Jerusalem: Protesters March Against Benjamin Netanyahu

Thousands of anti-government protesters marched toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, blocking the city's main entrance. The protest, which occurred on Wednesday morning, March 19, was driven by opposition to Netanyahu's decision to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet domestic security service and his move to resume the war in the Gaza Strip.

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer distributes dressed herring salad to the elderly, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer puts a portion of dressed herring salad into a disposable container to distribute it to the elderly, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer puts a portion of dressed herring salad into a disposable container to distribute it to the elderly, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Kharkiv shelter for single elderly people left homeless due to war

Kharkiv shelter for single elderly people left homeless due to war

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 13, 2024 - An elderly woman moves around with the help of a walking frame at the Big Family shelter run by the Through the War NGO that cares for single elderly people left homeless by the war, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.

Evacuation centre in Kharkiv

Evacuation centre in Kharkiv

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - An elderly man receives medical help at a centre for people evacuated from the Kharkiv region, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.

Evacuation centre in Kharkiv

Evacuation centre in Kharkiv

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - An elderly man receives medical help at a centre for people evacuated from the Kharkiv region, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.

Xinjiang, My home: A caring nurse's daily life

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: A caring nurse's daily life DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Feng Xueping working 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FENG XUEPING, Nurse STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FENG XUEPING, Nurse "I am Feng Xueping, 23 years old. I'm working at Wusu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine as a nurse at the Geriatric Encephalopathy Department. Elderly people are like children. When they get sick, they always feel stressed. So at our department, we need to console them and help them receive treatment without worries. Do you feel better, auntie? (Yes, I do feel better. Thank you for taking care of me these days.) It's no big deal. I am doing my job. Please take medicines on time at home. Take care of yourself. (Okay. Thank you!) I like watching Douyin in my spare time. And I often post things about my work and life on it. Surprisingly, these brought me some fans. And they often encourage me to keep updating." Xinhua News Agen

Italy rolls out new measures to help tackle intense heatwave

STORY: Italy rolls out new measures to help tackle intense heatwave DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of emergency room and hospital in Rome 2. various of streets in Florence STORYLINE: Italy on Monday unveiled new measures to protect those suffering from what is expected to be the country's hottest summer on record. In a circular, the Ministry of Health outlined a series of recommendations to help the country's regional governments manage the impacts of the intense heatwave gripping the country. The Ministry of Health recommended that state-run hospitals activate a special "heat code" in emergency rooms that will give special fast-track access to care for those admitted with heat stroke or other heat-related health issues. The circular also recommended the creation of special teams to help relieve the burden on hospital emergency rooms by providing urgent at-home care for the elderly and other vulnerable groups. Other measures included increas

Chinese medical team provides free clinical service to seniors in Kiribati

STORY: Chinese medical team provides free clinical service to seniors in Kiribati DATELINE: June 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Tarawa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chinese medical team in Kiribati STORYLINE: The Chinese medical team in Kiribati carried out free medical service to local seniors in Bairiki of Tarawa, the capital of the South Pacific island country, on Wednesday. This is the first time for the Chinese medical team to deliver such a service to the local elders. Members of the medical team conducted health checkups for more than 30 seniors and explained to them the symptoms of diseases that commonly occur in the elderly group, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and cataracts, and how to prevent and cure such diseases. Team leader Cao Lijun said that the free service aims to promote health knowledge and help the elders have a healthier lifestyle to improve their living standards. The Chinese medical team will continue to conduct such free medical services for local pe

CHINA-ANHUI-JIXI-ANHUI OPERA-PUPILS-INHERITANCE (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-JIXI-ANHUI OPERA-PUPILS-INHERITANCE (CN)

(230531) -- JIXI, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Elderly folk artists help 9-year-old Anhui Opera student Fang Dongdong (C) wear a headdress at Fuling Village of Jixi County, Xuancheng City, east China's Anhui Province, May 30, 2023. In order to promote Anhui Opera and raise awareness of the traditional performing art, a primary school in Fuling Village has been offering a routine training program since 2003 for its students, hiring veteran folk artists as tutors. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Drone helps find missing elderly man in E China mountain

STORY: Drone helps find missing elderly man in E China mountain DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: ANQING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of drone helping find the missing elderly man 2. various of policemen helping the elderly man STORYLINE: With the help of an infrared drone, local police found a 70-year-old man who had been missing for more than ten hours in the deep mountains of Yuexi County, east China's Anhui Province. After spotting the infrared image of the man, the police determined his location on a mountain top and finally sent him home. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Anqing, China. (XHTV)

CHINA-HAINAN-WENCHANG-COVID-19-VACCINATION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-WENCHANG-COVID-19-VACCINATION (CN)

(221224) -- WENCHANG, Dec. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Medical workers walk to provide COVID-19 vaccination for senior residents at a community in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 23, 2022. The door-to-door services have been offered to help the elderly get COVID-19 vaccinations in the city of Wenchang. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

Cyberdyne debuts on TSE's Mothers market

Cyberdyne debuts on TSE's Mothers market

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), president of Cyberdyne Inc., and a model wearing the company's HAL robot suit, pose for photos at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 26, 2014. Cyberdyne, a venture company that produces robot suits to help disabled and elderly people in their daily activities, debuted on the TSE's Mothers market for start-up companies the same day.

TV datacasting system helps check on elderly via Internet

TV datacasting system helps check on elderly via Internet

TOKYO, Japan - An elderly resident at Yokodaikita housing complex in Yokohama checks for information on various local events on his television screen while watching the usual TV programs in March 2014. The datacasting system via Internet, catered specifically for residents of the housing complex, is currently in trial to help check on safety of elderly residents when they do not watch TV for a certain period of time.

Robot suit for disabled

Robot suit for disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), professor at the University of Tsukuba, receives a safety certification from an official from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization for a robot suit Sankai developed to help the disabled and elderly in their daily activities, in a ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013.

Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshio Sasaki (C), manager of a Mitsukoshi department store in Nagoya, costumed as a samurai raises his fist with employees at a ceremony marking the start of the sales campaign for ''chugen'' summer gifts on May 26, 2010. The store in the city's Sakae district is aiming for good sales of chugen gifts, usually luxury foods and beverages, which people give to the elderly or those who have offered help.

JAS allows nonguide dog to board flight as passenger

JAS allows nonguide dog to board flight as passenger

TOKYO, Japan - A dog involved in welfare activities for the elderly and disabled is allowed by Japan Air System to travel alongside its owner aboard a flight from Tokyo to Sapporo in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, on May 19. Under the Companion Animal Partnership Program, launched by the Japanese Animal Hospital Association, the dogs are accompanied by volunteers and veterinarians to various nursing homes and welfare facilities to help in the rehabilitation of the elderly and disabled.

More than 1,000 dead in Spain's heatwave

STORY: More than 1,000 dead in Spain's heatwave DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of hot and desert streets 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): BEA HERVELLA, Spokesperson for Spanish State Meteorological Agency 3. various of Madrid municipal workers needing help 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): PAULA MOLINA, Chief of Emergency Services Torrejon Hospital, Madrid 5. various of wildfires STORYLINE: Spain's Ministry of Health said on Thursday that 1,047 people died in this year's second heatwave as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country over the past 10 days. These heat-related deaths were recorded from July 10 to 19, according to data collected by the Monitorization of Daily Mortality (MoMo). The extreme heat affected mainly the elderly: 672 of the victims were aged 85 or over, 241 were between 75 and 84, and 88 were aged between 65 and 74. Bea Hervella, a spokesperson for the Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET), said

CHINA-SHANDONG-RIZHAO-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-RIZHAO-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(220702) -- JINAN, July 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Shouying (R) makes a paper-cutting work with a villager at a care center for the elderly in Hongniya Village in Wulian County of Rizhao, east China's Shandong Province, June 17, 2022. Hongniya Village used to be a poverty-stricken village. In recent years, village cadre Zhang Shouying has taken a series of measures to help the villagers get rid of poverty and live a better life. In 2021, under the professional guidance of Shandong Agricultural University, Hongniya Village developed the cultivation of edible fungi, which has helped increase villagers' income and boost rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

CHINA-SHANDONG-RIZHAO-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-RIZHAO-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(220702) -- JINAN, July 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Shouying (R) learns about the meals at the kitchen of a care center for the elderly in Hongniya Village in Wulian County of Rizhao, east China's Shandong Province, June 17, 2022. Hongniya Village used to be a poverty-stricken village. In recent years, village cadre Zhang Shouying has taken a series of measures to help the villagers get rid of poverty and live a better life. In 2021, under the professional guidance of Shandong Agricultural University, Hongniya Village developed the cultivation of edible fungi, which has helped increase villagers' income and boost rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

People with disabilities embrace better life in Ningxia, China

STORY: People with disabilities embrace better life in Ningxia, China DATELINE: May 17, 2021 LENGTH: 0:02:27 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people with disabilities living better lives 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MI YUNYUN, Hairdresser 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PENG CHENG, Audiovisual post-production editor 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MA YOUYUN, Hemp weaving worker 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG XIAOBAO, Massagist with visual disability STORYLINE: Sunday marked China's national day of persons with disabilities. In Ningxia, people with disabilities are embracing a better life through their hard work. Mi Yunyun, a hairdresser, wears a prosthetic leg due to her right leg amputation. Her husband, also a hairdresser, has difficulty moving due to necrosis of the femoral heads and ankylosing spondylitis. The couple runs a barbershop, which provides help for those in need. 　　 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MI YUNYUN, Hairdresser "We provide free door-to-door haircut services for the elderly and

