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Blooming Jacaranda Trees - Johannesburg

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2025 shows blooming jacaranda trees in Johannesburg, South Africa. The jacaranda trees here bloom from mid-October to early November each year. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Blooming Jacaranda Trees - Johannesburg

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2025 shows blooming jacaranda trees in Johannesburg, South Africa. The jacaranda trees here bloom from mid-October to early November each year. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Blooming Jacaranda Trees - Johannesburg

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2025 shows blooming jacaranda trees in Johannesburg, South Africa. The jacaranda trees here bloom from mid-October to early November each year. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Blooming Jacaranda Trees - Johannesburg

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2025 shows blooming jacaranda trees in Johannesburg, South Africa. The jacaranda trees here bloom from mid-October to early November each year. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Exhibition goods from New Zealand, Vanuatu and Niue being shipped to China for CIIE

STORY: Exhibition goods from New Zealand, Vanuatu and Niue being shipped to China for CIIE DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:06 LOCATION: TAURANGA, New Zealand CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of exhibition goods from New Zealand, Vanuatu and Niue being loaded into truck in Auckland 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOE PACOA, Director of Vanuatu's Department of External Trade STORYLINE: A shipping container loaded with products from New Zealand and Pacific Island nations Vanuatu and Niue left the Port of Tauranga, the largest port in New Zealand, on Saturday for the China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2023. The CIIE, in its sixth edition this year, will be held in Shanghai on Nov. 5-10. The COSCO Shipping container carried a wide range of products from New Zealand, Vanuatu and Niue, such as dairy products, honey, juice, and art crafts. The container is expected to arrive at Shanghai Port in mid-October. Kang Xiaoyu, managing director of COSCO Shipping Lines New Zealand, told Xinhua that he

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Swans arrive in Fukushima to spend winter

IWAKI, Japan - Bewick's Swans fly off from the Natsui River in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2011. The Arctic tundra birds, which annually come to the area to spend winter, began to be seen in mid-October this year, according to a local civic group protecting the birds.

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Myanmar's handmade lantern market sees low demand amid commodity price hike

STORY: Myanmar's handmade lantern market sees low demand amid commodity price hike DATELINE: Oct. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:24 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of children playing with toy lanterns 2. various of a lantern making workshop 3. various of local handmade lantern market in Yangon 4. various of customers at the lantern market STORYLINE: With Myanmar's lighting festival around the corner, lantern makers in Yangon are seeing low demand for their products compared to previous years. "The sales of decorative lanterns decreased this season," said Nyein Chan, who has been making and selling lanterns during the annual season since he was a child, referring to the lighting festival which falls in mid-October. While waiting for customers at his shop at Yangon's Kyimyindaing lantern market, the 34-year-old lantern maker said that his colorful handmade products have attracted passers-by as the festival is drawing near. However, this year's sales declined due to higher

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Climate change casts shadow on date harvest season in Gaza

STORY: Climate change casts shadow on date harvest season in Gaza DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. shots of Gazan farmers harvesting date in the coastal enclave 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AHMED BARAKA, Local farm owner 3. shots of Gazan farmers harvesting date in the coastal enclave STORYLINE: A much-needed harvest has not arrived for date palms in the Gaza Strip through September, which according to local farmers, is another evidence of the tangible impact that climate change has on their livelihood, following the poor pollination in spring. Considering this year's delayed harvest season, farmers worried that if it ends in time in mid-October, the gross yields of this sweet household fruit could be bleak. "The coastal enclave usually produced about 15,000 tons of date, while this year it will not exceed 10,000 tons," said Adham al-Bassiouni, spokesman for the Hamas-run agriculture ministry. Ahmed Baraka, a 70-year-old farmer from Dir al-Balah in central

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GLOBALink | Gen Z technicians in NW China prepare for WorldSkills Competition

STORY: Gen Z technicians in NW China prepare for WorldSkills Competition DATELINE: May 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of workersSOUNDBITE 1(Chinese): ZHANG QIANQIAN, China's national team member for World Skills Competitionvarious of workersSOUNDBITE 2(Chinese): XU XIAOYING, Vice President of Xi'an Technician Collegevarious of workers STORYLINE: As the 46th WorldSkills Competition is to be held in Shanghai in mid-October this year, a number of Gen Z technicians in a vocational college in northwest China's Shaanxi Province are busy practicing their skills to prepare for the competition. SOUNDBITE 1(Chinese): ZHANG QIANQIAN, China's national training team member for World Skills Competition "I'm a member of the national training team of the chemical laboratory technology project for the 46th World Skills Competition. I'm currently preparing for the five-in-one selection competition. If I succeed in the qualifying competition, I will represent China to com

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Swans arrive in Fukushima to spend winter

IWAKI, Japan - Bewick's Swans fly off from the Natsui River in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2011. The Arctic tundra birds, which annually come to the area to spend winter, began to be seen in mid-October this year, according to a local civic group protecting the birds. (Kyodo)