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Fatal stabbing in Osaka

Fatal stabbing in Osaka

Police officers conduct an investigation in the early hours of Feb. 15, 2026, near the area where three young men were stabbed in the Dotombori shopping district in Osaka, western Japan, shortly before midnight. A 17-year-old boy was killed and the other two injured, while a man in his 20s was arrested after fleeing the scene.

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Fatal stabbing in Osaka

Fatal stabbing in Osaka

Photo taken in the early hours of Feb. 15, 2026, shows the area where three young men were stabbed in the Dotombori shopping district in Osaka, western Japan, shortly before midnight. A 17-year-old boy was killed and the other two injured, while a man in his 20s was arrested after fleeing the scene.

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Fatal stabbing in Osaka

Fatal stabbing in Osaka

Police officers conduct an investigation in the early hours of Feb. 15, 2026, near the area where three young men were stabbed in the Dotombori shopping district in Osaka, western Japan, shortly before midnight. A 17-year-old boy was killed and the other two injured, while a man in his 20s was arrested after fleeing the scene.

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

Photo taken in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025, shows a giant Ferris wheel at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. About 20 people were rescued from the 123-meter-tall structure in the early hours of Nov. 26, after it stopped moving following a lightning strike in the late afternoon of Nov. 25.

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

People are wrapped in blankets after firefighters rescued them from a giant Ferris wheel at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025. About 20 people were trapped inside the 123-meter-tall structure when it stopped moving in the late afternoon of Nov. 25 following a lightning strike.

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

A crane carrying a firefighter approaches a giant Ferris wheel gondola to rescue people inside it at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025. About 20 people were rescued after the 123-meter-tall structure stopped moving in the late afternoon of Nov. 25 following a lightning strike.

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Southern China Prepares for Typhoon Ragasa

Southern China Prepares for Typhoon Ragasa

Adhesive strips are seen on windows of a shopping mall in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, September 23, 2025. South China's Guangdong Province raised its wind emergency response to the highest level at 10 a.m. Tuesday, as Typhoon Ragasa is forecast to make landfall along the central or western coastal areas of the province as a strong or super strong typhoon within 24 hours. The provincial flood, drought and wind control headquarters have urged all localities and departments to act with the highest standards, strictest requirements and most concrete measures, and have ordered major affected areas to suspend classes, work, production, public transportation and business operations. Cities including Zhuhai, Shenzhen and Jiangmen have implemented these suspensions. Photo by Xinhua/Mao Siqian/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Southern China Prepares for Typhoon Ragasa

Southern China Prepares for Typhoon Ragasa

A staff member sticks adhesive strips on windows of a shopping mall in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, September 23, 2025. South China's Guangdong Province raised its wind emergency response to the highest level at 10 a.m. Tuesday, as Typhoon Ragasa is forecast to make landfall along the central or western coastal areas of the province as a strong or super strong typhoon within 24 hours. The provincial flood, drought and wind control headquarters have urged all localities and departments to act with the highest standards, strictest requirements and most concrete measures, and have ordered major affected areas to suspend classes, work, production, public transportation and business operations. Cities including Zhuhai, Shenzhen and Jiangmen have implemented these suspensions. Photo by Xinhua/Mao Siqian/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Southern China Prepares for Typhoon Ragasa

Southern China Prepares for Typhoon Ragasa

Adhesive strips are seen on windows of a shopping mall in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, September 23, 2025. South China's Guangdong Province raised its wind emergency response to the highest level at 10 a.m. Tuesday, as Typhoon Ragasa is forecast to make landfall along the central or western coastal areas of the province as a strong or super strong typhoon within 24 hours. The provincial flood, drought and wind control headquarters have urged all localities and departments to act with the highest standards, strictest requirements and most concrete measures, and have ordered major affected areas to suspend classes, work, production, public transportation and business operations. Cities including Zhuhai, Shenzhen and Jiangmen have implemented these suspensions. Photo by Xinhua/Mao Siqian/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Millions head to hometowns in Bangladesh to celebrate Eid al-Adha

STORY: Millions head to hometowns in Bangladesh to celebrate Eid al-Adha SHOOTING TIME: June 13, 2024 DATELINE: June 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people at a railway station in Dhaka STORYLINE: With Eid al-Adha just around the corner, millions of Bangladeshis are packing bus and train stations and airports as they head to their hometowns to celebrate the festival of animal sacrifice and enjoy family reunion. In Dhaka, long-distance bus stations, ferry terminals and train stations were seen overflowing with hundreds of thousands of home-bound passengers after work hours on Thursday, the last workday of the week before the Eid holidays. While passengers crowded ferry, train and bus terminals, other city residents who had cars or hired vehicles were making their last-minute shopping and business transactions before their long road trip home. Bangladeshi Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha on June 17 with the spirit of sacrifice, marking one of the major

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Ochakiv in Mykolaiv Region

Ochakiv in Mykolaiv Region

OCHAKIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 14, 2024 - A plate indicates shopping hours of a local shop in Ochakiv which is under constant Russian shelling, Mykolaiv region, southern Ukraine.

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan arranges costumes used for "Dongbei Dagu" performance at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan prepares for "Dongbei Dagu" performance at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show via livestreaming at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan arranges accessories used for "Dongbei Dagu" performance at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan plays sanxian, a three-stringed instrument, at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show via livestreaming at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- In this aerial drone photo, Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan wears earrings at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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Heavy traffic appears on Beijing roads as life returns to normal after infection peak

STORY: Heavy traffic appears on Beijing roads as life returns to normal after infection peak DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Beijing STORYLINE: In Beijing, the first Chinese city to have gone through the COVID-19 infection peak, life and work are coming back to normal. Heavy traffic reappears during peak hours in downtown Beijing. Supermarkets and shopping malls have also seen increasing shopper traffic. The regained vitality came after the country optimized epidemic response to effectively coordinate epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

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Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - A pro-democracy protester holds up a sign in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

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Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters wear helmets and masks to protect themselves as they face police officers in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

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Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Police officers stand by a pile of umbrellas seized from pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

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Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters confront police officers in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

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Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters confront police officers in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

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H.K. pro-democracy protesters

H.K. pro-democracy protesters

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, China, again gather in the shopping district of Mongkok on Oct. 17, 2014, although police removed their barricades in the predawn hours. Calling for a more democratic way to elect the territory's leader in 2017, student-led political activists started their "Occupy Central" campaign Sept. 28.

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People compete in chair race in Kyotonabe

People compete in chair race in Kyotonabe

OSAKA, Japan - Participants sitting on office chairs compete in a race at a shopping district in the city of Kyotanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 29, 2014. About 40 three-person teams took part in the race, in which teams competed to see how many laps of a 180-meter course they could complete in two hours.

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Christmas shoppers in N.Y.

Christmas shoppers in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows people visiting Macy's department store in New York in the early hours of Nov. 23, 2012, marking the start of the Christmas shopping season on Black Friday.

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-COVID-19-CASES

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-COVID-19-CASES

(220803) -- SEOUL, Aug. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People wearing face masks are seen at a shopping mall in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 3, 2022. South Korea's daily new COVID-19 cases hit the highest in 110 days, bringing the total number of infections to over 20 million, official data showed Wednesday. The country reported 119,922 new COVID-19 cases for the past 24 hours as of midnight Tuesday, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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Amazon Japan delivery drivers form union, claiming overwork

A group of 10 people working as freelance delivery drivers for Amazon.com Inc.'s Japan unit have unionized and handed over a letter to the online shopping giant's Tokyo headquarters demanding that their poor working conditions be corrected, union members said Monday. The union claimed that, despite working as freelance drivers, Amazon Japan G.K. effectively controls their work hours by sending delivery instructions via smartphones and that outsourcing of delivery operations is a way to avoid signing labor contracts. Lawyers and supporters of the group said this is the first time Amazon delivery drivers have unionized in Japan.

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A waiter serves a dish for diners in a shopping mall in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A customer shows his health code to a waitress before entering a restaurant in a shopping mall in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People have lunch at a restaurant in a shopping mall of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A customer enters a restaurant in a shopping mall in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Customers have meals in a restaurant in a shopping mall in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Customers have meals in a restaurant in Huaxi Live shopping plaza in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk in a shopping mall in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Customers have meals in a restaurant in a shopping mall in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk in Huaxi Live shopping plaza in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks a customer's body temperature at a restaurant in a shopping mall of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member disinfects a table at a restaurant in a shopping mall of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People have lunch at a restaurant in a shopping mall of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE (CN)

(220606) -- BEIJING, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A waitress serves customers at a restaurant in a shopping mall of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. No new local COVID-19 infections were reported in Beijing in the 15 hours ending at 3 p.m. Monday, and no infections were registered at community level from Saturday to Monday afternoon, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, said at a press conference on Monday. As the outbreak continues to subdue, the city will further loosen epidemic response restrictions and steadily return to normal. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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