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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- He Yusi attends a rock climbing activity at a climbing gym in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 26, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A young man attends a rock climbing activity after work at a climbing gym in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 26, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rock climbing enthusiast He Yusi poses after she finishes climbing at a climbing gym in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 26, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- He Yusi attends a rock climbing activity at a climbing gym in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 26, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- He Yusi (1st R) attends a rock climbing activity at a climbing gym in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 26, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rock climbing enthusiast Peng Siqi attends a rock climbing activity at a climbing gym in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 26, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Young people attend a rock climbing activity after work at a climbing gym in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 26, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Young people attend a rock climbing activity after work at a climbing gym in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 26, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Contestants participate in a rock climbing activity in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 27, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- SHENZHEN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rock climbing enthusiast He Yusi attends a rock climbing activity at a climbing gym in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 26, 2024. Rock climbing, once a niche sport, has become one of the favored leisure activities among young people in Shenzhen in recent years. Indoor climbing gyms are popping up in the city like mushrooms after the rain. For young people, rock climbing is highly engaging and has a low entry barrier. "Rock climbing is a way for me to relax," He Yusi, an office worker, said. Nowadays, more and more parents are bringing their children to climbing gyms, where they can increase their willpower, improve their physical fitness, and strengthen parent-child relationships. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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The Kurds of Khorasan - Iran

Hadi's parent, taking a pose for a portrait while his mother weard traditional clothes at Hadi's house. They are one of the Kurdish nomadic families of Kermanj who were forced to migrate from their homeland to these areas to protect the eastern borders of Iran, and during this period they lost many of their cultural characteristics and behaviors. They are animal husbandry now and still speak Kurdish, but the clothes they wear are no longer Kurdish and their behaviors have completely changed and most of them do not even know where their original birthplace was. Golestan, Iran, March 2, 2022. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hong Kong to offer more support for families with newborns

STORY: Hong Kong to offer more support for families with newborns DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of speech scene 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JOHN LEE, HKSAR Chief Executive 3. various of Hong Kong-related footage STORYLINE: China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will implement a raft of measures to encourage childbearing amid a low birth rate, HKSAR Chief Executive John Lee said Wednesday. A one-off cash bonus of 20,000 Hong Kong dollars (about 2,556 U.S. dollars) will be provided for each baby born on Wednesday or after in Hong Kong to a parent who is a Hong Kong permanent resident, and this measure will last for three years, Lee said in a policy address. Other incentives include a 20-percent rise in deduction ceiling for home loan interest or domestic rents, and priority arrangement for subsidized sale flat and public rental housing allocation. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JOHN LEE, HKSAR Chief Executive "The Hong Kong Ho

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows juvenile fish of Yangtze sturgeon at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March thi

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang displays a Yangtze sturgeon at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field bree

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo shows Zhou Liang (L, bottom) takes roes from a Yangtze sturgeon. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding experiment is conducted in an inner river course of a section of the Yangtze River in Yibin. During the experiment, 10 male and 10 female mature parent fish of Y

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding exper

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang (1st R) talks with visiting students from China Three Gorges University at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July l

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang checks the fishpond at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 12, 2021. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding exp

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 12, 2021 shows the Fuxing breeding base founded by Zhou Liang and his father in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding experiment is conducted in an inner river course of a section of the Yangtze River in Y

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang cleans a Yangtze sturgeon juvenile fish pond at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this y

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang checks juvenile fish of Yangtze sturgeon at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year,

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang shows a juvenile fish of Yangtze sturgeon at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhou Liang in his youth holding a Yangtze sturgeon (L, photo taken by Zeng Lang) and him holding a Yangtze sturgeon on June 27, 2023 (photo taken by Xinhua photographer Xu Bingjie). Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding experiment is conducted in an inner r

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Mother of autistic child extends love to children with autism

STORY: Mother of autistic child extends love to children with autism DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lan Linxiang 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Lan Linxiang's son 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG 5. various of the rehabilitation institution in Fuzhou 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): Parent of an autistic child 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG 8. various of the children training STORYLINE: Lan Linxiang, a mother of an autistic child from Fuzhou city, south China's Fujian province, has extended her love to more children with autism. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG "What do you want to play?" SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Lan Linxiang's son "It's fallen down." SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG "It doesn't matter. Let's just pick it up." In 2013, Lan's one-year-old son was diagnosed with a developmental disorder. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LAN LINXIANG "There were some symptoms in the beginning, b

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Thousands enjoy Kite Day in New Zealand's Christchurch

STORY: Thousands enjoy Kite Day in New Zealand's Christchurch DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand CATEGORY: CULTURE/ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of 2023 Kite Day in New Zealand's Christchurch STORYLINE: Thousands of people flock to New Brighton Beach in Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, as Kite Day returns on Saturday. The annual event brings together amateur and professional kite pilots for hours of flying action. Every summer, Christchurch holds a regular kite festival, which aims to encourage people to get outside and get in touch with nature. Kite Day has become one of the most important leisure and parent-child activities in the area. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Christchurch, New Zealand. (XHTV)

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Lower house OKs ratification of int'l child custody pact

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a House of Representatives plenary session in the Diet building in Tokyo on April 23, 2013, shortly after unanimous approval of Japan's ratification of an international treaty to help settle cross-border child custody disputes, paving the way for passage through the Diet in late May. The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction sets out the rules and procedures for the prompt return of children under 16, taken or retained by one parent following the failure of an international marriage, to the country of their habitual residence if requested by the other parent.