Printing services bring convenience to elderly citizens amid COVID-19 in Beijing

STORY: Printing services bring convenience to elderly citizens amid COVID-19 in Beijing DATELINE: May 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN PENG, Employee of Homelink 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIANG SHIHUANG, elder resident STORYLINE: As Beijing continues to maintain strict prevention and control measures against COVID-19, residents are required to present a negative nucleic acid test result within 48 hours on their phone, before they enter public venues. As this regulation may cause inconvenience for senior citizens who don't have a smartphone, communities have been seeking ways to help the elderly residents. In this community in Chaoyang District, real estate agency Homelink provides free printing services for the elderly. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN PENG, Employee of Homelink "Printing is one of the services offered by Homelink. This time, we are very happy to serve the community with this service. Residents can have their nuclei

Mobile medical vehicles serve people amid COVID-19 resurgence in Beijing

STORY: Mobile medical vehicles serve people amid COVID-19 resurgence in Beijing DATELINE: April 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:41 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: various of a mobile medical vehicle in Chaoyang DistrictSOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI LING, Community official in Beijing's Chaoyang District STORYLINE: A hospital in Beijing's Chaoyang District has introduced medical vehicles to provide service for people under temporary closed-off and closed-loop management and in restrictive control areas. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI LING, Community official in Beijing's Chaoyang District "Each medical service team has a doctor in charge of consultation. They mainly provide services for the elderly and can talk to them through video links. We feel at ease with their help and the elderly too." Beijing is battling a COVID-19 resurgence. Since April 22, the city has reported 228 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan gives change to an elderly passgenger who purchased snacks aboard a Fuxing bullet train travelling on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway in southwest China, Jan. 27, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

Robot software for helping improve dementia wins Softbank contest

Robot software for helping improve dementia wins Softbank contest

"Nin Nin Pepper," an application program designed for the world's first personal robot that can read emotions and carry out conversations, wins the top prize in an app contest for the robot organized by Softbank Corp. in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2015. Developed by the Project Team Dementia for Pepper group, the app is expected to help combat dementia by allowing the robot to "talk" to elderly people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Shoes fitted with GPS chip to locate wandering dementia patients

Shoes fitted with GPS chip to locate wandering dementia patients

Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2015, shows a pair of shoes fitted with a global positioning system microchip used to locate the whereabouts of lost elderly people suffering from dementia with the help of smartphones and personal computers. Marketed by Wish Hills, a Kyoto-based company that rents apartments for the aged, a pair of the "GPS Everywhere Shoes" sells for 35,000 yen (excluding tax). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshio Sasaki (C), manager of a Mitsukoshi department store in Nagoya, costumed as a samurai raises his fist with employees at a ceremony marking the start of the sales campaign for ''chugen'' summer gifts on May 26, 2010. The store in the city's Sakae district is aiming for good sales of chugen gifts, usually luxury foods and beverages, which people give to the elderly or those who have offered help. (Kyodo)

Mass vaccination center in Kobe

Mass vaccination center in Kobe

Local staffers help elderly people make reservations for their second dose of coronavirus vaccine shots at a newly opened vaccination center in Kobe, western Japan, on May 25, 2021.

Stair-climbing robot

Stair-climbing robot

Photo taken in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, on Dec. 5, 2019, shows a logistics robot that can climb up or down stairs. The "soft-bodied" robot, which uses sponge in its caterpillar belt, has been developed by Amoeba Energy Co., a venture company founded by Keio University associate professor Masashi Aono, to help transport items for elderly people living in apartment buildings without an elevator. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Stair-climbing robot

Stair-climbing robot

A logistics robot that can climb up or down stairs is demonstrated at an apartment complex in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, on Dec. 5, 2019. The "soft-bodied" robot, which uses sponge in its caterpillar belt, has been developed by Amoeba Energy Co., a venture company founded by Keio University associate professor Masashi Aono, to help transport items for elderly people living in apartment buildings without an elevator. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

JAS allows nonguide dog to board flight as passenger

JAS allows nonguide dog to board flight as passenger

TOKYO, Japan - A dog involved in welfare activities for the elderly and disabled is allowed by Japan Air System to travel alongside its owner aboard a flight from Tokyo to Sapporo in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, on May 19. Under the Companion Animal Partnership Program, launched by the Japanese Animal Hospital Association, the dogs are accompanied by volunteers and veterinarians to various nursing homes and welfare facilities to help in the rehabilitation of the elderly and disabled.