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Press Conference For The 12th General Election - Dhaka

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal addresses the press in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The Election Commission said ballot boxes and other election supplies had been distributed in preparation for the vote on Sunday in over 42,000 precincts. There are more than 119 million registered voters. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Press Conference For The 12th General Election - Dhaka

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal addresses the press in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The Election Commission said ballot boxes and other election supplies had been distributed in preparation for the vote on Sunday in over 42,000 precincts. There are more than 119 million registered voters. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Press Conference For The 12th General Election - Dhaka

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal addresses the press in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The Election Commission said ballot boxes and other election supplies had been distributed in preparation for the vote on Sunday in over 42,000 precincts. There are more than 119 million registered voters. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Press Conference For The 12th General Election - Dhaka

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal addresses the press in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The Election Commission said ballot boxes and other election supplies had been distributed in preparation for the vote on Sunday in over 42,000 precincts. There are more than 119 million registered voters. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Press Conference For The 12th General Election - Dhaka

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal addresses the press in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The Election Commission said ballot boxes and other election supplies had been distributed in preparation for the vote on Sunday in over 42,000 precincts. There are more than 119 million registered voters. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Liberia to extend voting in southern counties due to challenges

STORY: Liberia to extend voting in southern counties due to challenges DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets of Monrovia 2. various of the Liberian citizens voting 3. various of the press conference by the National Election Commission (NEC) 4. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVIDETTA LANSANAH, Head of the National Election Commission STORYLINE: Liberia's election body said Tuesday it is extending the voting for president and members of the national legislature in some counties in the southern part of the country where electoral materials and personnel had a delay in reaching. Davidetta Lansanah, head of the National Elections Commission (NEC), said while addressing a daily press briefing in the nation's capital Monrovia that at least 11 precincts in the southeastern county of Sinoe and the south-central county of Rivercess were affected by the voting extension caused by overflowing of rivers due to heavy rainfall in those parts of the country.

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Liberia's political parties hold final rallies ahead of polls

STORY: Liberia's political parties hold final rallies ahead of polls DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:01 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of political rallies and campaigns in Monrovia, Liberia STORYLINE: Political parties in Liberia have concluded their campaigns in a final push for votes ahead of Tuesday's general elections in the West African country. Campaigns for the general elections ended at midnight Sunday, following the guidelines provided by the National Election Commission (NEC), which is overseeing the electoral process. Twenty candidates, including incumbent President George Weah, will participate in Tuesday's presidential election, alongside the national legislature elections. The fates of the presidential candidates will be decided by more than 2.4 million registered voters out of Liberia's population of 5.4 million. The polls will be conducted across a total of 5,890 polling places in the 2,080 voting precincts identified by the National Election Commission.

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Rare blue bee in western Japan

KONAN, Japan, Aug. 28 Kyodo -A rare Thyreus decorus blue bee is spotted at a flower garden within the Chojuji temple grounds in Konan, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 26, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Retired general Pavel wins Czech presidential election

STORY: Retired general Pavel wins Czech presidential election DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:52 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Prague 2. various of polling stations 3. various of Presidential candidate Andrej Babis voting at a polling station 4. various of Presidential candidate Petr Pavel voting at a polling station STORYLINE: The second round of the Czech presidential election concluded Saturday, with retired general Petr Pavel winning over former prime minister Andrej Babis, according to official results. With 99.99 percent of precincts counted, Pavel won with 58.32 percent of the vote to Babis' 41.67 percent. Turnover for the election surpassed 70 percent. Voters cast their ballots on Friday and Saturday, with Czechs abroad heading to the polls on Thursday. The first round, which took place on Jan. 13-14, featured eight candidates before going to a run-off between the two men after Pavel received 35.4 percent of the vote and Babis received 34.99 percent. Pavel, 61

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Horse riders ascend steps of Hokkaido shrine

HAKODATE, Japan - Members of a riding club in Hakodate, Hokkaido, northern Japan, ride up 134 steps on Hokkaido-bred "dosanko" horses in the precincts of the Hakodate Hachimangu shrine in front of worshippers at an annual event on Jan. 2, 2015.