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A-bombing leukemia effects on second-generation

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Nanao Kamada, an expert on blood diseases and Hiroshima University professor emeritus, speaks at a scholarly meeting in the city of Nagasaki on June 3, 2012. At the meeting, a study led by Kamada was presented, showing that more people born within 10 years of the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima developed leukemia by the time they reached the age of 35 if both their parents had been exposed to the blast, compared with those with only one parent surviving the bombing.

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Uganda-China ties touch lives in education sector

STORY: Uganda-China ties touch lives in education sector DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:16 LOCATION: ENTEBBE, Uganda CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. Shot of Entebbe town 2. Shot of Entebbe-Changsha Model Primary School 3. various of art and craft class 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JACKIE KAZALWA, Teacher of Entebbe-Changsha Model Primary School 5. various of students in a computer lab 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JACKIE KAZALWA, Teacher of Entebbe-Changsha Model Primary School 7. various of students at Entebbe-Changsha Model Primary School 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHNBOSCO IZACHARY, Student parent of Entebbe-Changsha Model Primary School 9. various of students at Entebbe-Changsha Model Primary School STORYLINE: China and Uganda will mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations next month. Over the years, bilateral exchanges and cooperation between both sides have become increasingly frequent. Entebbe-Changsha Model Primary School marks one of the many achievements. Changsha, the capital of Chi

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Lingering drought worsens school dropout rate in northern Kenya

STORY: Lingering drought worsens school dropout rate in northern Kenya DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:19 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1 various of the locals 2 STANDUP 1 (English): RUTH WANGARA, Xinhua reporter 3 various of a primary school 4 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ADAN MBURU, Headteacher of Silapani Primary school 5 SOUNDBITE 2 (Rendille): NTAMATIN KHOYAN, Parent 6 various of children 7 SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MUSTAFA PARKOLO, County Coordinator of National Drought Management Authority, Kenya 8 various of food relief and assistance efforts STORYLINE: As Kenya is hit by severe drought following four failed rainy seasons, ripple effects of the crisis are felt across the country. Marsabit County in northern Kenya, one of the worst-hit areas, has seen an increasing school dropout rate. STANDUP 1 (English): RUTH WANGARA, Xinhua reporter "This is Silapani primary school, one of the schools that have been highly affected by drought. Here in Marsabit, education has been affected massivel

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250,000 U.S. children orphaned by COVID-19: media report

STORY: 250,000 U.S. children orphaned by COVID-19: media report DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of screenshot of American Broadcasting Company's report 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 3. various of screenshot of the Atlantic's report 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) STORYLINE: The U.S. marked the tragic milestone of one million lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday. According to American Broadcasting Company, more than 250,000 children have lost a parent or a primary caregiver to COVID-19 in the U.S. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) "There are going to be so many orphans in America, which is needless. So definitely it is going to be a scar on the so

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39 children patients discharged from Shanghai's first parent-child quarantine area

STORY: 39 children patients discharged from Shanghai's first parent-child quarantine area DATELINE: April 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the kids and parents leaving the hospitals 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Parent of a discharged child 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Discharged child 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU SHUNFANG, Medic, Tongji Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of HUST 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YIN YONG, Medical expert of Shanghai Children's Medical Center STORYLINE: The first group of children patients with their parents was discharged from Shanghai's first parent-child quarantine area at a makeshift hospital on Tuesday. The 39 children have received one-week of treatment at the temporary hospital in the Shanghai New International Expo Center. They will return home for another one-week medical observation. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Parent of a discharged child "We feel good. Medical teams from Wuhan City and medics from Shanghai's

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Human rights event at U.N. Geneva office

Members of Japanese nongovernmental organizations hold a human rights event at the United Nations office in Geneva on March 11, 2019, to appeal for Japan, where only one divorced parent gets custody of a child, to legalize joint custody. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reopening of Tokyo Tower observatories

A parent and children climb up the stairs as Tokyo Tower reopens its observatories on May 28, 2020, after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Only up to four people are allowed to ride elevators in the tower at one time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Human rights event at U.N. Geneva office

Members of Japanese nongovernmental organizations hold a human rights event at the United Nations office in Geneva on March 11, 2019, to appeal for Japan, where only one divorced parent gets custody of a child, to legalize joint custody. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo