Integrated Protection And Restoration Project of Forest And Grassland Wetland

Integrated Protection And Restoration Project of Forest And Grassland Wetland

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JULY 15, 2025 - Professional technicians in forestry and grassland led herdsmen in the preparation of wolfberry flower poisonous grass spraying drugs at the site of the integrated protection and restoration project of forestry and grassland wetland. Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on July 15, 2025.

Folk customs of Duanwu Festival in 60 seconds

STORY: Folk customs of Duanwu Festival in 60 seconds SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of folk customs of Duanwu Festival STORYLINE: The Duanwu Festival has arrived. Tying five-color silk string Wearing scented sachets Hanging mugwort leaves and calamus Fish-shaped lantern parade Releasing floating lanterns Dragon lantern dance Dragon boat racing Sprinkling Xionghuang powder Expelling five poisonous pests Eating Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

CHINA-ANHUI-QIMEN-SNAKEBITE-INSTITUTE (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-QIMEN-SNAKEBITE-INSTITUTE (CN)

(231125) -- HUANGSHAN, Nov. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member takes a poisonous snake for research at Qimen Institute of Snakebite in Qimen County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 8, 2023. Qimen Institute of Snakebite was founded in 1965. It was the first scientific research institution integrating snakebite research, treatment and medicine production in China, and also one of the largest snakebite treatment bases in Asia. Its original Qimen snakebite therapy cured many snakebite patients. In 2021, the Qimen snakebite therapy was listed in the fifth batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

CHINA-ANHUI-QIMEN-SNAKEBITE-INSTITUTE (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-QIMEN-SNAKEBITE-INSTITUTE (CN)

(231125) -- HUANGSHAN, Nov. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members take the venom from a poisonous snake for research at Qimen Institute of Snakebite in Qimen County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 8, 2023. Qimen Institute of Snakebite was founded in 1965. It was the first scientific research institution integrating snakebite research, treatment and medicine production in China, and also one of the largest snakebite treatment bases in Asia. Its original Qimen snakebite therapy cured many snakebite patients. In 2021, the Qimen snakebite therapy was listed in the fifth batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

CHINA-ANHUI-QIMEN-SNAKEBITE-INSTITUTE (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-QIMEN-SNAKEBITE-INSTITUTE (CN)

(231125) -- HUANGSHAN, Nov. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members take the venom from a poisonous snake for research at Qimen Institute of Snakebite in Qimen County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 8, 2023. Qimen Institute of Snakebite was founded in 1965. It was the first scientific research institution integrating snakebite research, treatment and medicine production in China, and also one of the largest snakebite treatment bases in Asia. Its original Qimen snakebite therapy cured many snakebite patients. In 2021, the Qimen snakebite therapy was listed in the fifth batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen (R) eats wild fruit to quench his thirst during his maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel walk along a path during a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to m

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen walks along a path after a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to mention tha

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen wipes his sweat during his maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to mention t

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Deng Yiqiang takes a rest during his maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to mention tha

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yao Zhengqiang (L) and Li Yingxing go through a slippery road during their maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Yingxing (L) and Yao Zhengqiang operate a drone to inspect power transmission lines and equipment in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance wo

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel walk along a path during a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to m

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel walk along a path during a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to m

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen is seen during his maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to mention that the

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Yingxing (L) operates a drone to inspect power transmission lines in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen (1st L) clears a fallen tree with his machete during a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes o

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Yingxing conducts temperature measurement on a power transmission tower with an infrared thermometer in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Deng Yiqiang (R) and Yao Zhengqiang weeds near a transmission line tower and check its condition in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel check power supply equipment near the Friendship Pass in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or stic

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel check power supply equipment near the Friendship Pass in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or stic

Poisonous mushrooms

Poisonous mushrooms

19.07.2023, Tartu Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining mushroom or simply the yellow-stainer. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Poisonous mushrooms

Poisonous mushrooms

19.07.2023, Tartu Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining mushroom or simply the yellow-stainer. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Poisonous mushrooms

Poisonous mushrooms

19.07.2023, Tartu Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining mushroom or simply the yellow-stainer. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Poisonous mushrooms

Poisonous mushrooms

19.07.2023, Tartu Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining mushroom or simply the yellow-stainer. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Poisonous mushrooms

Poisonous mushrooms

19.07.2023, Tartu Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining mushroom or simply the yellow-stainer. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Poisonous mushrooms

Poisonous mushrooms

19.07.2023, Tartu Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining mushroom or simply the yellow-stainer. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Poisonous mushrooms

Poisonous mushrooms

19.07.2023, Tartu Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining mushroom or simply the yellow-stainer. Photo Sille Annuk, Tartu Postimees

Death toll from gas leak in India rises to 11

STORY: Death toll from gas leak in India rises to 11 DATELINE: May 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:31 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of local police (Source: ANI) 3. various of National Disaster Response Force team (Source: ANI) STORYLINE: The death toll from gas leak in India's Punjab state rose to 11 on Sunday, a local administration official told Xinhua over phone. The accident occurred in the thickly-populated Giaspura area in Punjab's Ludhiana city with several factories. Local authorities suspect that dumping of some chemicals from a factory into the sewer led to the emission of poisonous gas resulting in the deaths. Among the dead were three minors and five women. They also included five members of a family. At least four persons who fell sick were still in a local hospital. All the victims were migrant laborers hailing from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and the eastern state of Bihar. The source of the gas leakage and the type of the

Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushrooms growing on a beech tree glow in the dark in a mountain range straddling Sendai and Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2014.

Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushrooms growing on a beech tree glow in the dark in a mountain range straddling Sendai and Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2014.

World's longest habu poisonous snake

World's longest habu poisonous snake

NAHA, Japan - Koki Terada, a researcher at the Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, on Oct. 31, 2011, in the institute in Nanjo in the prefecture, holds a dead habu snake, which was found and killed on Oct. 12 in the village of Onna on the prefecture's main island. The 2.42-meter-long indigenous venomous snake is the world's longest habu, according to the institute.

World's longest habu poisonous snake

World's longest habu poisonous snake

NAHA, Japan - A dead habu snake, which was found and killed on Oct. 12, 2011, in the village of Onna on Okinawa Prefecture's main island, is measured Oct. 31 at the Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment in the city of Nanjo in the prefecture. The 2.42-meter-long indigenous venomous snake is the world's longest habu, according to the institute.

Antiterrorism drill held at Fukuoka

Antiterrorism drill held at Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Rescue workers in protective gear carry a sickened man off a Shinkansen express train during an antiterrorism drill at JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka late April 21. The police and firefighters staged the drill on the assumption that militants opposed to the Group of Eight Summit in Hokkaido this year released poisonous gas inside a Shinkansen train heading to Fukuoka.

Firefighters for World Cup to wear special jackets

Firefighters for World Cup to wear special jackets

TOKYO, Japan - The Fire Defense Agency decided Feb. 28 to lend 150 sets of protective jackets (demonstrated in the photo) and detectors to local fire departments in areas that will host World Cup soccer games in a bid to prepare for possible biological and chemical weapons attacks. The jackets will protect firefighters from harmful organisms and chemicals, and the detectors can sense anthrax, smallpox virus and poisonous gas, agency officials said.

Summit-bound police receive lecture on Okinawa snakes

Summit-bound police receive lecture on Okinawa snakes

GUSHIKAWA, Japan - Police officers receive instructions Aug. 10 on poisonous snakes peculiar to Okinawa Prefecture as they have to enhance security at the 2000 summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) nations in the Japan's southernmost island prefecture. About 150 officers were lectured by experts at the Okinawa police riot squad training center in Gushikawa in the prefecture, as part of preparations for the summit scheduled for July 21-23 next year.

Over 110 female workers fall ill over gas leakage in south India

STORY: Over 110 female workers fall ill over gas leakage in south India DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of incident place (courtesy of ANI) 3. various of workers admitted in hospital (courtesy of ANI) STORYLINE: More than 110 female workers at an apparel factory fell ill in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh after unidentified poisonous gas leaked inside the factory premises, a local official said on Wednesday. The gas leakage happened in the Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday evening. All the women have been hospitalized and responding well to the medical treatment. "Nearly 112 women were admitted to local hospitals last evening and are fine now. Those affected complained of nausea, headache, cough and suffocation. Some of them are pregnant and they fainted at the factory," a district public relations official said over phone. "The source of the gas leak is not known yet," said the of

Tanzanian para athlete vows to go beyond himself in int'l competition

STORY: Tanzanian para athlete vows to go beyond himself in int'l competition DATELINE: July 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:16 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mwila lifting weights and exercising 2. various of Mwila in the gym with his coach 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (SWAHILI): YOHANA ASSA MWILA, Para powerlifter 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (SWAHILI): NEMES ALBERT CHIWALA, Para lifting coach STORYLINE: Yohana Assa Mwila, a man who lost his right leg in 1988 through a bite from a highly poisonous snake, said nothing will stop him from putting Tanzania on a global para powerlifting map. Mwila, 38, is a para powerlifter who has qualified to represent Tanzania in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England that will see around 4,500 athletes from 72 nations and territories compete in 19 sports and eight para-sports across 15 competition venues from July 28 until Aug. 8. Para powerlifting is one of the sports to be contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the sixth staging of para powerliftin

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-PARA POWERLIFTER-PREPARATION

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-PARA POWERLIFTER-PREPARATION