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Temporary kabuki theater planned in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actors Nakamura Kankuro (R) and Nakamura Shichinosuke show at a press conference in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 23, 2014, an artist's image of a makeshift playhouse to be set up in the precincts of Sensoji Temple in downtown Tokyo for the Heisei Nakamura-za company's kabuki performances in April-May 2015.

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Young Palestinians live inside Gaza hospital

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Area - Young Palestinians taking shelter in the precincts of a hospital in the Gaza Strip smile on Aug. 7, 2014, amid the military conflict between Hamas and Israel in the Middle Eastern region.

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'Cat temple' in Fukui Pref.

FUKUI, Japan - Some of over 50 formerly abandoned cats living in the precincts of the Gotanjoji Temple, dubbed "the cat temple" among cat fanciers, are photographed on June 17, 2014, in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture. About 10,000 cat-loving people annually visit the temple built in 2002.

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Paper-fan throwing ritual at Nara's Toshodaiji Temple

NARA, Japan - A monk throws heart-shaped paper fans, believed to drive away evil spirits, from the drum tower of Toshodaiji Temple in Nara toward people in the temple precincts on May 19, 2014. The ceremony in memory of Kakujo, a priest of the temple, is held on May 19, his death anniversary.

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Antinuclear activists refuse to remove tents

TOKYO, Japan - Antinuclear activists gather in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (L back) in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. The activists rejected a call by the industry ministry to remove their tents from its precincts by 5 p.m. the same day, and continued a four-month-old occupation of ministry grounds to press their demand for the closure of all nuclear power plants in Japan.

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Antinuclear activists refuse to remove tents

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuko Kuroda (2nd from L), a resident of Fukushima Prefecture, speaks during a gathering of antinuclear activists in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. The activists rejected a call by the industry ministry to remove their tents from its precincts by 5 p.m. the same day, and continued a four-month-old occupation of ministry grounds to press their demand for the closure of all nuclear power plants in Japan.

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Annual morning-glory market begins

TOKYO, Japan - A vendor hands a flowerpot of morning glory to a customer as the annual Iriya Morning Glory Festival begins at Shingenji Temple, commonly known as Iriya Kishibojin, in Tokyo's Taito Ward on July 6, 2010. More than 100 morning glory vendors crowd the temple's precincts and its vicinity, with some 300,000-400,000 people expected to visit the event during a three-day run.

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Ground cherry fair begins at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - An annual ground cherry fair, a summer feature of downtown Tokyo, begins in the precincts of Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward on July 9, with some 200 vendors taking part. Some 600,000 people are expected to visit the two-day event.

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(4)Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Aug. 13 Kyodo - The precincts of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo are jammed Aug. 13 with people hoping to see Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visit the shrine to pay homage to Japan's war dead enshrined there. Koizumi made the visit shortly after 4:30 p.m., becoming the first serving prime minister in five years to pay his respects at the Shinto shrine.

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Ground cherry fair begins at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - An annual ground cherry fair, a summer feature of downtown Tokyo, begins in the precincts of Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward on July 9, with some 200 vendors taking part. Some 600,000 people are expected to visit the two-day event. (Kyodo)

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Tourists watch traditional village kabuki in northeastern Japan

About 300 tourists watch villagers in Hinoemata, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, perform a traditional kabuki play on a stage in the precincts of a local shrine on May 12, 2015. The event is said to have a history of more than 270 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional village kabuki performed in northeastern Japan

Residents in Hinoemata village, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, perform a traditional kabuki play on a stage in the precincts of a local shrine on May 12, 2015. Some 30 villagers took part in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo snapshot: People throng around Nishiarai Daishi's hall

Photo taken on Oct. 21, 2015, shows many elderly people in the precincts of Nishiarai Daishi temple's Komyoden hall in Tokyo, where normally Buddhist memorial services are conducted. The place was noisy that day, with a campaign under way by an "enka" Japanese ballad singer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rehearsal for outdoor stage play dedicated to Kyoto shrine

A rehearsal is held for the outdoor stage play "Korin" (Advent) in the precincts of the Kamigamo shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2015, on the eve of a three-day performance to commemorate the rebuilding of the shrine, an event that takes place every 21 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji in the morning seen from Lake Ashi

