Visit of the Ampere ElectriCity Renault Manufacture site - Douai RL

Visit of the Ampere ElectriCity Renault Manufacture site - Douai RL

Exhibition of Renault Electric cars (R5, Scenic, Megane) during a visit of the Factory Ampere ElectriCity Renault group Manufacture site in Douai on March 5, 2025. Europe carmakers are in mortal danger, EU industry chief warned as the bloc launched a much-vaunted plan to rescue its auto sector. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit of the Ampere ElectriCity Renault Manufacture site - Douai RL

Visit of the Ampere ElectriCity Renault Manufacture site - Douai RL

Electric Megane during a visit of the Factory Ampere ElectriCity Renault group Manufacture site in Douai on March 5, 2025. Europe carmakers are in mortal danger, EU industry chief warned as the bloc launched a much-vaunted plan to rescue its auto sector. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 - The first Japanese Hakusan Megane store in mainland China, located in Shanghai, China, on September 4, 2024.

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 - The first Japanese Hakusan Megane store in mainland China, located in Shanghai, China, on September 4, 2024.

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 - The first Japanese Hakusan Megane store in mainland China, located in Shanghai, China, on September 4, 2024.

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 - The first Japanese Hakusan Megane store in mainland China, located in Shanghai, China, on September 4, 2024.

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 - The first Japanese Hakusan Megane store in mainland China, located in Shanghai, China, on September 4, 2024.

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 - The first Japanese Hakusan Megane store in mainland China, located in Shanghai, China, on September 4, 2024.

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 - The first Japanese Hakusan Megane store in mainland China, located in Shanghai, China, on September 4, 2024.

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 - The first Japanese Hakusan Megane store in mainland China, located in Shanghai, China, on September 4, 2024.

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

Hakusan Megane store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 - The first Japanese Hakusan Megane store in mainland China, located in Shanghai, China, on September 4, 2024.

Paris 2024 - Basketball - Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe At USA v Serbia

Paris 2024 - Basketball - Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe At USA v Serbia

Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe attend the Men's basketball semifinals match between Team United States and Team Serbia on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Basketball - Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe At USA v Serbia

Paris 2024 - Basketball - Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe At USA v Serbia

Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe attend the Men's basketball semifinals match between Team United States and Team Serbia on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Basketball - Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe At USA v Serbia

Paris 2024 - Basketball - Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe At USA v Serbia

Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe attend the Men's basketball semifinals match between Team United States and Team Serbia on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Basketball - Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe At USA v Serbia

Paris 2024 - Basketball - Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe At USA v Serbia

Sue Bird And Megane Rapinoe attend the Men's basketball semifinals match between Team United States and Team Serbia on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cameroon traditional Ndop fabric revived in modern time

STORY: Cameroon traditional Ndop fabric revived in modern time DATELINE: April 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:50 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a village in Baham by drone 2. various of a woman who harvests raffia palm and extract fibers for Ndop fabrication 3. various of craftsmen working at a family workshop of Ndop 4. various of craftsmen drawing patterns with ink made from ashes 5. various of craftsmen weaving Ndop patterns with raffia palm fiber 6. various shots of craftsmen removing raffia palm fiber from Ndop fabric after the dye 7. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): KAMMOGNE, Maker of Ndop 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): SAMUEL TACHIM, Maker of Ndop 9. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): KAMMOGNE, Maker of Ndop 10. various of young people weaving Ndop patterns with raffia palm fiber 11. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): MEGANE AICHA FEUJIEU, Learner of Ndop 12. various of Ndop products on sale in a market in Bafoussam STORYLINE: With the patterns of rich significance in symbols, history and culture, Ndop is a kind of fabri

Renault's new Megane

Renault's new Megane

TOKYO, Japan - Renault Japon Chief Operating Officer Tsukasa Daigoku stands beside a new model of the Megane in Tokyo on May 26, 2011. The new model hit the market the same day.

Kozaburo Hirai, composer of 'Tombo no Megane,' dies at 92

Kozaburo Hirai, composer of 'Tombo no Megane,' dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Kozaburo Hirai (file photo), a pioneer of Japanese choral music and who composed a number of popular children's songs, including ''Tombo no megane'' (the dragonfly's glasses) and ''Ski,'' died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital Nov. 30, his family said. He was 92.

Heavy rain hits Japan's southern main island Kyushu

Heavy rain hits Japan's southern main island Kyushu

People cross the Megane (Spectacles) Bridge in heavy rain in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on June 11, 2015, when Japan's southern main island Kyushu, in which Nagasaki is located, was hit by a downpour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Heavy rain hits Japan's southern main island Kyushu

Heavy rain hits Japan's southern main island Kyushu

People cross the Megane (Spectacles) Bridge in heavy rain in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on June 11, 2015, when Japan's southern main island Kyushu, in which Nagasaki is located, was hit by a downpour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Niju-bashi Bridge,the Imperial Palace

Niju-bashi Bridge,the Imperial Palace

The double arch stone bridge at the front gate of the Imperial Palace, popularly known as the spectacles Megane bridge. Fushimi turret can be seen over the bridge. The so-called double arched bridge is not this stone bridge but the steel bridge of the front gate located at the Fushimi turret.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐147‐0]

Niju-bashi Bridge,the Imperial Palace

Niju-bashi Bridge,the Imperial Palace

The double arched bridge of the front gate of the Imperial Palace, popularly known as the Megane bridge (bridge shaped in spectacles). Over the bridge is seen the Fushimi turret. The so-called Niju bridge is not this bridge, but the steel bridge over the Fushimi turret at the front entrance.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐3‐0]

Nishi Otani Entsu-kyo Bridge

Nishi Otani Entsu-kyo Bridge

The Entsu bridge over Kogetsu Pond at the entrance to the Otani Honro. It was built to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the death of Shinran in 1856. It is the only circle arch bridge in Japan. The two circles are reflected in the pond. It is also called Megane (spectacles) bridge. It has round pillars with ornamental tops, with round handrails.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number9‐28‐0]

Renault's new Megane

Renault's new Megane

TOKYO, Japan - Renault Japon Chief Operating Officer Tsukasa Daigoku stands beside a new model of the Megane in Tokyo on May 26, 2011. The new model hit the market the same day. (Kyodo)

Panoramic view of NAGASAKI

Panoramic view of NAGASAKI

This panoramic photograph of central Nagasaki was taken from Mt. Kazagashira. This is the first of three panels (#5615-5617) showing the area from the elevation of Umegasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture Office and Nagasaki City Hall to the then high school (now Sakura-machi Primary School) and all the way to Suwa Shinto Shrine. The date is after 1893, because the re-routing of Nakashima River has been completed. This second panel depicts (from the left) the Court of Appeals, Nagasaki Commercial High School and Nagasaki City Hall. The stone bridges over Nakashima River are, from downstream, Fukuro-bashi, Megane-bashi and Susukihara-bashi.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐2‐0]

Megane-bashi Bridge

Megane-bashi Bridge

Megane-bashi Bridge ==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

Megane-bashi Bridge

Megane-bashi Bridge

Megane-bashi Bridge==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

Blooming hydrangeas in Japan

Blooming hydrangeas in Japan

Photo taken June 5, 2018, shows hydrangeas fully blooming near Megane-Bashi or Spectacles Bridge in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kozaburo Hirai, composer of 'Tombo no Megane,' dies at 92

Kozaburo Hirai, composer of 'Tombo no Megane,' dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Kozaburo Hirai (file photo), a pioneer of Japanese choral music and who composed a number of popular children's songs, including ''Tombo no megane'' (the dragonfly's glasses) and ''Ski,'' died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital Nov. 30, his family said. He was 92. (Kyodo)