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UK: Storm Goretti Triggers Snow Warnings, Wreaking Havoc Across Country

The Met Office issued weather warnings for heavy snow as Storm Goretti approaches the UK, warning of potential injuries and a danger to life. The severe weather caused major travel disruptions, thousands of power outages, and the closure of many schools.

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Meditation Course In Yangon - Myanmar

A Buddhist monk teaches a lesson during a meditation course at a post-primary monastic school in Yangon, Myanmar, Dec. 11, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: More than study aid: Meditation takes root as way of life for Myanmar children" Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taiwan: Rain And Winds Pick Up As Typhoon Krathon Approaches

Rain and winds started to pick up in Taipei on Monday, September 30 as Typhoon Krathon approached Taiwan.

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-OPEN UNIVERSITY (CN)

(240214) -- HEFEI, Feb. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zong Hongbo, a 31-year-old worker, reviews an online lesson on his mobile phone during his lunch break in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 28, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Open university breeds opportunities for people from all walks of life " (Xinhua/Zhao Jinzheng)

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng gives a lesson on Zhuang Rice Cake during an experience event at Liantang Town of Qingpu District in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 13, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather

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NETHERLANDS-LEIDEN-CULTURE-REMBRANDT DAYS

(230709) -- LEIDEN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Actors reenact the scene of Rembrandt's work "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp" during the Rembrandt Days in Leiden, the Netherlands, July 8, 2023. During the two-day event, the city's historic center is transformed into 17th-century atmospheres to celebrate the life and work of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. Leiden is the birthplace of Rembrandt. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-UNIVERSITY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (CN)

(230404) -- TIANJIN, April 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A teacher gives a lesson to senior citizens at the culture center of Hexi District, north China's Tianjin, April 4, 2023. Hexi District of Tianjin has set up a university for senior citizens and five branches of it in communities in recent years, providing more than 40 kinds of courses like instrumental music, vocal music, piano and intelligent life services to the middle-aged and elderly people. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-UNIVERSITY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (CN)

(230404) -- TIANJIN, April 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Senior citizens take a vocal lesson at the culture center of Hexi District, north China's Tianjin, April 4, 2023. Hexi District of Tianjin has set up a university for senior citizens and five branches of it in communities in recent years, providing more than 40 kinds of courses like instrumental music, vocal music, piano and intelligent life services to the middle-aged and elderly people. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-UNIVERSITY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (CN)

(230404) -- TIANJIN, April 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Senior citizens take a piano lesson at the culture center of Hexi District, north China's Tianjin, April 4, 2023. Hexi District of Tianjin has set up a university for senior citizens and five branches of it in communities in recent years, providing more than 40 kinds of courses like instrumental music, vocal music, piano and intelligent life services to the middle-aged and elderly people. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-UNIVERSITY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (CN)

(230404) -- TIANJIN, April 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Senior citizens take a vocal lesson at the culture center of Hexi District, north China's Tianjin, April 4, 2023. Hexi District of Tianjin has set up a university for senior citizens and five branches of it in communities in recent years, providing more than 40 kinds of courses like instrumental music, vocal music, piano and intelligent life services to the middle-aged and elderly people. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Myanmar refugees learning Japanese life

TOKYO, Japan - Refugees from Myanmar take a primary Japanese-language lesson in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2010. The refugees, members of ethnic Karen families, have come to Japan under a U.N.-promoted third country resettlement program that will see the country accept about 90 refugees over three years.

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Kids in China's Xinjiang chasing football dream

STORY: Teenagers in China's Xinjiang chasing football dream DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of football training 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI MINGJIE, Football coach, Xiaokang New Area Primary School of Cele County, Xinjiang 3. various of football training STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI MINGJIE, Football coach, Xiaokang New Area Primary School of Cele County, Xinjiang "Bring the ball back! Next one, go! I'm from Chifeng City of Inner Mongolia. I've been working here since graduation in 2018. I came here for two reasons: Firstly, I need a job; Secondly, I'd never been to Xinjiang, so I'd like to come here and enrich my life experience." Don't stop! Just run when I tell you to run, got it? Yes, sir! We have training lessons every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Every lesson lasts for 40 to 50 minutes, with a 10-minute break time. Nice! Go! SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Students "I'm Abilimit. I'm Abduriyim. Usually, we learn football in PE classes

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A woman making tea

The tea ceremony school is unclear. A tatemae tea ceremony ritual is being performed in a hallway, perhaps in imitation of a nodate (outdoor) tea ceremony.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐34‐0]

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A woman making tea

The tea ceremony school is unclear. A tatemae tea ceremony ritual is being performed in a hallway, perhaps in imitation of a nodate (outdoor) tea ceremony.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐59‐0]

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Practicing traditional songs

A girl receives a singing lesson from a master who is accompanying her on a shamisen (three-stringed lute) in front of a tokonoma alcove decorated with flowers. Taking lessons of this sort was customary for the children of well-to-do families.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐1‐0]

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Flower arrangement

The caption in English reads, a girl arranges flowers in a vase . A young woman wearing a kimono arranges flowers in the hall. Flowers are laid by her and the vase basket on the alcove has chrysanthemums and other flowers arranged in it.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐23‐0]

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Dance lesson

Four girls wearing everyday kimono and coats play games. The girl to the right gives out directions, and the three girls to the left strike a pose in accordance. The girls are barefoot.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐47‐0]

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A woman with a shamisen

A geisha-style woman wearing a striped kimono with hair done in Japanese style stands with a shamisen.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐38‐0]

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A woman playing the shamisen

A woman dressed in a kimono and hair in Japanese style sits in a room playing a shamisen. A tray with a tea set and a tobacco tray are placed next to her, and a screen is placed at her back.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐48‐0]

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Dance lesson

Two young women wearing long-sleeved kimono practice Japanese dancing. One opens her fan, and the other sits on a cushion to play the shamisen. The background suggests a room, but the mat under their feet is inappropriate.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐49‐0]

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Geisha in theatrical kimono

Five women dressed in the Shiranami Gonin Otoko style, with high sandals, hanging towel and Japanese umbrellas. Caption reads Weibliche Kosdumgruppe.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐5‐0]

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Myanmar refugees learning Japanese life

TOKYO, Japan - Refugees from Myanmar take a primary Japanese-language lesson in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2010. The refugees, members of ethnic Karen families, have come to Japan under a U.N.-promoted third country resettlement program that will see the country accept about 90 refugees over three years. (Kyodo)