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IDF Military Exercise - Israel

An Israeli female soldier walks past an armored vehicle parked along a road in Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights, Israel, on June 25, 2025. The maneuver is part of a joint exercise involving local emergency squads and IDF forces, simulating potential conflict scenarios amid rising tensions with Iran. Photo by Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IDF Military Exercise - Israel

Israeli troops gather at a point in Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights, Israel, on June 25, 2025. The maneuver is part of a joint exercise involving local emergency squads and IDF forces, simulating potential conflict scenarios amid rising tensions with Iran. Photo by Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IDF Military Exercise - Israel

Israeli troops gather at a point in Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights, Israel, on June 25, 2025. The maneuver is part of a joint exercise involving local emergency squads and IDF forces, simulating potential conflict scenarios amid rising tensions with Iran. Photo by Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IDF Military Exercise - Israel

Israeli soldiers run across a checkpoint area during a tactical drill in Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights, Israel, on June 25, 2025. The maneuver is part of a joint exercise involving local emergency squads and IDF forces, simulating potential conflict scenarios amid rising tensions with Iran. Photo by Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IDF Military Exercise - Israel

Israeli troops gather at a point in Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights, Israel, on June 25, 2025. The maneuver is part of a joint exercise involving local emergency squads and IDF forces, simulating potential conflict scenarios amid rising tensions with Iran. Photo by Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IDF Military Exercise - Israel

Israeli soldiers stand near a military vehicle during a training drill in Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights, Israel, on June 25, 2025. The maneuver is part of a joint exercise involving local emergency squads and IDF forces, simulating potential conflict scenarios amid rising tensions with Iran. Photo by Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IDF Military Exercise - Israel

An Israeli soldier patrols with a dog near residential buildings in Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights, Israel, on June 25, 2025. The maneuver is part of a joint exercise involving local emergency squads and IDF forces, simulating potential conflict scenarios amid rising tensions with Iran. Photo by Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IDF Military Exercise - Israel

An Israeli soldier stands next to a sandbagged checkpoint as a military vehicle approaches in Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights, Israel, on June 25, 2025. The maneuver is part of a joint exercise involving local emergency squads and IDF forces, simulating potential conflict scenarios amid rising tensions with Iran. Photo by Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IDF Military Exercise - Israel

Israeli troops gather at a point in Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights, Israel, on June 25, 2025. The maneuver is part of a joint exercise involving local emergency squads and IDF forces, simulating potential conflict scenarios amid rising tensions with Iran. Photo by Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukrainian freestyle wrestlers and modern pentathletes back from Paris 2024 Olympics

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 14, 2024 - Ukrainian freestyle wrestler Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi speaks during the welcome ceremony of national freestyle wrestling and modern pentathlon squads from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Central Railway Terminal, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrainian freestyle wrestlers and modern pentathletes back from Paris 2024 Olympics

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 14, 2024 - Coach of the national modern pentathlon team Dmytro Kirpulianskyi speaks during the welcome ceremony of national freestyle wrestling and modern pentathlon squads from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Central Railway Terminal, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Paris Olympics: Japan squads at Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan, July 14 Kyodo -members of the Japan men's volleyball team, the women's football squad and the men's football squad pose for a photo at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 14, 2024, ahead of their departure for the upcoming Paris Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Paris Olympics: Japan squads at Haneda airport

(From L) members of the Japan men's volleyball team, the women's football squad and the men's football squad pose for a photo at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 14, 2024, ahead of their departure for the upcoming Paris Olympics.

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Rugby: Japan sevens Olympic qualifying

Combined photo shows the Japanese men's (top) and women's (bottom) rugby sevens squads celebrating after qualifying for next year's Paris Olympics through the Asian regional qualification tournaments at Yodoko Sakura Stadium in the western Japan city of Osaka on Nov. 19, 2023.

