Amber expo staged in Poland's Gdansk

STORY: Amber expo staged in Poland's Gdansk DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: GDANSK, Poland CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): CHEN CHEN, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SLAWOMIR FIJALKOWSKI, Amberif curator 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SLAWOMIR FIJALKOWSKI, Amberif curator STORYLINE: The spring edition of Amberif, an international fair of jewelry and amber, wrapped up Saturday in the northern Polish city of Gdansk. The Amberif features the world's top-quality amber products, gold and silver jewelry, and jewelry manufacturing technologies. Over 250 exhibitors around the world have joined this year's event. STANDUP (English): CHEN CHEN, Xinhua correspondent "Welcome to Amberif. The exhibition of these natural, fossilized resins attract hundreds and thousands of people into this expo, where art meets technologies and business embraces designs." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SLAWOMIR FIJALKOWSKI, Amberif curator "It's the 30th edition here. So, we're very happy that

Chemical leak in U.S. California forces resident evacuation, freeway closure

STORY: Chemical leak in U.S. California forces resident evacuation, freeway closure DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site 2. various of the traffic STORYLINE: A serious chemical leak accident forced the evacuation of more than 100 homes in Perris, 122 kilometers east of Los Angeles downtown Friday morning and prompted the closure of the 215 Freeway in both directions. Local NBC 4 news channel reported that Cal Fire Riverside County received a call about the chemical leak around 7:40 p.m. Thursday local time, when someone discovered a large plume of smoke coming from a rail car along the railway running parallel to the freeway in the town with over 77,000 residents. Officials identified the leaking chemical as styrene, saying some kind of chemical reaction inside the tank occurred when the chemical used in latex, synthetic rubber and polystyrene resins was stored in an overheating situation. Typically, styrene sits

Pre-Hispanic Ceremony - Mexico

Pre-Hispanic Ceremony - Mexico

A man performs a ritual with (Copal) vegetable aromatic resins before dressed as aztec warrior as part of a pre-hispanic ceremony at archeological zone. Teotihuacan, Mexico, August 26, 2021. Photo by Ricardo Castelan/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pre-Hispanic Ceremony - Mexico

Pre-Hispanic Ceremony - Mexico

A man performs a ritual with (Copal) vegetable aromatic resins before dressed as aztec warrior as part of a pre-hispanic ceremony at archeological zone. Teotihuacan, Mexico, August 26, 2021. Photo by Ricardo Castelan/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Reproduction of 18th century Italian missionary's face

Reproduction of 18th century Italian missionary's face

National Museum of Nature and Science officials hold a reproduction of the face of Italian missionary Giovanni Battista Sidotti, who died in 1714 in what is now Tokyo, at the museum in the Japanese capital on Nov. 8, 2016. Using computer tomography, a 3D printer, resins and Sidotti's skull that was unearthed in 2014 from the remains of a prison for Christians in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, the museum reproduced Sidotti's face. The team also used historical documents to deduct that the Italian had black hair and eyes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Reproduction of 18th century Italian missionary's face

Reproduction of 18th century Italian missionary's face

A facial reproduction of Italian missionary Giovanni Battista Sidotti, who died in 1714 in what is now Tokyo, is prepared to be photographed at the National Museum of Nature and Science in the Japanese capital on Nov. 8, 2016. Using computer tomography, a 3D printer, resins and Sidotti's skull that was unearthed in 2014 from the remains of a prison for Christians in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, the museum reproduced Sidotti's face. The team also used historical documents to deduct that the Italian had black hair and eyes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo