LUCIA PROCESSION AT COMMUTER TRAIN STATION

LUCIA PROCESSION AT COMMUTER TRAIN STATION

Ninth graders at Johan Skytte School in Stockholm celebrate Lucia with a procession and by singing traditional songs at Älvsjö commuter train station in southern Stockholm on Friday.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

LUCIA PROCESSION AT COMMUTER TRAIN STATION

LUCIA PROCESSION AT COMMUTER TRAIN STATION

Ninth graders at Johan Skytte School in Stockholm celebrate Lucia with a procession and by singing traditional songs at Älvsjö commuter train station in southern Stockholm on Friday.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

LUCIA PROCESSION AT COMMUTER TRAIN STATION

LUCIA PROCESSION AT COMMUTER TRAIN STATION

Ninth graders at Johan Skytte School in Stockholm celebrate Lucia with a procession and by singing traditional songs at Älvsjö commuter train station in southern Stockholm on Friday.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

LUCIA PROCESSION AT COMMUTER TRAIN STATION

LUCIA PROCESSION AT COMMUTER TRAIN STATION

Ninth graders at Johan Skytte School in Stockholm celebrate Lucia with a procession and by singing traditional songs at Älvsjö commuter train station in southern Stockholm on Friday.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

SINGAPORE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

SINGAPORE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(230902) -- SINGAPORE, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man casts ballot at a polling station in the presidential election in Singapore on Sept. 1, 2023. Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore's ninth president on Friday after garnering 70.4 percent of the total votes. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

SINGAPORE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

SINGAPORE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(230902) -- SINGAPORE, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A voter casts ballot at a polling station in the presidential election in Singapore on Sept. 1, 2023. Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore's ninth president on Friday after garnering 70.4 percent of the total votes. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

SINGAPORE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

SINGAPORE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(230902) -- SINGAPORE, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A voter casts ballot at a polling station in the presidential election in Singapore on Sept. 1, 2023. Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore's ninth president on Friday after garnering 70.4 percent of the total votes. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

SINGAPORE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

SINGAPORE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(230902) -- SINGAPORE, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman casts ballot at a polling station in the presidential election in Singapore on Sept. 1, 2023. Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore's ninth president on Friday after garnering 70.4 percent of the total votes. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura watches the sunrise from the ninth station of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) watches the sunrise from the ninth station of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura and his son Gota (back) reach the ninth station of Mt. Fuji via a Shizuoka Prefecture side route on the second day of their ascent on Aug. 30, 2023.

Chinese technician works to ensure railway operation during Spring Festival travel rush

STORY: Chinese technician works to ensure railway operation during Spring Festival travel rush DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the power supply station 2. various of the technician working 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI XIAOHONG, Technician with China Railway Chengdu Group Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI XIAOHONG, Technician with China Railway Chengdu Group Co., Ltd. 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI XIAOHONG, Technician with China Railway Chengdu Group Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: A power supply technician in China's Chongqing has been working to ensure smooth trips during the Spring Festival travel rush. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI XIAOHONG, Technician with China Railway Chengdu Group Co., Ltd. "This year is the ninth year for me to work for the railway operation during the Spring Festival travel season, and it is also the eighth year for me to work in Qiyueshan substation. This station is the outmost substation of our company." Qiyues

Protesting Ospreys

Protesting Ospreys

GINOWAN, Japan - Demonstrators hold "NO!" signs as they march in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2013. They protested the deployment of Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan during the rally marking the ninth anniversary of the crash of a Marines helicopter at a local university campus.

Subway workers mark 9th anniversary of AUM sarin gas attack

Subway workers mark 9th anniversary of AUM sarin gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Subway workers at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo observe a minute of silence to mark the ninth anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, in which 12 people were killed and thousands were injured.

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

(220825) -- GUANGZHOU, Aug. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows the sky above Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. Typhoon Ma-on, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall with wind speeds of up to 118.8 km per hour around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the coast of Maoming City, south China's Guangdong Province, the provincial meteorological station said. Ma-on will move northwestward at a speed of about 25 km per hour, passing through the city of Maoming and entering Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the afternoon with its strength gradually weakened. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

(220825) -- GUANGZHOU, Aug. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows the sky above Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. Typhoon Ma-on, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall with wind speeds of up to 118.8 km per hour around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the coast of Maoming City, south China's Guangdong Province, the provincial meteorological station said. Ma-on will move northwestward at a speed of about 25 km per hour, passing through the city of Maoming and entering Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the afternoon with its strength gradually weakened. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

(220825) -- GUANGZHOU, Aug. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fishing boats are moored at a port for shelter in Yangjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 25, 2022. Typhoon Ma-on, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall with wind speeds of up to 118.8 km per hour around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the coast of Maoming City, south China's Guangdong Province, the provincial meteorological station said. Ma-on will move northwestward at a speed of about 25 km per hour, passing through the city of Maoming and entering Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the afternoon with its strength gradually weakened. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

(220825) -- GUANGZHOU, Aug. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows damaged guardrails on a bridge in Yangjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province. Typhoon Ma-on, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall with wind speeds of up to 118.8 km per hour around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the coast of Maoming City, south China's Guangdong Province, the provincial meteorological station said. Ma-on will move northwestward at a speed of about 25 km per hour, passing through the city of Maoming and entering Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the afternoon with its strength gradually weakened. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

(220825) -- GUANGZHOU, Aug. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A deliveryman passes by a fallen tree in Yangjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 25, 2022. Typhoon Ma-on, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall with wind speeds of up to 118.8 km per hour around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the coast of Maoming City, south China's Guangdong Province, the provincial meteorological station said. Ma-on will move northwestward at a speed of about 25 km per hour, passing through the city of Maoming and entering Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the afternoon with its strength gradually weakened. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-MA-ON (CN)

(220825) -- GUANGZHOU, Aug. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows fallen trees in Yangjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province. Typhoon Ma-on, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall with wind speeds of up to 118.8 km per hour around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the coast of Maoming City, south China's Guangdong Province, the provincial meteorological station said. Ma-on will move northwestward at a speed of about 25 km per hour, passing through the city of Maoming and entering Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the afternoon with its strength gradually weakened. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Rising Oil Prices

Rising Oil Prices

A worker fills up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, March 17, 2021. Starting from 24:00 on March 17, 2021, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 235 yuan and 230 yuan per ton respectively. This is the ninth consecutive increase since November 19, 2020.

Subway workers mark 9th anniversary of AUM sarin gas attack

Subway workers mark 9th anniversary of AUM sarin gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Subway workers at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo observe a minute of silence to mark the ninth anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, in which 12 people were killed and thousands were injured. (Kyodo)