This is Mt. Fuji as veiwed from Moto-Hakone by Lake Ashinoko. The dark forest on the right is Hakone Shrine precincts. This site was called Hakone Gongen before the Japanese government instituted a policy in 1868 separating Buddhism and Shinto. The name Hakone Gongen appears in many ancient tales such as the Tale of The Soga written in the Kamakura Period. The mountain on the left is the foot of Mt. Mikuni, one of the outer moutain range of Hakone. This scene of Mt. Fuji behind the lake and the mountains is famous.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐44‐0]

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A teahouse in the precincts with a wisteria trellis

This is a teahouse in front of Otenmon Gate at Heian Shrine. Lanterns hang near the wisteria trellis. People are relaxing under the wisteria blossoms. A woman holding a parasol on a rickshaw is visible on the right, as well as Daigokuden Hall beyond the gate. The shrine was built in 1895. This may have been taken by the British photographer H. G. Ponting.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐43‐0]

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Torii gates at Fushimi Shrine

The red Senbon Torii (one thousand gates) along the eastern approach to Fushimi Inari Taisha are viewed looking southeast. The approach starts at Kamigoden Hall on the east side of the shrine precincts and stretches in a southeasterly direction to the foot of Mt. Inari, Myobusha. There are many visitors. The man on the lower left may be a beggar. The marks on the torii gate indicate that this photograph was taken after February 1889, probably by British photographer H. G. Ponting.==Date:1904, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐36‐0]

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A fortuneteller

A fortune teller plies his trade in the Fushimi Inari Shrine precincts. Books are piled on the table along with a few pens and a bamboo cylinder containing sticks for fortune telling. The fortune teller appears to be writing something. This was taken by the British photographer H. G. Ponting in 1904. According to Ponting, the fortune teller charged a small fee to predict romance, marriage, illness, business, and travel simply by looking at the palms and face.==Date:1904, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐35‐0]

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A stone lantern and a woman,Kasuga Shrine

A woman pointing at stone lanterns. The exact location of the photo cannot be determined. However, as there are many stone lanterns, it is definately within shrine precincts. It is a stereograph, and the photo was possibly taken around the same time as catalogue #4957, by the same photographer. The woman is wearing kimono, Japanese-style chignon, and holding a parasol.==Date:1904, Place:Nara, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐25‐0]

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The approach to Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

The precincts of Toshogu Shrine are viewed from the Omote-sando approach. The five-story pagoda is on the left, while the stone torii is in the right foreground. The Omotemon (Niomon) is visible in the back. Passing through the gate, visitors enter the dazzling world of Nikko Toshogu, replete with opulent works of art and architectural wonders.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐101‐0]

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Sacred fountain in the precincts of Nishi Otani Temple

Water fountain at the Otani Honbyo (Mausoleum) of Nishi Otani Temple. The lotus flower shaped fountain is made of bronze. The water falls from the flower petals into the hexagonal water basin. The lid of the fountain is decorated with dragons cast in high relief.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐105‐0]

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The Sanmon Gate,Shiba Zojoji Temple

This is Sangedatsu Gate (Sanmon), the middle gate in the temple precincts. The name (lit. three liberations) is said to refer to the Buddhist concept of release from the three poisons (greed, anger, and complaint), or to the three gates (Kuumon, Musoumon, Muganmon) in Paradise. It is said that the gate was reconstructed in 1623. The rickshaws visible in front of the gate started service in Tokyo in 1870, and by the following year there were 10,000 working the streets.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐65‐0]

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The centre of the city seen from the precincts of Suwa Shrine

The centre of the city seen from the precincts of Suwa Shrine==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Near the Nino-torii (the second gate),Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

Yomei Gate is seen through Karagane Torii, next to Omizuya in the precincts of Toshogu. The first bronze torii gate in Japan, Karagane Torii was built by the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. The building on the left is the Drum Tower, and to the right of it is the building where hanging lanterns are kept. Karamon is partially visible through Yomei Gate.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐38‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐21‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐22‐0]

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Lake Chuzenji

Lake Chuzenji is viewed from the precincts of Chugushi at Futarasan Shinto Shrine. The two buildings are gyoja koya, or shacks for pilgrims climbing Mt. Nantai. They rested and purified themselves here before heading to Mt. Nantai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number86‐7‐0]