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Rugby: Japan sevens Olympic qualifying

The Japanese men's and women's rugby sevens squads celebrate after qualifying for next year's Paris Olympics in both events through the Asian regional qualification tournaments at Yodoko Sakura Stadium in the western Japan city of Osaka on Nov. 19, 2023.

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Chinese rescuers continue looking for quake survivors in Hatay, Türkiye

STORY: Chinese rescuers continue looking for quake survivors in Hatay, Türkiye DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: ANTAKYA, Türkiye CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG FENG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the rescue work STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG FENG, Xinhua correspondent "Chinese search and rescue team continues digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings in hope to find quake survivors in Türkiye's Hatay province. The 82-member team rescued a total of four trapped people under the ruins of buildings in the devastated Antakya district. They have worked on 49 collapsed buildings in the district where most of the buildings were ruined. And many people were trapped under the rubble." The 82-member Chinese rescue team arrived in Türkiye on Wednesday to join earthquake relief efforts in the country. Members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team and other Chinese civil relief squads are also in Türkiye to join the international rescue work. Xinhua News Agency corres

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Rescue teams from China assist in rescue efforts in Türkiye

STORY: Rescue teams from China assist in rescue efforts in Türkiye DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:44 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue efforts in Türkiye 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Voice of ZHAO YANG, Vice captain, China Search and Rescue Team 3. various of Chinese civilian rescue squads 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE JUN, Captain, Rescue Team of Ramunion 5. various of rescue efforts in Türkiye STORYLINE: International search and rescue teams have rushed to Türkiye to assist in rescue efforts after two massive earthquakes jolted the country Monday. Among them is the official China Search and Rescue Team. In Antakya, Hatay, they and Turkish rescuers successfully saved three women from the rubble of collapsed buildings on Thursday through joint operations, during which two bodies of victims were also recovered. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Voice of ZHAO YANG, Vice captain, China Search and Rescue Team "We coordinated with the Turkish side, and provided expert guidance and tech

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WWII survivor recalls wartime ordeal at peace park

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuko Yasuda, 89, stands in front of the Peace Tower at Heiwadai Park in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 15, 2014, recalling her experiences as a student during World War I, including being enlisted to help level the ground for the tower's construction and sending off "kamikaze" suicide attack squads. The tower was originally constructed in 1940 to celebrate the 2,600th anniversary of the ascension of Japan's mythical first emperor and bears the inscription "Hakko Ichiu," meaning "united under one roof," a phrase often used by imperialists rallying for Japanese reign in Asia during the war. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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(5)Rescue operations continue at train crash site

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Rescue squads continue working on April 26 at the accident site of the April 25 commuter train derailment on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Security tight ahead of Asian Games

PUSAN, south Korea - Special police squads stand on the alert along Pusan streets Sept. 26 as the city greets officials and athletes participating in the Asian Games opening Sept. 29.

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Brazil and Turkey supporters trade cheers

ULSAN, South Korea - Brazil and Turkey supporters trade cheers before their national squads meet in a World Cup match June 3 at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium.(World Cup 2002)

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New-type riot squad makes debut at police parade

TOKYO, Japan - A motorcycle unit of a new operations force in the Metropolitan Police Department riot squad makes its first appearance May 25 at an annual police parade held in Tokyo. The so-called ''multilateral operations force,'' which was launched in April, has some 350 members in four squads and is intended to combat various crimes.

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Int'l rescue squads arrive in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Rescue workers from Taiwan search for missing persons in the hardest-hit district of las Colinas in Santa Tecla in the western part of San Salvador on Jan. 15. Rescue squads have arrived from the United States, Mexico, Spain, Canada and other countries with medicine, food and tents for makeshift shelters. Japan is sending a second medical team of 11 which is expected to arrive later Jan. 16.

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research member extracts microorganism from glacial meltwater at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members collect soil sample near Mount Qomolangma on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Dainzin Nyima Choktrul)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members launch a balloon carrying radiosonde at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members set up a wind lidar at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members prepare to launch a balloon carrying radiosonde at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members prepare to launch a balloon carrying radiosonde at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research member collects microorganism from the air at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 30, 2022 shows a view of the Mount Qomolangma base camp. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members extract microorganism from glacial meltwater at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members collect water sample at the East Rongbuk glacier near Mount Qomolangma on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Dainzin Nyima Choktrul)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members prepare a balloon carrying radiosonde for release at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU-NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (CN)

(220430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research member collects water sample at the East Rongbuk glacier near Mount Qomolangma on April 30, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017. More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday. (Xinhua/Dainzin Nyima Choktrul)

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INDONESIA-BOGOR-K-9 ANTI-NARCOTICS SQUAD

(220308) -- BOGOR, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Indonesian National Narcotics Agency train their dogs of K-9 anti-narcotics squads at a training camp in Lido Narcotics Rehabilitation Centre in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, March 8, 2022. (Photo by Sandika Fadilah/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-BOGOR-K-9 ANTI-NARCOTICS SQUAD

(220308) -- BOGOR, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Indonesian National Narcotics Agency train their dogs of K-9 anti-narcotics squads at a training camp in Lido Narcotics Rehabilitation Centre in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, March 8, 2022. (Photo by Sandika Fadilah/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-BOGOR-K-9 ANTI-NARCOTICS SQUAD

(220308) -- BOGOR, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Indonesian National Narcotics Agency train their dogs of K-9 anti-narcotics squads at a training camp in Lido Narcotics Rehabilitation Centre in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, March 8, 2022. (Photo by Sandika Fadilah/Xinhua)

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New-type riot squad makes debut at police parade

TOKYO, Japan - A motorcycle unit of a new operations force in the Metropolitan Police Department riot squad makes its first appearance May 25 at an annual police parade held in Tokyo. The so-called ''multilateral operations force,'' which was launched in April, has some 350 members in four squads and is intended to combat various crimes.

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Chongqing following bombing

Following a bombardment of Chongqing (Chungking), a Russian woman tries to salvage some of her belongings from the fire. The strangely designed hat is being worn for identification by rescue squads Date: May 1939

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IN ENEMY COUNTRY

IN ENEMY COUNTRY [US 1968] Date: 1968

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Rugby: Leitch opts to play for Chiefs

Photo taken in November 2015 shows Michael Leitch (R) playing in a Top League match at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo. Leitch was included in the Chiefs roster on Nov. 2, 2016, when the New Zealand sides released their squads for the 2017 Super Rugby season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(5)Rescue operations continue at train crash site

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Rescue squads continue working on April 26 at the accident site of the April 25 commuter train derailment on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Police officers gather near a hotel in Inje, South Korea, on Feb. 7, 2018, where members of North Korean cheerleading and taekwondo demonstration squads are staying for the Pyeongchang Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Members of North Korean cheerleading and taekwondo demonstration squads wave when they arrive at a hotel in Inje, South Korea, on Feb. 7, 2018, for the Pyeongchang Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Members of North Korean cheerleading and taekwondo demonstration squads wave when they arrive at a hotel in Inje, South Korea, on Feb. 7, 2018, for the Pyeongchang Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Members of North Korean cheerleading and taekwondo demonstration squads wave when they arrive at a hotel in Inje, South Korea, on Feb. 7, 2018, for the Pyeongchang Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security tight ahead of Asian Games

PUSAN, south Korea - Special police squads stand on the alert along Pusan streets Sept. 26 as the city greets officials and athletes participating in the Asian Games opening Sept. 29. (Kyodo)

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Int'l rescue squads arrive in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Rescue workers from Taiwan search for missing persons in the hardest-hit district of las Colinas in Santa Tecla in the western part of San Salvador on Jan. 15. Rescue squads have arrived from the United States, Mexico, Spain, Canada and other countries with medicine, food and tents for makeshift shelters. Japan is sending a second medical team of 11 which is expected to arrive later Jan. 16.