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Faithful Faces At The Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

A young faithful holds a photo of late Pope Francis during the funeral procession arrives at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore during the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Faithful Faces At The Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

A young faithful holds a photo of late Pope Francis during the funeral procession arrives at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore during the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canadian Writer And Nobel Prize Alice Munro Dies At 92

File photo - Author Alice Munro, right, congratulates author Elizabeth Hay, after accepting the Giller Prize for Canadian literature for her book Late Nights on Air in Toronto on November 6, 2007. Canadian author Alice Munro, a 2013 Nobel Prize winner for literature, has died at the age of 92. Munro wrote short stories for more than 60 years, often focusing on life in rural Canada. She died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario on Monday night, her family and her publisher have confirmed. Photo by J.P. Moczulski/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish police detain 14 IS suspects

STORY: Turkish police detain 14 IS suspects SHOOTING TIME: April 9, 2024 DATELINE: April 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police detaining 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in simultaneous operations in four provinces of Türkiye (source: Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in operations in four provinces, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya said on social media platform X that the police detained six suspects in Yalova province, five in Eskisehir province, two in Gaziantep province, and one in Samsun province. The Turkish government designated the IS as a terrorist organization in 2013 and blamed it for a spate of deadly attacks in the country since 2015. Türkiye has stepped up operations against IS terrorists after the group attacked an Istanbul church in late January, killing a civilian during Sunday

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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Goods on Mandela

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Photo shows a "46664" brand apparel shop in Sandton, near Johannesburg, on Dec. 12, 2013. The late former South African President Nelson Mandela's foundation launched the apparel brand using his prisoner number on Robben Island. Part of the proceeds is used to combat HIV/AIDS.

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Goods on Mandela

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Photo shows bottles of "House of Mandela" wine sold at a shopping center in Johannesburg on Dec. 1, 2013. Makaziwe Mandela, a daughter of late former South African President Nelson Mandela, was among those who launched the product.

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Mandela statue

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Photo shows a statue of late former South African President Nelson Mandela, as a boxer when he was young, in Johannesburg on Nov. 30, 2013. Visible in the background is the building that formerly housed Mandela's law firm.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans pay tribute before bronze statues of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women wearing traditional Korean attire visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, to pay tribute to bronze statues of Kim and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An exhibit of paintings depicting North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il is held in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, his birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans dance in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to celebrate the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow before bronze statues of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans dance in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to celebrate the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children roller-skate in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People visit bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow before a huge portrait of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, his birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, to pay tribute to bronze statues of Kim and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel holding flowers approach bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow before bronze statues of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women wearing traditional Korean attire visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, to lay flowers to bronze statues of Kim and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel salute before bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Japanese girl wins award at Russia's top music school

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo shows Kanon Matsuda, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, who studies the piano at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music. Matsuda was given the best student award on Feb. 15, 2013, becoming the first foreigner to win the honor at the institution that has trained gifted children since the late 19th century.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A child offers flowers before bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Japanese girl wins award at Russia's top music school

MOSCOW, Russia - Kanon Matsuda, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, plays the piano during a ceremony at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, Russia's top music school, on Feb. 15, 2013. Matsuda was given the best student award, becoming the first foreigner to win the honor at the institution that has trained gifted children since the late 19th century.

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Sumo legend Taiho to receive national award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the former yokozuna Taiho, who died of heart disease in January 2013 at the age of 72. The government will award a posthumous national honor to the late yokozuna in recognition of his historic sumo victory record, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Feb. 15, 2013.

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Agencies continue to bring aid to Haiyan-hit areas a year on

LEYTE, Philippines - This Oct. 20, 2014, photo shows a number of transitional houses built by the International Organization for Migration in Tacloban City, the capital of the central Philippine province of Leyte, for families displaced by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013. The site, which contains 86 shelters turned over to families in late September, would be safe from a storm surge similar to that generated by Haiyan.

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Seizure of paintings by gov't shows Marcos family not off hook yet

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken during a Feb. 2, 2013, interview with Imelda Marcos, the widow of the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos who ruled the country from 1965 up to 1986, shows paintings by well-known artists on the walls of her condominium unit in the Makati financial district of Manila. On Sept. 30, 2014, government law enforcers raided the known residential and office addresses of Imelda Marcos to implement an anti-graft court order for the seizure of eight paintings by artists including Michelangelo, Picasso and Gauguin.

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 11, 2013, shows priest Kunimaro Senge (L) and other priests during a rite at Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture. Princess Noriko, the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, has engaged to Senge, 40, the Imperial Household Agency said May 27, 2014.

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Wooden model for Taiho's statue

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows sculptor Toshio Kamada unveiling a wooden model he has carved for a statue of the late sumo great Taiho (1940-2013), whose real name was Koki Naya, in the village of Ogata in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 22, 2014. After being cast by Kamada, the bronze statue of Taiho, who held sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, is expected to be donated around August 2014 to Poronaysk on the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, Taiho's birthplace.

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Wooden model for Taiho's statue

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows sculptor Toshio Kamada unveiling a wooden model he has carved for a statue of the late sumo great Taiho (1940-2013), whose real name was Koki Naya, in the village of Ogata in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 22, 2014. After being cast by Kamada, the bronze statue of Taiho, who held sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, is expected to be donated around August 2014 to Poronaysk on the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, Taiho's birthplace.

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Monkey 'Bentsu' was Oita park's major attraction

OITA, Japan - Photo taken in late October 2013 shows then alpha male monkey "Bentsu" at the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in southwestern Japan. The monkey, which was declared dead in January after his disappearance, apparently helped the zoo attract more than 300,000 visitors in fiscal 2013 for the first time in six years.

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Unrest in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was a political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaks at a rally to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. Khodorkovsky, who was serving a prison term for tax evasion and other charges, was freed in late 2013 when Putin pardoned him.

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Mandela statue

PRETORIA, South Africa - Photo shows a 9-meter-tall statue of the late former South African President Nelson Mandela in Pretoria on Dec. 18, 2013. The South African government ordered the removal of a sculpted rabbit from inside one of the ears of the statue.

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U.S. master woodworker's legacy reflects essence of Japanese aesthetics

NEW HOPE, United States - Mira Nakashima (2nd from R) and her team of craftsmen pose with furniture made by her late father, George Nakashima, in New Hope, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 3, 2013. There are enthusiastic fans of Nakashima's furniture in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Japan to increase duty-free products for foreigner visitors

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government is set to increase the types of products to be sold tax free to foreign visitors ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Image shows a new sign for duty-free shops in Japan that was created by the Japan Tourism Agency in late 2013.

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Japanese lawmakers in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Hirofumi Nakasone (C), head of the Japan-U.S. Parliamentary Friendship League, and other Japanese lawmakers hold a press conference in Washington on Jan. 10, 2014. The lawmakers said they felt U.S. government officials and lawmakers they met in Washington had understood the aim of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit in late 2013 to a war-related Tokyo shrine.

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Robotics Challenge

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows Schaft, a humanoid robot developed by Japanese venture company Schaft Inc., at the DARPA Robotics Challenge in Homestead, Florida, on Dec. 21, 2013. Schaft won the two-day contest hosted by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to prove robotic performance capabilities in disaster situations, advancing to the final competition in late 2014.

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Robotics Challenge

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows Schaft, a humanoid robot developed by Japanese venture company Schaft Inc., and its team at the DARPA Robotics Challenge in Homestead, Florida, on Dec. 21, 2013. Schaft won the two-day contest hosted by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to prove robotic performance capabilities in disaster situations, advancing to the final competition in late 2014.

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People calm in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children play in the snow in front of large portraits of the late Kim Il Sung (L), founding father of North Korea, and the late Kim Jong Il, father of current North Korean leader Kim Jon Un, in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Dec. 11, 2013. Pyongyang said on Dec. 9 that Jang Song Thaek, uncle of Kim Jong Un, has been stripped of all his posts.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after leader Kim Jong Un, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Princess collapses

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Princess Akiko is carried by security guards after collapsing at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 6, 2013. The elder daughter of the late Prince Tomohito of Mikasa fell after she and other imperial family members met Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko who returned from their official visit to India.

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Children in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - A woman working as a cleaner holds her daughter at a station in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, in late October in 2013.

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Children in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Boy monks visit a Thai food restaurant to collect alms in Mandalay, Myanmar, in late October in 2013.

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Children in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Photo shows a girl wearing traditional makeup selling flower ornaments at Kuthodaw Pagoda, known for stone inscriptions of Buddhist scriptures in Mandalay, Myanmar, in late October in 2013.

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Children in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Photo shows children from a farm village selling quail eggs at a service area by a highway in Myanmar in late October in 2013.

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Children in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - A girl of the ethnic minority Akha tribe learns dressmaking at Dream Train, a child nursing facility in Yangon, Myanmar, operated by Japan Heart, Japan's non-profit international health care organization, in late October in 2013.

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Children in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Photo shows a street musician with a guitar in a downtown area of Yangon in Myanmar in late October in 2013.