany, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Greek Catholic liturgy in Kyiv on Epiphany

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Sviatoslav Shevchuk shares the Holy Communion with children during the divine liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on Epiphany, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Greek Catholic liturgy in Kyiv on Epiphany

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Sviatoslav Shevchuk shares the Holy Communion with children during the divine liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on Epiphany, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Greek Catholic liturgy in Kyiv on Epiphany

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Sviatoslav Shevchuk partakes in the divine liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on Epiphany, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Greek Catholic liturgy in Kyiv on Epiphany

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2024 - Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Sviatoslav Shevchuk (C) partakes in the divine liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on Epiphany, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Divine liturgy in Kryvorivnia

KRYVORIVNIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 25, 2023 - Head of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Father Ivan Rybaruk conducts the divine liturgy on Christmas Day, Kryvorivnia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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Divine liturgy in Kryvorivnia

KRYVORIVNIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 25, 2023 - Head of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Father Ivan Rybaruk conducts the divine liturgy on Christmas Day, Kryvorivnia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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Kashmiri Muslims Pray At Hazratbal Shrine - India

Kashmiri Muslim women pray as they wait for the head priest to display a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) during special prayers on the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA), the second Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar. Srinagar Kashmir, India, July 16, 2023. Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Muslims Pray At Hazratbal Shrine - India

A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays as she waits for the head priest to display a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) during special prayers on the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA), the second Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar. Srinagar Kashmir, India, July 16, 2023. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Muslims Pray At Hazratbal Shrine - India

A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays as she waits for the head priest to display a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) during special prayers on the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA), the second Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar. Srinagar Kashmir, India, July 16, 2023. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Muslims Pray At Hazratbal Shrine - India

Kashmiri Muslim women pray as they wait for the head priest to display a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) during special prayers on the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA), the second Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar. Srinagar Kashmir, India, July 16, 2023. Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Muslims Pray At Hazratbal Shrine - India

A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays as she waits for the head priest to display a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) during special prayers on the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA), the second Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar. Srinagar Kashmir, India, July 16, 2023. Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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'Karaoke Shrine' popular in southwestern Japan

OITA, Japan - Akikazu Eto (L), an Oita prefectural assemblyman and head "priest" of the "Karaoke Shrine" in Kitsuki in the southwestern Japan prefecture, sings a duet with a local resident on Oct. 25, 2014. The facility has become a popular socializing venue among karaoke lovers since it opened 25 years ago.

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Princess Noriko marries son of Izumo-taisha chief priest

IZUMO, Japan - Princess Noriko (C), a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge (R), the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha grand shrine, head for their wedding ceremony at the shrine's "haiden" hall of worship in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2014.

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Koyasan temple celebrates 515th master priest

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Kongobuji, the head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, celebrates the inauguration of the 515th master priest, Hosokawa Koyu (L), in a traditional ritual on March 12, 2014.

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Temple decides not to buy pro-Pyongyang group's land

FUJISAWA, Japan - Ekan Ikeguchi, head of Saifuku temple in Kagoshima Prefecture, holds a press conference in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. The chief priest of the Buddhist temple officially announced that it has dropped a plan to buy the land and head office building of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon. The temple won the bidding for the site of the pro-Pyongyang group in March.

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Buddhist monk with jizo deity statue

SENDAI, Japan - Toshiaki Uda, the head priest of Buddhist temple Seiunji in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows a palm-sized wooden jizo deity in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 12, 2012. Monks and a Buddhist icon craftsman have launched a project to deliver 1,000 compact jizo deity statues to areas affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Children's Day event in disaster-hit Yamada

YAMADA, Japan - People attend an event to celebrate the Children's Day holiday on May 5, 2011, at Yamada Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The event was organized by the head priest of the shrine to encourage children affected by the disaster.

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Kanji meaning 'new' picked to best characterize year 2009

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori (R), chief priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, and Akio Kioi, head of the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, pose for photos after Mori wrote the character ''shin'' on a large piece of ''washi'' Japanese paper on Dec. 11, 2009. The character, which means ''new'' in English, has been chosen as the single best kanji to symbolize the year 2009.

