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Japan: Cold Front Stalls Over Hokkaido Bringing More Than One Meter Snow to Sapporo 2

A cold front stalled over Hokkaido on Sunday, January 25, leaving more than one meter of snow on the ground in Sapporo — the highest January total recorded in the city in decades. The persistent storm heavily disrupted transportation, leaving thousands stranded at New Chitose Airport.

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Japan: Cold Front Stalls Over Hokkaido Bringing More Than One Meter Snow to Sapporo

A cold front stalled over Hokkaido on Sunday, January 25, leaving more than one meter of snow on the ground in Sapporo — the highest January total recorded in the city in decades. The persistent storm heavily disrupted transportation, leaving thousands stranded at New Chitose Airport.

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civil Unmanned Aerial Experimental Zone Construction

ANQING, CHINA - JANUARY 10, 2026 - The construction site of the Anqing Civil Unmanned Aerial Experimental Zone project, one of the first 13 civil unmanned aerial experimental bases (experimental zones) in China, is located in Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China on January 10, 2026.

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Civil Unmanned Aerial Experimental Zone Construction

ANQING, CHINA - JANUARY 10, 2026 - The construction site of the Anqing Civil Unmanned Aerial Experimental Zone project, one of the first 13 civil unmanned aerial experimental bases (experimental zones) in China, is located in Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China on January 10, 2026.

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Civil Unmanned Aerial Experimental Zone Construction

ANQING, CHINA - JANUARY 10, 2026 - The construction site of the Anqing Civil Unmanned Aerial Experimental Zone project, one of the first 13 civil unmanned aerial experimental bases (experimental zones) in China, is located in Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China on January 10, 2026.

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Civil Unmanned Aerial Experimental Zone Construction

ANQING, CHINA - JANUARY 10, 2026 - The construction site of the Anqing Civil Unmanned Aerial Experimental Zone project, one of the first 13 civil unmanned aerial experimental bases (experimental zones) in China, is located in Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China on January 10, 2026.

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Food Distribution - Gaza

Palestinians receive their food rations through the World Food Programme from one of its distribution centers in Gaza City, January 8, 2026. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Distribution - Gaza

A Palestinian receives his food rations through the World Food Programme from one of its distribution centers in Gaza City, January 8, 2026. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Distribution - Gaza

Palestinians receive their food rations through the World Food Programme from one of its distribution centers in Gaza City, January 8, 2026. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snowfall in Lille - France

Lille (59), January 7, 2026: snowfall over the city. People stroll and walk in the snow in a city park. One woman walks her dog while another shelters from the snow under an umbrella - Photo by Badias JF//ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Makeshift Civil Defense Station in Gaza

Civil Defense members sit in a vehicle, one of them holding documents, at a makeshift station in Gaza City, Gaza, on January 4, 2026. Defense teams have established makeshift tent shelters along the seafront to sustain emergency operations following the destruction of their stations and equipment. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: M6.2 Earthquake Causes Damage in Shimane

A series of earthquakes, including one with a maximum magnitude of 6.2, struck western Japan on Tuesday, January 6, with epicenters in eastern Shimane Prefecture. Authorities said there was no tsunami threat. This video shows a landslide triggered by the quake at a residential property in Yasugi City, eastern Shimane.

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

A man carries the shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

A man carries the shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

A man holds the shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

A man holds the shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

Mourners perform funeral prayers for the infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

The shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen lies in a jacket on the ground during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

A man holds the shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

Two men hold the shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

Mourners perform funeral prayers for the infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

The shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen lies in a morgue in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

A man holds the shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Infant Dead Because of Hypothermia - Gaza

A man wraps the shrouded body of infant Saeed Asaad Abdeen at a morgue in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 18, 2025. Medical officials reported the one-month-old died of hypothermia. His death brings the number of weather-related fatalities in the Gaza Strip to 13 during a winter storm. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel: Heavy Rain Causes Flash Floods in Netanya After Intense Cloudburst

An intense cloudburst triggered flash floods along Israel’s central coast on Tuesday, December 23, dumping over 40 millimeters of rain on Netanya in about one hour. The heavy rainfall inundated city streets and forced the temporary closure of several lanes on the highway.

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Power Outage Reported - San Francisco

Residents affected by the power outage are pictured at a community resource center in San Francisco, California, the United States on Dec 21, 2025. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Power Outage Reported - San Francisco

This photo taken on Dec. 21, 2025 shows a neighborhood affected by the power outage in San Francisco, California, the United States. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Power Outage Reported - San Francisco

Residents affected by the power outage are pictured at a community resource center in San Francisco, California, the United States on Dec 21, 2025. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Power Outage Reported - San Francisco

This photo taken on Dec. 21, 2025 shows a neighborhood affected by the power outage in San Francisco, California, the United States. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Power Outage Reported - San Francisco

Residents affected by the power outage are pictured at a community resource center in San Francisco, California, the United States on Dec 21, 2025. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Power Outage Reported - San Francisco

People get supplies from a community resource center for residents affected by the power outage in San Francisco, California, the United States on Dec 21, 2025. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Power Outage Reported - San Francisco

This photo taken on Dec. 21, 2025 shows a neighborhood affected by the power outage in San Francisco, California, the United States. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Power Outage Reported - San Francisco

Residents affected by the power outage are pictured at a community resource center in San Francisco, California, the United States on Dec 21, 2025. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Massive Power Outage Creates Chaos In San Francisco - USA

Residents affected by the power outage wait in line to get supplies in San Francisco, California, the United States, on December 21, 2025. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Massive Power Outage Creates Chaos In San Francisco - USA

Staff members restore traffic lights at an intersection affected by the power outage in San Francisco, California, the United States, on December 21, 2025. A large-scale power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday, affecting about 130,000 households and businesses, or roughly one-third of all customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the city. Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Israel Demonstration Held in Central Amsterdam

A large demonstration in support of Israel and against antisemitism took place on Tuesday evening at Dam Square in central Amsterdam, drawing sizable crowds to the city center. The event featured speeches, music, and public expressions of solidarity, and was held under heightened security measures in one of Amsterdam’s busiest public squares. Amsterdam, 17 December 2025. Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Israel Demonstration Held in Central Amsterdam

A large demonstration in support of Israel and against antisemitism took place on Tuesday evening at Dam Square in central Amsterdam, drawing sizable crowds to the city center. The event featured speeches, music, and public expressions of solidarity, and was held under heightened security measures in one of Amsterdam’s busiest public squares. Amsterdam, 17 December 2025. Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM