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Taiwan: American Climber Alex Honnold Scales Taipei 101 Without Safety Gear 2

American climber Alex Honnold climbed Taipei 101 in Taipei on Sunday, January 24, without ropes or safety equipment in a live-streamed ascent.

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Taiwan: American Climber Alex Honnold Scales Taipei 101 Without Safety Gear 3

American climber Alex Honnold climbed Taipei 101 in Taipei on Sunday, January 24, without ropes or safety equipment in a live-streamed ascent.

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Taiwan: American Climber Alex Honnold Scales Taipei 101 Without Safety Gear

American climber Alex Honnold climbed Taipei 101 in Taipei on Sunday, January 24, without ropes or safety equipment in a live-streamed ascent.

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China: Driver Tows Giant Fish Through City Street

On September 16, 2025, passersby in Anhui province, eastern China, were startled to see a white car towing a massive fish. The fish was suspended from the rear window by a rope threaded through its mouth, with its tail nearly scraping the road and its body almost as tall as the vehicle. While some locals speculated the driver was flaunting a trophy catch, others raised concerns over hygiene and traffic safety.

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China: Dramatic Ice Rescue Saves Man from Freezing Lake in Liaoning

A video from December 7, 2025, in Fushun, Liaoning, shows residents rescuing a young man who fell through thin ice into freezing water. One man carefully crawled across the ice to pass him a rope, and with help from others, they pulled him to safety as onlookers watched anxiously.

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China: Family Cat Mimics Boy’s Rope-Climbing Play

On October 15, 2025, in Hubei, China, a family cat amused viewers by copying a young boy’s rope-climbing play at home. As the boy climbed with a safety rope, the cat jumped up and climbed the rope right after a command from a woman, delighting the family with its perfect timing and playful moves.

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China: Crane Driver Rescues Dangling Worker in Beijing’s Fengtai District

On October 17, 2025, in Fengtai District, Beijing, a man was found hanging outside a window after slipping while dismantling an air conditioning unit on a building’s exterior. He became entangled in a safety rope around his neck and arm. Crane driver Wang Lei immediately maneuvered his vehicle toward the building and extended the crane arm to rescue the struggling worker.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIJIANG-YULONG SNOW MOUNTAIN-CLEANERS (CN)

(240408) -- LIJIANG, April 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lyu Haowei (R) collects garbage on a cliff while his colleague Yang Shengkun controls the safety rope at a glacier park of Yulong Snow Mountain in southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 26, 2024. Lyu Haowei and his colleagues are mainly in charge of cleaning up garbage scattered on the cliffs of a glacier park on Yulong Snow Mountain, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Another group workers like He Dejun clean garbage near the boardwalks of the scenic spot. Having worked at the park for over eight years, both of them have witnessed an increase in environmental awareness among tourists with less casual littering. The snow-capped Yulong Snow Mountain is located in the northwest of the city of Lijiang with the main peak elevation being 5,596 meters. There are 19 glaciers in the mountain. Great efforts have been made to protect local ecological system. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

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Fire dance ritual in Akita Pref.

SEMBOKU, Japan - A child swings a sack of burning coals tied to a rope during a traditional agricultural fertility ritual called the ''Hifuri Kamakura'' in Semboku, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2011. The sacred fire is believed to drive out bad luck from the rice fields while people also wish for the good health and safety of their families at the event.

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CHINA-SHANDONG-ROPE-NET-INDUSTRY (CN)

(220526) -- BINZHOU, May 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers produce safety ropes at a workshop of an enterprise in Lizhuang Township of Huimin County, east China's Shandong Province, May 21, 2022. Huimin has more than 700 enterprises producing over 300 sorts of net and rope products, which are widely used in construction, sports and other industries and exported to more than 70 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Fan Changguo)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-ROPE-NET-INDUSTRY (CN)

(220526) -- BINZHOU, May 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers make safety ropes at a workshop of an enterprise in Lizhuang Township of Huimin County, east China's Shandong Province, May 21, 2022. Huimin has more than 700 enterprises producing over 300 sorts of net and rope products, which are widely used in construction, sports and other industries and exported to more than 70 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Fan Changguo)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-ROPE-NET-INDUSTRY (CN)

(220526) -- BINZHOU, May 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker produces safety belts at a workshop of an enterprise in Lizhuang Township of Huimin County, east China's Shandong Province, May 21, 2022. Huimin has more than 700 enterprises producing over 300 sorts of net and rope products, which are widely used in construction, sports and other industries and exported to more than 70 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Fan Changguo)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TENGXIAN-PLANE CRASH SITE-SEARCH AND RESCUE (CN)

(220327) -- TENGXIAN, March 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescuer casts a safety rope to a colleague at the plane crash site in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 26, 2022. All 132 people on board China Eastern Airlines' plane that crashed Monday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were dead, an official announced Saturday. The national emergency response headquarters for the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 aircraft accident on March 21 made the announcement at a press conference late night on Saturday after six days of all-out search and rescue efforts. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TENGXIAN-PLANE CRASH SITE-SEARCH AND RESCUE (CN)

(220327) -- TENGXIAN, March 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescuer secured by a safety rope conducts search and rescue work at the plane crash site in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 26, 2022. All 132 people on board China Eastern Airlines' plane that crashed Monday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were dead, an official announced Saturday. The national emergency response headquarters for the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 aircraft accident on March 21 made the announcement at a press conference late night on Saturday after six days of all-out search and rescue efforts. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TENGXIAN-PLANE CRASH SITE-SEARCH AND RESCUE (CN)

(220327) -- TENGXIAN, March 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescuer secured by a safety rope conducts search and rescue work at the plane crash site in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 26, 2022. All 132 people on board China Eastern Airlines' plane that crashed Monday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were dead, an official announced Saturday. The national emergency response headquarters for the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 aircraft accident on March 21 made the announcement at a press conference late night on Saturday after six days of all-out search and rescue efforts. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TENGXIAN-PLANE CRASH SITE-SEARCH AND RESCUE (CN)

(220327) -- TENGXIAN, March 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescuer ties a safety rope to a tree at the plane crash site in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 26, 2022. All 132 people on board China Eastern Airlines' plane that crashed Monday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were dead, an official announced Saturday. The national emergency response headquarters for the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 aircraft accident on March 21 made the announcement at a press conference late night on Saturday after six days of all-out search and rescue efforts. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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Fire dance ritual in Akita Pref.

SEMBOKU, Japan - A child swings a sack of burning coals tied to a rope during a traditional agricultural fertility ritual called the ''Hifuri Kamakura'' in Semboku, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2011. The sacred fire is believed to drive out bad luck from the rice fields while people also wish for the good health and safety of their families at the event. (Kyodo)