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A teahouse,Shimogamo,Kyoto

View of the Mitarashi River at Shimogamo Shinto Shrine. A woman riding a rickshaw and a woman with a parasol are passing each other on a bridge. There are summer pavilions on both sides of the river. The source of Mitarashi River is a spring at Mitarashi Shrine within the Shimogamo Shinto Shrine precincts. In the Meiji Period, bonfires were lit along the river and summer pavilions were built from which to observe them. In the back is Tadashi Forest.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐26‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐47‐0]

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Cherry trees at Nogeyama Park,Yokohama

The Iseyama Kotaijingu precincts. This shrine was established after the relocation of a small shrine in Tobe-machi to Mt. Noge in 1870. After the opening of the new shrine, Mt. Noge was renamed Iseyama (Mt. Ise) and many people visited the area in the cherry blossom season.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐28‐0]

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Lake Chuzenji

Rokken-jaya at the lakeside is viewed from the precincts of the Chugushi at Futarasan Shinto Shrine. The fact that not a single building is visible on the lakeside in the Utagahama area to the right indicates that the photograph was taken in the early Meiji Period. Also, no stone embankment work has been done at the lakeside near Rokken-jaya.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐20‐0]

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Precincts of Suwa Shrine

This photograph taken around 1887 shows the Middle Gate at Suwa Shinto Shrine. This is the main shrine in Nagasaki and it is famous for its autumn Kunchi Festival. This is a staged photograph with people posing on the stairs in front of the Middle Gate. The Western-style lamp on the left is indicative of the tide of modernization in Nagasaki.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number73‐30‐0]

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Ishiyamadera Temple

The precincts of Ishiyamadera Temple seen from the front of the Main Hall . During the Heian Period, aristocratic women worshipped at the temple, and in later years it attracted many commoners as the 13th temple in the circuit of the 33 Holy Kannon temple of Western Japan. The Main Hall, just behind the tile-roofed Rennyodo, burned to the ground in 1096 and was later rebuilt.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐42‐0]

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The precincts of a temple

The precincts of a temple==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Ishiyamadera Temple

The precincts of Ishiyamadera Temple. During the Heian Period (794-1192), the temple was popular among ladies of the aristocracy. It was designated later as the 13th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan and gained popularity among commoners. The photograph emphasizes the jagged wollastonite rocks after which the temple is named ( Ishiyama means stone mountain ).==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐35‐0]

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The precincts of Kofukuji Temple

This stereograph captures the bronze lantern at Kofukuji Temple around 1868. When viewed through a special viewer, the two images merge to form a three-dimensional photograph.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Pierre Rossier, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number70‐5‐0]

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The Karamon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

The shrine precincts are viewed from in front of the Shinyosha. Karamon is on the left. Kitodan (Goma-do) is in the centre back. The building on the right, Kaguraden, is the site of kagura (divine dances) by young women. The famous Nemurineko (sleeping cat) carving can be seen at the entrance of the corridor between Kitoden and Kaguraden. Behind the corridor is the approach (stairway) to the inner shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number67‐38‐2]

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The Karamon Gate and the haiden (sanctuary),Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

Karamon Gate (right) and the Hall of Worship are viewed from inside the inner precincts of Toshogu, which are surrounded by sukibei walls of 160m in length. During the Edo Period, the gate was used only by high-ranking government officials and feudal lords granted permission to meet the shogun directly. This is a rare photograph capturing the inside view of Karamon.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐29‐0]

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The precincts of Ise Grand Shrine

Isejingu Shinto Shrine consists of Kotaijingu and Toyoketaijingu, commonly called Naiku and Geku. Shown here is the precinct of Naiku where Amaterasu-Omikami is enshrined. The photographer is looking toward the second torii gate, probably after offering prayers at the shrine. The building on the right is Kaguraden, and the roof of Misakadono is visible through the trees.==Date:unknown, Place:Mie, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐22‐0]

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Himeishi Daimyojin Shrine

The photograph and mount bear the labels Himeishi Daimyojin and ..at the Temple of KAMAKURA respectively. An illustrated map from the year 1850 shows the Himeishi (Princess Stone) in the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine precincts. It also resembles, in terms of its shape and markings, the Masakoishi (Masako Stone) located today on Benten Island in the shrine pond, but the exact details are unclear. This photograph may be the work of Stillfried. The date is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐76‐0]