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China: Maritime Patrol Rescues Dog After It Falls Into River in Jiangsu

On November 10, 2025, in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, a video captured a small dog struggling in a river after slipping from a boat. The footage showed the anxious boat owner attempting two separate rescues but failing each time as the dog drifted farther away. A maritime patrol vessel happened to be navigating nearby and quickly noticed the distress. The crew immediately maneuvered closer and used equipment to bring the frightened dog safely aboard.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

The icebreaker Soya's logo is painted over as a ceremony to decommission the ship, the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat departs for final voyage

JCG's oldest patrol boat departs for final voyage

The Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, departs from its home port of Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2025, for its final voyage after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship will be decommissioned on Nov. 12 after traveling about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth

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JCG's oldest patrol boat departs for final voyage

JCG's oldest patrol boat departs for final voyage

The Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, departs from its home port of Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2025, for its final voyage after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship will be decommissioned on Nov. 12 after traveling about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth.

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Protest To Demand a Diplomatic Break With Israel - Mexico

Protest To Demand a Diplomatic Break With Israel - Mexico

A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator hits a police patrol car during a protest in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) against the Israeli army's illegal detention of four Mexican activists traveling on a Sumud flotilla boat in international waters, with the purpose of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza and demanding diplomatic break with Israel. on October 1, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Marco Gonzalez/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hundreds Of Migrants Try To Swim Into Ceuta On A Night Of High Migratory Pressure - Spain

Hundreds Of Migrants Try To Swim Into Ceuta On A Night Of High Migratory Pressure - Spain

A patrol boat monitors and controls the border between Spain and Morocco on August 16, 2025 in Ceuta, Spain. Hundreds of people have tried to access Ceuta after jumping into the sea from Morocco during a night of high migratory pressure. The fog this early morning has led to an increase in attempts at irregular entry after several nights of greater calm in which only one child entered last August 14. The newly arrived minors will be taken care of by the Autonomous City, whose reception resources have been saturated for months. Photo by Antonio Sempere/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan-U.S.-Philippines rescue drill

Japan-U.S.-Philippines rescue drill

A Japan Coast Guard patrol boat (C) conducts a search and rescue drill jointly with its counterparts from the United States (L) and the Philippines off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S.-Philippines rescue drill

Japan-U.S.-Philippines rescue drill

A Japan Coast Guard patrol boat (R) conducts a search and rescue drill jointly with its counterparts from the United States (L) and the Philippines off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Gendarmes On Mission To Secure The Calais Coastline

Gendarmes On Mission To Secure The Calais Coastline

Migrants in hypotermia walk next to a gendarmes patrol near the beaches of Calais after having missed his boat to England. on April 8, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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F359 SECURITY NUUK GREENLAND

F359 SECURITY NUUK GREENLAND

The Danish Thetis-class patrol vessel HDMS Vædderen ( F359 ) in the fjord outside Nuuk on Greenland.Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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F359 SECURITY NUUK GREENLAND

F359 SECURITY NUUK GREENLAND

The Danish Thetis-class patrol vessel HDMS Vædderen ( F359 ) in the fjord outside Nuuk on Greenland.Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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China Coast Guard

China Coast Guard

YANTAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 22, 2025 - Patrol Coast Guard boat 34523, Yantai, Shandong, China, February 22, 2025.

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China Coast Guard

China Coast Guard

YANTAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 22, 2025 - Patrol Coast Guard boat 34523, Yantai, Shandong, China, February 22, 2025.

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China Coast Guard

China Coast Guard

YANTAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 22, 2025 - Patrol Coast Guard boat 34523, Yantai, Shandong, China, February 22, 2025.

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China Coast Guard

China Coast Guard

YANTAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 22, 2025 - Patrol Coast Guard boat 34523, Yantai, Shandong, China, February 22, 2025.

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Mobile fire group of Ukrainian border guards protects sky over Odesa region

Mobile fire group of Ukrainian border guards protects sky over Odesa region

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 10, 2024 - Servicemen of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine swim in a boat while on patrol in Odesa region, southern Ukraine.

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Mobile fire group of Ukrainian border guards protects sky over Odesa region

Mobile fire group of Ukrainian border guards protects sky over Odesa region

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 10, 2024 - Servicemen of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine swim in a boat while on patrol in Odesa region, southern Ukraine.

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Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 1, 2024 - Police aboard a "Hongfan 110" boat conduct a maritime patrol operation in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China, October 1, 2024.

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Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 1, 2024 - Police aboard a "Hongfan 110" boat conduct a maritime patrol operation in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China, October 1, 2024.

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Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 1, 2024 - Police aboard a "Hongfan 110" boat conduct a maritime patrol operation in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China, October 1, 2024.

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Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 1, 2024 - Police aboard a "Hongfan 110" boat conduct a maritime patrol operation in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China, October 1, 2024.

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Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 1, 2024 - Police aboard a "Hongfan 110" boat conduct a maritime patrol operation in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China, October 1, 2024.

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Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 1, 2024 - Police aboard a "Hongfan 110" boat conduct a maritime patrol operation in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China, October 1, 2024.

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Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 1, 2024 - Police aboard a "Hongfan 110" boat conduct a maritime patrol operation in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China, October 1, 2024.

