France: Street Sweeper Fire Leads to Explosion at Paris Cemetery

On Wednesday morning, October 15, at around 10:40 am, a fire broke out inside Montparnasse Cemetery (14th arrondissement) in Paris, sending a plume of black smoke into the sky. While the fire was quickly brought under control and no injuries were reported, the incident was significant enough that some witnesses described hearing an explosion.

Russian troops launch 500kg bomb at Kramatorsk

Russian troops launch 500kg bomb at Kramatorsk

KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2025 - A municipal worker sweeps away glass shards outside an apartment block damaged by the strike of a Russian KAB-500 guided bomb with a UMPK kit, Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.

Made In France Exhibition At Elysee Palace - Paris

Made In France Exhibition At Elysee Palace - Paris

A Ravo E2 electric road sweeper from the company Mathieu SAS at the "Fabrique en France" (Made in France) exhibition at the Elysee Palace in Paris on October 25, 2024. The exhibition gathers companies, craftspeople, associations, producers and manufacturers fully committed to French manufacturing on October 26 and 27, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Made In France Exhibition At Elysee Palace - Paris

Made In France Exhibition At Elysee Palace - Paris

A Ravo E2 electric road sweeper from the company Mathieu SAS at the "Fabrique en France" (Made in France) exhibition at the Elysee Palace in Paris on October 25, 2024. The exhibition gathers companies, craftspeople, associations, producers and manufacturers fully committed to French manufacturing on October 26 and 27, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Made In France Exhibition At Elysee Palace - Paris

Made In France Exhibition At Elysee Palace - Paris

A Ravo E2 electric road sweeper from the company Mathieu SAS at the "Fabrique en France" (Made in France) exhibition at the Elysee Palace in Paris on October 25, 2024. The exhibition gathers companies, craftspeople, associations, producers and manufacturers fully committed to French manufacturing on October 26 and 27, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Made In France Exhibition At Elysee Palace - Paris

Made In France Exhibition At Elysee Palace - Paris

A Ravo E2 electric road sweeper from the company Mathieu SAS at the "Fabrique en France" (Made in France) exhibition at the Elysee Palace in Paris on October 25, 2024. The exhibition gathers companies, craftspeople, associations, producers and manufacturers fully committed to French manufacturing on October 26 and 27, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Driverless Sweeper

Driverless Sweeper

RENHUAI, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2024 - A "driverless sweeper" cleans the ground at the Citizens' leisure Plaza in Renhuai city, Guizhou province, Aug 6, 2024.

Driverless Sweeper

Driverless Sweeper

RENHUAI, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2024 - A "driverless sweeper" cleans the ground at the Citizens' leisure Plaza in Renhuai city, Guizhou province, Aug 6, 2024.

Driverless Sweeper

Driverless Sweeper

RENHUAI, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2024 - A "driverless sweeper" cleans the ground at the Citizens' leisure Plaza in Renhuai city, Guizhou province, Aug 6, 2024.

Driverless Sweeper

Driverless Sweeper

RENHUAI, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2024 - A "driverless sweeper" cleans the ground at the Citizens' leisure Plaza in Renhuai city, Guizhou province, Aug 6, 2024.

Driverless Sweeper

Driverless Sweeper

RENHUAI, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2024 - A "driverless sweeper" cleans the ground at the Citizens' leisure Plaza in Renhuai city, Guizhou province, Aug 6, 2024.

Driverless Sweeper

Driverless Sweeper

RENHUAI, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2024 - A "driverless sweeper" cleans the ground at the Citizens' leisure Plaza in Renhuai city, Guizhou province, Aug 6, 2024.

Iran Prepares For Presidential Runoff

Iran Prepares For Presidential Runoff

An Iranian old man street sweeper sits near an ATM station while an electoral poster is seen in Tehran, Iran, on July 1, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. After the election with a historically low turnout on Friday, Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's presidential election candidate and former reformist member of the Iranian parliament, and Saeed Jalili, Ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator, will face off in a runoff presidential election on July 5. Photo by Saman/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Chimney sweeper

Chimney sweeper

15.06.2024, Tallinn. Chimney sweeper on a horse. Photo: Martin Pedaja.

Chimney sweeper

Chimney sweeper

15.06.2024, Tallinn. Chimney sweeper on a horse. Photo: Martin Pedaja.

Aftermath of Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia

Aftermath of Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 1, 2024 - Municipal workers sweep away debris outside a residential building after the Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. In Zaporizhzhia, traffic is temporarily blocked across the Dnipro hydropower plants dam while 20 houses sustained damage as a result of Russian strikes. In the early hours of Saturday, June 1, Ukraines air defence forces shot down 35 cruise missiles and 46 Shahed-131/136 one-way attack drones. In total, Russian troops launched 53 missiles of various types and 47 attack UAVs.

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 23, 2024 - Visitors visit a "multi-functional road sweeper" at the 24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing, China, May 23, 2024.

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 23, 2024 - Visitors view a "pure electric road sweeper" at the 24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing, China, May 23, 2024.

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 23, 2024 - Visitors visit a "multi-functional pure electric sweeper" at the 24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing, China, May 23, 2024.

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 23, 2024 - Visitors view a "driverless road sweeper" at the 24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing, China, May 23, 2024.

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 23, 2024 - Visitors view a "pure suction road sweeper" at the 24th China International Sanitation and Municipal Facilities and Cleaning Equipment Exhibition in Beijing, China, May 23, 2024.

MALTA-TA' QALI-PUBLIC SERVICE EXPO

MALTA-TA' QALI-PUBLIC SERVICE EXPO

(240515) -- TA' QALI (MALTA), May 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor shows an autonomous robot street sweeper at the Public Service Expo in Ta' Qali, Attard, Malta, on May 15, 2024. Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela on Wednesday launched a fleet of 250 government electric vehicles (EVs) during his visit to the Public Service Expo at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Center. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

Springtime in Kyiv

Springtime in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 28, 2024 - A municipal worker rests on the bench, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 25, 2024 - Municipal workers clear away the rubble in the Pecherskyi district after two Russian ballistic missiles launched at the Ukrainian capital by Russian invaders from temporarily occupied Crimea were intercepted by Ukrainian air defence forces over Kyiv Monday morning at approximately 10:30 am local time, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Russian missile attack on Kyiv

Russian missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 7, 2024 - A street sweeper clears away glass shards outside a block of flats in the Holosiivskyi district damaged in the Russian missile attack on Ukraine on Wednesday morning, February 7, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Russian missile attack on Kyiv

Russian missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 7, 2024 - A street sweeper clears away glass shards outside a block of flats in the Holosiivskyi district damaged in the Russian missile attack on Ukraine on Wednesday morning, February 7, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

#CHINA-SNOWFALL-TRANSPORTATION-RESPONSE (CN)

#CHINA-SNOWFALL-TRANSPORTATION-RESPONSE (CN)

(240204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member drives a snow sweeper to clear a road in Haizhou District of Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 4, 2024. Heavy snowfall has hit some areas of central and eastern China since Wednesday, leading to transport disruption amid the ongoing Spring Festival travel rush. (Photo by Geng Yuhe/Xinhua)

#CHINA-SNOWFALL-TRANSPORTATION-RESPONSE (CN)

#CHINA-SNOWFALL-TRANSPORTATION-RESPONSE (CN)

(240204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo shows snow sweeper clearing a road in Qingjiangpu District of Huai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 4, 2024. Heavy snowfall has hit some areas of central and eastern China since Wednesday, leading to transport disruption amid the ongoing Spring Festival travel rush. (Photo by He Jinghua/Xinhua)

Aftermath of January 23 Russian missile attack on Kyiv

Aftermath of January 23 Russian missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 23, 2024 - A street sweeper cleans away the rubble in the Sviatoshynskyi district after the Russian missile attack on Tuesday morning, January 23, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Aftermath of January 23 Russian missile attack on Kyiv