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Witness account of Hiroshima bombing sent to Manhattan Project head

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows copies of an eyewitness account written by the Rev. John A. Siemes (1907-1983), a German priest of the Society of Jesus, of the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Time magazine that carried the account. A recently discovered document shows that the priest's account was sent in autumn of 1945 to U.S. Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Project.

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'Sen' chosen as kanji of the year

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori, head priest of Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese character 'sen' (meaning fight or war), which was chosen Dec. 12 as the 'Kanji of the Year' in an annual poll sponsored by the Japan Kanji Competence Examination Association. The calligraphy is dedicated to the temple, pictured in the background, to be kept there for a year.

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Statue names mixed up for 350 years at Miyagi Pref. temple

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows 17th-century wooden statues of head priests at the Zuiganji temple in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture -- the statues of Hosshin (L) and Ungo. Their names were mixed up for nearly 350 years until 1999. Hosshin was the temple's head priest in the 13th century and Ungo was a 17th-century head priest, who in 1636 oversaw the temple's restoration to its present form.

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'Kin' chosen as kanji of the year

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori, head priest of Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese character 'kin' (meaning gold or money), which was chosen Dec. 12 as the 'Kanji of the Year' in an annual poll sponsored by the Japan Kanji Competence Examination Association. The calligraphy is dedicated to the temple, pictured in the background, to be kept there for a year.

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Statue names mixed up for 350 years at Miyagi Pref. temple

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows 17th-century wooden statues of head priests at the Zuiganji temple in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture -- the statues of Hosshin (L) and Ungo. Their names were mixed up for nearly 350 years until 1999. Hosshin was the temple's head priest in the 13th century and Ungo was a 17th-century head priest, who in 1636 oversaw the temple's restoration to its present form.

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Half Past Dead (2002)

Morris Chestnut, Tony Plana & Bruce Weitz Characters: 49er One, Warden El Fuego, Lester McKenna Film: Half Past Dead (USA/DE 2002) Director: Don Michael Paul 15 November 2002 Date: 15 November 2002

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Nara's Todaiji to excavate site of lost 7-story pagoda

Kansho Tsutsui (R), chief priest of the Buddhist temple Todaiji in Nara, speaks at a press conference in the western Japanese city on July 7, 2015, announcing it will begin a 10-year project to excavate the site of its former East Pagoda, which was destroyed by thunder in 1362. On the left is former head of the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Kakichi Suzuki, who will lead the excavation team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima temple holds memorial service for victims of WWII, A-bombing

Kojun Otani (C, standing), head priest of the Honganji school of Jodo Shinshu (literally meaning "Pure Land True Teaching") Buddhism, calls on his followers to renounce war and embrace peace during a memorial service at Honganji's Hiroshima branch on July 4, 2015, for World War II victims ahead of the 70th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Hiroshima city exchange trees for peace

Hisao Inaba (R), chief priest of Nikko Toshogu Shrine, and Teruto Ishida, head of the Hiroshima municipal government's green policy section, exchange lists of gifts on Oct. 9, 2015, in front of a Formosan sweetgum tree, a symbol of peace donated by the Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, and planted in the Central Park in the western Japanese city. In turn, the Hiroshima city office donated an atomic bomb-exposed phoenix tree to the shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multilingual services to be promoted at Higashi Honganji

Choyu Otani, heir to the chief priest of the Otani sect of Shin Buddhism, speaks at a press conference at Higashi Honganji, the head temple of the Buddhist branch in Kyoto, on April 22, 2015. The Brazilian national expressed his hope to offer multilingual services in addition to those now provided in Japanese and English at the temple. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Witness account of Hiroshima bombing sent to Manhattan Project h

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows copies of an eyewitness account written by the Rev. John A. Siemes (1907-1983), a German priest of the Society of Jesus, of the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Time magazine that carried the account. A recently discovered document shows that the priest's account was sent in autumn of 1945 to U.S. Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Project. (Kyodo)

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Witness account of Hiroshima bombing sent to Manhattan Project h

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the Rev. John A. Siemes (1907-1983), a German priest of the Society of Jesus, who survived the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and helped to rescue other victims. An eyewitness account of the bombing he wrote was sent in autumn that year to U.S. Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Project, a document recently discovered shows. The photo was provided by the Society of Jesus (Kyodo)

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The Land-boat Pine Tree,Kinkakuji Temple

Stereograph of Rikushu-no-matsu (Land Boat Pine) of Rokuonji Temple taken from the west side of the hojo (head priest's quarters), facing west-northwest. It is said that this pine was planted by Yoshimitsu Ashikaga. The branches were formed to look like a boat. On the left is the ohjoin (large study), and the roof of the kuri is visible on the right. Two boys wearing hakama are facing each other. Taken in 1904.==Date:1904, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐41‐0]

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Higashi Honganji Temple

Taishi-do of Higashihonganji Temple is viewed from the southeast. There are many children around the big water fountain. The Taishi-do took 15 years to build. It was completed in 1895 according to the wishes of the head priest, Otani Kosho. Built in single-story irimoya style with a tiled roof, it is 76m wide, 56m deep, 38m high, and covers 3,800 square metres. It is the largest wooden structure in the world.==Date:1904, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐37‐0]

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A priest and his disciple

This is a loose photograph from a Yokohama album. Taken at a photograph studio, it shows a Buddhist priest with a kesa and formal head covering and an apprentice praying to a statue of Buddha. The makeshift altar looks crude.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐86‐0]

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A priest

This is a photographs from a Yokohama album by an anonymous photographer. It shows a Buddhist priest with shaved head wearing a kimono with an opulent kesa robe and holding a hossu brush.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐49‐0]

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Samurai warriors in travelling attire

Twelve men in travel attire with swords at the waist pose for the camera. One man is holding a straw hat, and his head looks like that of a Buddhist priest. The men standing on the left wearing coats with family crests and derby hats are watching the travellers.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐14‐0]

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A shrine in Fujisawa

This is the head temple of the Jishu sect of Buddhism founded by Ippen. The official name of the temple is Totakusan Muryokoin Shojokoji Temple. The fourth-generation priest Donkai built the temple in 1325. This photograph captures Kyakuden (far left) and Daishoin (far right) over the Chujaku Gate viewed from around Kan'nondo on the left. Chujaku Gate still stands today.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐5‐0]

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The Sanmon Gate at Sensoji Temple

The sanmon (front gate) at Sensoji Temple was called Niomon because statues of the guardian deities Kongo Rikishi were installed on both the right and left (present-day Hozomon). Statues of Monju Bosatsu (Manjusri Bodhisattva) and Shiten (four angels) are installed on the second floor of the gate building. The plaque Sensoji is based on calligraphy by the head priest of the Tendai Sect, Ryosho Hoshin-o. This photograph was taken before brick buildings were erected in the Nakamise commercial area in 1885.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐123‐0]

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A priest and samurai warriors

This is a stereograph taken at the end of the Edo Period. On the back is written (in pen), Priest; the Head Priest of the Temple. This was taken by Rossier in the early 1860's, possibly in Nagasaki.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Pierre Rossier, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number70‐11‐0]

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Higashi Honganji Temple

The Taishi-do of Higashihonganji Temple is viewed from the southeast. Men stand under magnificent looking pines in front of the building. The Taishi-do took 15 years to build. It was completed in 1895 according to the wishes of the head priest, Otani Kosho. Built in single-story irimoya style with a tiled roof, it is 76m wide, 56m deep, 38m high, and covers 3,800 square metres. It is the largest wooden structure in the world.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐61‐0]

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The Land-boat Pine Tree,Kinkakuji Temple

Rikushu-no-matsu (Land Boat Pine) of Rokuonji Temple seen from the west side of the hojo (head priest's quarters), facing west-northwest. It is said that this pine was planted by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. The branches were formed to look like a sailboat. The bow faces west toward the Western Pure Land of Buddhist lore. The buildings in the right foreground and far left are the hojo and ohjoin (large study), respectively. The roof of the kuri is visible on the far right.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐13‐0]

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Hasedera temple

One of the 33 Kannon of west Japan. The consecration ceremony is said to have been conducted by Gyoki as the head priest in 733. Many people come to see the peony flowers planted on both sides of the corridor leading from the Nio Gate to the Main Building.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number30‐10‐0]