(220719) -- DAR ES SALAAM, July 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yohana Assa Mwila, a para powerlifter, prepares for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on July 18, 2022. Yohana Assa Mwila, a man who lost his right leg in 1988 through a bite from a highly poisonous snake, said nothing will stop him from putting Tanzania on a global para powerlifting map. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Tanzanian para athlete vows to go beyond himself in int'l competition

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-PARA POWERLIFTER-PREPARATION

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-PARA POWERLIFTER-PREPARATION

(220719) -- DAR ES SALAAM, July 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yohana Assa Mwila (Front), a para powerlifter, prepares for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on July 18, 2022. Yohana Assa Mwila, a man who lost his right leg in 1988 through a bite from a highly poisonous snake, said nothing will stop him from putting Tanzania on a global para powerlifting map. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Tanzanian para athlete vows to go beyond himself in int'l competition

Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog

STORY: Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog DATELINE: March 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the corroboree frogs STORYLINE: A project dubbed "Saving our Species" has seen 100 corroboree frogs reintroduced into the wild in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), in an effort to reinvigorate their dwindling population. The corroboree frog is a poisonous, ground-dwelling species endemic to small, sub-alpine areas of NSW. Their bright yellow and black markings make them highly recognizable and serve as a warning to predators. It was announced on Monday that 100 of the frogs were reintroduced into a purpose-built enclosure late last week in an effort to allow them to re-adapt to their wild environment. "These 100 corroboree frogs have been reintroduced to a purpose-built field enclosure at Kosciuszko National Park that protects them from the disease while allowing them to grow and thrive into the fu

Chinese gas mask

Chinese gas mask

A Chinese man wearing a gas mask during the Sino-Japanese War. Toxic gas was used frequently by Japanese forces during the war. Date: 1940

2 weeks since deadly explosions in Tianjin

2 weeks since deadly explosions in Tianjin

Photo taken Aug. 25, 2015, in Tianjin, China, shows high-rise condominium buildings with windows shattered by deadly explosions at a warehouse two weeks earlier. Authorities are believed to still be facing difficulties in collecting poisonous chemical substances stored in the warehouse and the cause of the explosions remains unknown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese blowfish dish introduced at Expo Milano 2015

Japanese blowfish dish introduced at Expo Milano 2015

Sadao Oshiumi (L), a chef licensed for cooking blowfish, performs the art of thinly slicing the blowfish and then displaying them in a crane shape on a plate to visitors to the Japan Pavilion of Expo Milano 2015 on May 24, 2015. Expo Milano made exceptional measures to allow the admission of blowfish, although the importation of such poisonous fish is usually regulated by the European Union. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese blowfish dish introduced at Expo Milano 2015

Japanese blowfish dish introduced at Expo Milano 2015

Visitors to the Japan Pavilion of Expo Milano 2015 taste a dish using blowfish, a Japanese delicacy from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on May 24, 2015. Expo Milano made exceptional measures to allow the admission of blowfish, although the importation of such poisonous fish is usually regulated by the European Union. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Unit 731 museum

Unit 731 museum

BEIJING, China - Models of members of the Imperial Japanese Army's Unit 731 conducting poisonous gas experiments. The models are displayed at the War of Resistance against Japan Memorial Museum on the outskirts of Beijing. Unit 731 is known for conducting germ warfare experiments on live humans during World War II. Photo was taken Aug. 22, 1992. (Kyodo)

New police officers learn about fanged snake in southwest Japan

New police officers learn about fanged snake in southwest Japan

New officers at the Kagoshima prefectural police force's Amami station in southwestern Japan touch a "habu," a species of poisonous snake living mainly on Amami and Okinawa islands, during a workshop organized on Sept. 7, 2015, for those who were transferred this summer to Amami-Oshima Island. The station receives frequent calls from residents to get rid of the venomous snake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Police officers learn to tackle venomous snake in southwest Japan

Police officers learn to tackle venomous snake in southwest Japan

Officers newly assigned to the Amami police station in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, learn how to deal with a "habu" poisonous snake on Sept. 7, 2015. Police on the remote island of Amami-Oshima are often asked to get rid of the wild snake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Antiterrorism drill held at Fukuoka

Antiterrorism drill held at Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Rescue workers in protective gear carry a sickened man off a Shinkansen express train during an antiterrorism drill at JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka late April 21. The police and firefighters staged the drill on the assumption that militants opposed to the Group of Eight Summit in Hokkaido this year released poisonous gas inside a Shinkansen train heading to Fukuoka. (Kyodo)

Firefighters for World Cup to wear special jackets

Firefighters for World Cup to wear special jackets

TOKYO, Japan - The Fire Defense Agency decided Feb. 28 to lend 150 sets of protective jackets (demonstrated in the photo) and detectors to local fire departments in areas that will host World Cup soccer games in a bid to prepare for possible biological and chemical weapons attacks. The jackets will protect firefighters from harmful organisms and chemicals, and the detectors can sense anthrax, smallpox virus and poisonous gas, agency officials said.