Aftermath of January 23 Russian missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 23, 2024 - A street sweeper cleans away the rubble in the Sviatoshynskyi district after the Russian missile attack on Tuesday morning, January 23, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Dismantling Mykola Shchors monument in Kyiv

Dismantling Mykola Shchors monument in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 9, 2023 - A street sweeper removes snow from a bench in an alley leading to the monument to Bolshevik military commander Mykola Shchors in Tarasa Shevchenka Boulevard at night, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. It took seven hours to remove the 7-ton monument which will be stored in a museum. Mykola Shchors was a Red Army commander who fought against the newly established Ukrainian government of the Ukrainian Peoples Republic in 1918-1919.

CORRECTED: CORRECTED: Search for crashed U.S. military Osprey aircraft

CORRECTED: CORRECTED: Search for crashed U.S. military Osprey aircraft

Photo taken on Nov. 30, 2023, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force marine sweeper searching waters off Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed the day before.

Aftermath of Russian attack on Odesa

Aftermath of Russian attack on Odesa

ODESA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 6, 2023 - Utility workers sweep the rubble outside the Odesa National Fine Arts Museum after the overnight Russian missile attack, Odesa, southern Ukraine. As reported, Russians struck the city of Odesa with P-800 Oniks and Iskander-M missiles. The enemy projectiles hit the central part of the city and a disused industrial building. The shock wave damaged several multi-storey residential buildings and a museum in the historical part of the city that is on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

CHINA-SHANGHAI-6TH CIIE-PREPARATION (CN)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-6TH CIIE-PREPARATION (CN)

(231024) -- SHANGHAI, Oct. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A street sweeper truck cleans the road outside the west entrance of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), the main venue for the sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE), in east China's Shanghai, Oct. 24, 2023. The National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) is decorated to welcome the upcoming sixth CIIE, which is scheduled to take place in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

(SP)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-19TH ASIAN GAMES-LOGISTICS CENTER(CN)

(SP)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-19TH ASIAN GAMES-LOGISTICS CENTER(CN)

(230913) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The unmanned sweeper works at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou Logistics Center in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 13, 2023. At present, the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou Logistics Center has entered the peak stage of Asian Games material transportation. Since September, the logistics center of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou has received and dispatched more than 10,000 pieces of materials per day. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

The 'Lucky Chimney Sweeper' statue

The 'Lucky Chimney Sweeper' statue

24.07.23, Tallinn. The 'Lucky Chimney Sweeper' by Tauno Kangro in Tallinn Old Town. Its considered good luck to rub the buttons of the sweeps coat. Photo Taavi Sepp, Postimees

July 23 Russian missile attack on Odesa

July 23 Russian missile attack on Odesa

ODESA, UKRAINE - JULY 23, 2023 - A utility worker sweeps a street after the massive Russian missile attack Sunday night, July 23, Odesa, southern Ukraine. During the large-scale overnight missile attack, Russian troops launched 19 missiles of various types at Odesa and the region. The strike killed one person and left 22 people injured, including four children. The historic centre of Odesa on the UNESCO World Heritage List came under fire. Twenty-five architectural monuments were damaged, including Transfiguration Cathedral.

Intelligent Connected Vehicle Demonstration Application Area In Ordos

Intelligent Connected Vehicle Demonstration Application Area In Ordos

ORDOS, CHINA - JULY 6, 2023 - A self-driving sweeper works at a street park in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, July 6, 2023. In recent years, Ordos City Kang has continued to build an intelligent connected automobile industry demonstration application area to help the construction of smart city infrastructure. At present, 4 self-driving sightseeing buses, 4 self-driving sales vehicles, 4 self-driving sweepers and 10 Internet-connected vehicles have been put into use in the main streets of the city. Three self-driving taxis and one driverless security vehicle entered the joint trial phase.

Japanese against Swiss in women's curling

Japanese against Swiss in women's curling

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's skip Ayumi Ogasawara (R) delivers the stone in the sixth end of the curling women's round robin game against Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2014. Sweeper Michiko Tomabechi is seen on the left.

RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-FREEZING RAIN

RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-FREEZING RAIN

(221129) -- VLADIVOSTOK, Nov. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A snow sweeper clears the street after freezing rain in Vladivostok, Russia, Nov. 29, 2022. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

INDIA-NEW DELHI-AIR POLLUTION-SMOG

INDIA-NEW DELHI-AIR POLLUTION-SMOG

(221103) -- NEW DELHI, Nov. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A sweeper works in a park amid thick smog in New Delhi, India, Nov. 3, 2022. Air pollution in India's capital Delhi and its surrounding areas continues to be a problem. The problem burgeons mainly in winter months when air density comparatively decreases. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

(221011) -- HEFEI, Oct. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists get on a self-driving tour bus in Binhu National Forest Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 11, 2022. A project promoting self-driving vehicles has been implemented in the Binhu National Forest Park of Hefei recently. Self-driving tour bus, unmanned vending vehicle, unmanned sweeper and other vehicles have been put into use to serve tourists. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

(221011) -- HEFEI, Oct. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned sweeper works in Binhu National Forest Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 11, 2022. A project promoting self-driving vehicles has been implemented in the Binhu National Forest Park of Hefei recently. Self-driving tour bus, unmanned vending vehicle, unmanned sweeper and other vehicles have been put into use to serve tourists. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

(221011) -- HEFEI, Oct. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member monitors the real-time information of the self-driving vehicles in Binhu National Forest Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 11, 2022. A project promoting self-driving vehicles has been implemented in the Binhu National Forest Park of Hefei recently. Self-driving tour bus, unmanned vending vehicle, unmanned sweeper and other vehicles have been put into use to serve tourists. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

(221011) -- HEFEI, Oct. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A tourist takes photos of an unmanned patrol vehicle in Binhu National Forest Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 11, 2022. A project promoting self-driving vehicles has been implemented in the Binhu National Forest Park of Hefei recently. Self-driving tour bus, unmanned vending vehicle, unmanned sweeper and other vehicles have been put into use to serve tourists. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PARK-SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES-SERVICE (CN)

(221011) -- HEFEI, Oct. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A tourist scans the QR code on an unmanned vending vehicle to shop in Binhu National Forest Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 11, 2022. A project promoting self-driving vehicles has been implemented in the Binhu National Forest Park of Hefei recently. Self-driving tour bus, unmanned vending vehicle, unmanned sweeper and other vehicles have been put into use to serve tourists. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

CHINA-BEIJING-INTELLIGENT CONNECTED VEHICLES CONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-INTELLIGENT CONNECTED VEHICLES CONFERENCE (CN)

(220916) -- BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2022 shows an unmanned sweeper displayed at the outdoor exhibition area of 2022 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference in Shunyi District of Beijing, capital of China. The four-day 2022 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference kicked off at China International Exhibition Center here Friday. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

CANADA-ONTARIO-MISSISSAUGA-SNOWFALL

CANADA-ONTARIO-MISSISSAUGA-SNOWFALL

(220218) -- MISSISSAUGA (CANADA), Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A runway sweeper clears snow at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, on Feb. 18, 2022. The city of Toronto and surrounding areas got a heavy snowfall from Thursday afternoon to Friday morning. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

Okinawa divers pray for souls of sunken U.S. warship crew

Okinawa divers pray for souls of sunken U.S. warship crew

Takeshi Sugiura (front) and another diver put flowers on the screw of what appears to be a U.S. World War II mine sweeper and pray for the souls of its crew members at a depth of 40 meters in the sea 3 km off Kouri, an island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the war's end. ==Kyodo

U.S. helicopter seen in minesweeping exercise

U.S. helicopter seen in minesweeping exercise

A U.S. helicopter is seen engaged in a landing and takeoff drill on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Uraga, a mine sweeper tender, during a minesweeping exercise by the MSDF and the U.S. Navy in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo