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Massive fire in southwestern Japan

Massive fire in southwestern Japan

A Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopter sprinkles water in an attempt to extinguish a massive fire in a residential area of the southwestern Japan city of Oita on Nov. 20, 2025. One person died and more than 170 buildings were damaged in the fire that started two days earlier.

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Sun-dried Tomatoes Field - Egypt

Sun-dried Tomatoes Field - Egypt

A farmer sprinkles salt on sliced tomatoes to be dried at a village in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 9, 2025. According to data from Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the country's exports of dried tomatoes exceed 100 million dollars annually. The data also revealed that one hectare yields 35 tons of dried tomatoes, which are sold for 350,000 Egyptian pounds. Photo by Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air pollution in New Delhi

Air pollution in New Delhi

A vehicle sprinkles water in New Delhi on Nov. 10, 2024, to alleviate severe air pollution.

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Funeral of Ohmatdyt doctor killed by Russian missile strike in Lviv

Funeral of Ohmatdyt doctor killed by Russian missile strike in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - JULY 10, 2024 - A priest sprinkles holy water during the funeral ceremony for nephrologist Svitlana Lukianchyk, who died in the Russian missile attack on the Ohmatdyt Childrens Hospital in Kyiv on July 8, at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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A Blizzard Hit Suqian

A Blizzard Hit Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 4, 2024 - A police officer sprinkles salt and melts snow on a road surface in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China on February 4, 2024.

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NEPAL-LALITPUR-WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY-LIFE

NEPAL-LALITPUR-WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY-LIFE

(230605) -- LALITPUR, June 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker sprinkles water on trees on a street on World Environment Day in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 5, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)

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Trudeau Visits South Korea

Trudeau Visits South Korea

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sprinkles incense during a ceremony at the Seoul National Cemetery, Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in Seoul. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sprinkles of sunshine create "sand painting" in lower reaches of Yellow River

STORY: Sprinkles of sunshine create "sand painting" in lower reaches of Yellow River DATELINE: March 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: JINAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the lower reaches of the Yellow River STORYLINE: Sprinkles of sunshine created a "sand painting" in the Gaoqing section of the lower reaches of the Yellow River in east China's Shandong Province. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jinan, China. (XHTV)

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Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A worker sprinkles pesticide in a rice paddy to exterminate flies in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2011. Three prefectures hardest hit by the March earthquake and tsunami -- Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima -- are waging a major battle against swarms of flies and mosquitoes that have emerged out of filthy puddles and waste left in the wake of the disaster.

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Woman sprinkles broiled eel with precious Japanese pepper in Kobe

Woman sprinkles broiled eel with precious Japanese pepper in Kobe

A woman sprinkles broiled eel with a precious "Arima sansho" variety of Japanese pepper during a tasting event at an inn in Kobe, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2015. The pepper sells for 1,000 yen per gram. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A worker sprinkles pesticide in a rice paddy to exterminate flies in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2011. Three prefectures hardest hit by the March earthquake and tsunami -- Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima -- are waging a major battle against swarms of flies and mosquitoes that have emerged out of filthy puddles and waste left in the wake of the disaster. (Kyodo)

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tank truck sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in front of the Prague Castle, boy

tank truck sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in front of the Prague Castle, boy

A tank truck (not seen) sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 25, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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tank truck sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in front of the Prague Castle

tank truck sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in front of the Prague Castle

A tank truck (not seen) sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 25, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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tank truck sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in front of the Prague Castle, children, boy, girl

tank truck sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in front of the Prague Castle, children, boy, girl

A tank truck (not seen) sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 25, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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tank truck sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in front of the Prague Castle, woman, rainbow

tank truck sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in front of the Prague Castle, woman, rainbow

A tank truck (not seen) sprinkles by water the Hradcany Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 25, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man

tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man

A tank truck of the Technical Road Administration Prague (TSK) sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. Trucks go out whenever three days in a row the temperature exceeds 25 degrees Celsius. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man

tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man

A tank truck of the Technical Road Administration Prague (TSK) sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. Trucks go out whenever three days in a row the temperature exceeds 25 degrees Celsius. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man

tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man

A tank truck of the Technical Road Administration Prague (TSK) sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. Trucks go out whenever three days in a row the temperature exceeds 25 degrees Celsius. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man

tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man

A tank truck of the Technical Road Administration Prague (TSK) sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. Trucks go out whenever three days in a row the temperature exceeds 25 degrees Celsius. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man, woman

tank truck sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, man, woman

A tank truck of the Technical Road Administration Prague (TSK) sprinkles by water the Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. Trucks go out whenever three days in a row the temperature exceeds 25 degrees Celsius. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Heat wave in Japan

Heat wave in Japan

A woman sprinkles water to counter the summer heat at the foot of the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower on Aug. 14, 2020.

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Heat wave in Japan

Heat wave in Japan

A man sprinkles water in front of his shop in Gifu city on July 18, 2018 with the mercury exceeding 37 C in the central Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of sumo

Scenes of sumo

Terutsuyoshi, a juryo wrestler, sprinkles salt on the dohyo ring ahead of a bout at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 9, 2017, the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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