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Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 1, 2024 - Police aboard a "Hongfan 110" boat conduct a maritime patrol operation in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China, October 1, 2024.

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Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

Maritime Patrol Operation in Zhoushan

ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 1, 2024 - Police aboard a "Hongfan 110" boat conduct a maritime patrol operation in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China, October 1, 2024.

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The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

Members of police forces patrol on a boat along the Seine river ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Summer Olympic Games on the Seine River in Paris on July 26, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Paris ahead of Olympics

Paris ahead of Olympics

Police officers on a boat patrol the Seine River in Paris on July 16, 2024, less than two weeks ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony.

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China-donated police patrol boats handed over to Myanmar

STORY: China-donated police patrol boats handed over to Myanmar SHOOTING TIME: June 11, 2024 DATELINE: June 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation ceremony STORYLINE: A total of six police patrol boats donated by the Chinese government were handed over to Myanmar in Yangon on Tuesday. China's Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai congratulated the smooth handover of the police patrol boat project. China and Myanmar are favorably positioned to jointly implement the Global Security Initiative in Myanmar, Chen said. China is willing to deepen cooperation with Myanmar in law enforcement capacity building, continue to crack down on cross-border criminal activities such as gambling fraud and drugs, and further safeguard the common interests of the two countries, Chen Hai added. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangon, Myanmar. (XHTV)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A boat of China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returns to the vessel after a drill in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, May 1, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Law enforcers of China Coast Guard take a boat to a designated sea area to carry out tasks in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, April 5, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Law enforcers of China Coast Guard inspect a nearby fishing boat in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, April 2, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Law enforcers lift a boat to the sea for training on China Coast Guard vessel Huayang patrolling the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, April 2, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Law enforcers participate in a training session at sea in an assault boat in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, April 9, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Law enforcers lift a boat to the sea for training on China Coast Guard vessel Huayang patrolling the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, April 2, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Law enforcers of China Coast Guard inspect a nearby fishing boat in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, April 2, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Law enforcers of China Coast Guard take a boat to a designated sea area to carry out tasks in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, April 5, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A boat of China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returns to the vessel after a drill in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, May 1, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

CHINA-CHINA COAST GUARD-VESSEL-PATROL (CN)

(240607) -- HAIKOU, June 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Law enforcers participate in a training session at sea in an assault boat in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao, April 9, 2024. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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Japan-U.S.-S. Korea marine drill in Sea of Japan

Japan-U.S.-S. Korea marine drill in Sea of Japan

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew loads a dummy onto the deck of a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat during a Japan-U.S.-South Korea joint marine rescue drill in the Sea of Japan off Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2024.

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King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

An exhibition during the events planned for the Armed Forces Day 2024, on the beach of San Lorenzo, on May 24, 2024 in Gijon, Asturias, Spain. During the events, Felipe VI has embarked aboard the patrol boat 'Atalaya' to preside over the naval review and, subsequently, has moved to the beach of San Lorenzo, located in Gijon, where the dynamic exhibition and the aerial parade has taken place. Photo by Imanol Rimada/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

An exhibition during the events planned for the Armed Forces Day 2024, on the beach of San Lorenzo, on May 24, 2024 in Gijon, Asturias, Spain. During the events, Felipe VI has embarked aboard the patrol boat 'Atalaya' to preside over the naval review and, subsequently, has moved to the beach of San Lorenzo, located in Gijon, where the dynamic exhibition and the aerial parade has taken place. Photo by Imanol Rimada/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

A helicopter during the events planned for the Armed Forces Day 2024, on the beach of San Lorenzo, on May 24, 2024 in Gijon, Asturias, Spain. During the events, Felipe VI has embarked aboard the patrol boat 'Atalaya' to preside over the naval review and, subsequently, has moved to the beach of San Lorenzo, located in Gijon, where the dynamic exhibition and the aerial parade has taken place. Photo by Imanol Rimada/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

An exhibition during the events planned for the Armed Forces Day 2024, on the beach of San Lorenzo, on May 24, 2024 in Gijon, Asturias, Spain. During the events, Felipe VI has embarked aboard the patrol boat 'Atalaya' to preside over the naval review and, subsequently, has moved to the beach of San Lorenzo, located in Gijon, where the dynamic exhibition and the aerial parade has taken place. Photo by Imanol Rimada/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

King Felipe VI (3l) and the President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrian Barbon (4l), during the events planned for the Armed Forces Day 2024, on the beach of San Lorenzo,on May 24, 2024 in Gijon, Asturias, Spain. During the events, Felipe VI embarked aboard the patrol boat 'Atalaya' to preside over the naval review and then moved to the beach of San Lorenzo, located in Gijon, where the dynamic exhibition and air parade took place. Photo by Imanol Rimada/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

King Felipe Attends Armed Forces Day 2024 - Spain

A helicopter during the events planned for the Armed Forces Day 2024, on the beach of San Lorenzo, on May 24, 2024 in Gijon, Asturias, Spain. During the events, Felipe VI has embarked aboard the patrol boat 'Atalaya' to preside over the naval review and, subsequently, has moved to the beach of San Lorenzo, located in Gijon, where the dynamic exhibition and the aerial parade has taken place. Photo by Imanol Rimada/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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