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China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2025. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara 10 days later.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2025. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara 10 days later.

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A Buddhist Cultural Park in Sanya

SANYA, CHINA - DECEMBER 30, 2020 - (FILE) A giant Guanyin statue is seen over the sea at Nanshan Temple in Sanya, Hainan province, China, December 30, 2020. Nanshan Temple covers an area of 400 mu, imitation of Tang wind, built Renwang Hall, Daxiongbao Hall, east and west hall, bell and drum tower, wheel collection, Dharma Hall, Guanyin courtyard, sad field courtyard.

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A Buddhist Cultural Park in Sanya

SANYA, CHINA - DECEMBER 30, 2020 - (FILE) A giant Guanyin statue is seen over the sea at Nanshan Temple in Sanya, Hainan province, China, December 30, 2020. Nanshan Temple covers an area of 400 mu, imitation of Tang wind, built Renwang Hall, Daxiongbao Hall, east and west hall, bell and drum tower, wheel collection, Dharma Hall, Guanyin courtyard, sad field courtyard.

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A Buddhist Cultural Park in Sanya

SANYA, CHINA - DECEMBER 30, 2020 - (FILE)A giant Guanyin statue is seen over the sea at Nanshan Temple in Sanya, Hainan province, China, December 30, 2020. Nanshan Temple covers an area of 400 mu, imitation of Tang wind, built Renwang Hall, Daxiongbao Hall, east and west hall, bell and drum tower, wheel collection, Dharma Hall, Guanyin courtyard, sad field courtyard.

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Kyoto's Ninnaji temple in special light-up

Ninnaji temple's Golden Hall, designated a national treasure, is lit up in Kyoto on Oct. 17, 2023, and made to look like it is standing in a sea of clouds with mist created with special equipment.

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Illustration of Bali Island - Indonesia

Pura Tanah Lot is a Balinese temple on the west coast of Bali Island It is located in the sea on top of a rock. At low tide, the temple is just or just not accessible with dry feet over a sand dam of about twenty meters long. However, access is limited to the first five meters of the mini island. Bali Island, Indonesia, on July 29, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of Bali Island - Indonesia

Pura Tanah Lot is a Balinese temple on the west coast of Bali Island It is located in the sea on top of a rock. At low tide, the temple is just or just not accessible with dry feet over a sand dam of about twenty meters long. However, access is limited to the first five meters of the mini island. Bali Island, Indonesia, on July 29, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of Bali Island - Indonesia

Pura Tanah Lot is a Balinese temple on the west coast of Bali Island It is located in the sea on top of a rock. At low tide, the temple is just or just not accessible with dry feet over a sand dam of about twenty meters long. However, access is limited to the first five meters of the mini island. Bali Island, Indonesia, on July 29, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of Bali Island - Indonesia

Pura Tanah Lot is a Balinese temple on the west coast of Bali Island It is located in the sea on top of a rock. At low tide, the temple is just or just not accessible with dry feet over a sand dam of about twenty meters long. However, access is limited to the first five meters of the mini island. Bali Island, Indonesia, on July 29, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of Bali Island - Indonesia

Pura Tanah Lot is a Balinese temple on the west coast of Bali Island It is located in the sea on top of a rock. At low tide, the temple is just or just not accessible with dry feet over a sand dam of about twenty meters long. However, access is limited to the first five meters of the mini island. Bali Island, Indonesia, on July 29, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of Bali Island - Indonesia

Pura Tanah Lot is a Balinese temple on the west coast of Bali Island It is located in the sea on top of a rock. At low tide, the temple is just or just not accessible with dry feet over a sand dam of about twenty meters long. However, access is limited to the first five meters of the mini island. Bali Island, Indonesia, on July 29, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Torch relay begins for 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia

STORY: Torch relay begins for 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia DATELINE: March 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:23 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the SEA Games torch-lighting ceremony 2. various of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni lighting the torch of the SEA Games 3. various of athletes carrying SEA Games torch in a parade STORYLINE: The torch relay for the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia began on Tuesday, with 45 days to go until the start of the biennial regional multi-sport event. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, presided over the torch-lighting ceremony held at the famed Angkor Wat temple in northwest Siem Reap province. The torch was then carried, circling Angkor Wat, and on March 22, it will leave Cambodia to tour other Southeast Asian nations including Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. The torch will return to Cambodia on April 27. Cambodia w

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National park restoration project new paradigm in Greece's reforestation

STORY: National park restoration project new paradigm in Greece's reforestation DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. Aerial shots of the National Park of Sounion 2. various of reforestation of the National Park of Sounion 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): NICOS GEORGIADIS, Forest management officer, WWF Greece 4. various of reforestation of the National Park of Sounion by the environmental organization WWF Greece 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): NICOS GEORGIADIS, Forest management officer, WWF Greece 6. various of reforestation of the National Park of Sounion by the environmental organization WWF Greece 7. Aerial shots of the National Park of Sounion 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): MARIA STATHI, Archaeologist of the Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica STORYLINE: Devastated twice in a decade (in 2012 and 2021) by wildfires, part of the Sounion National Park, 9 km north of the ancient Temple of Poseidon that overlooks the Aegean Sea and about 40 km south of Athens, could no lon

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Designated shelter hit by tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Kogan Temple is seen devastated in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 31, 2011, by the March 11 tsunami. At least 30 people who took shelter at the Buddhist temple went missing. They had gathered there as the building nearly 1 kilometer from the sea was designated as a tsunami evacuation facility. The temple also suffered a fire after the disaster. More than 100 designated shelters were hit by the tsunami.

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Snowstorm hits northern, western Japan on Japan Sea coast

OSAKA, Japan - Kinkakuji Temple (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto is covered by snow on Dec. 20 brought by a storm that pummeled northern and western Japan, due to an advancing low-pressure zone.

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Japanese research team to help restore ancient Andean temple

URAWA, Japan - A team of researchers based in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, is planning to leave for Peru on Aug. 14 to participate in a U.N. project to restore the Kuntur Wasi Temple in northern Peru, shown in this file photo dated September 1994, provided by the researchers. The temple, located some 2,300 meters above sea level, includes important temple structures dating from 1100 B.C. to 300 B.C.

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International offshore sailing race "AEGEAN 600" kicks off

STORY: International offshore sailing race "AEGEAN 600" kicks off DATELINE: July 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of sailing boats participating in the official start of the international offshore sailing race "AEGEAN 600" in Cape Sounion, Greece 2. SOUNDBITE (Greek): IOANNIS MARAGKOUDAKIS, President of HORC STORYLINE: International offshore sailing race "AEGEAN 600" started on Sunday in front of the Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounion near the Greek capital. More than 250 crew members participate in the second edition of the non-stop sailing race across the Aegean Sea, according to the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) which organizes the event. The length of the course is approximately 605 nautical miles long, and the boats are expected to finish back at Cape Sounion until July 16. The first finishers are expected on Tuesday. This year's fleet is incredibly diverse, with the participation of superyachts, trimarans, and catamarans, in addition

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This Angry Age; The Sea Wall film (1958)

Silvana Mangano Characters: SUZANNE DUFRESNE Film: This Angry Age; The Sea Wall (1958) Director: Rene Clement 01 March 1958 Date: 01-Mar-58

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One Year After - Ise Bay Typhoon Disaster Area

One year after the nightmarish day of the Ise Bay typhoon disaster, joint memorial services for those who disappeared into the muddy sea were held in various places in Nagoya. 　 <Caption> People grieving, a boy searching for his family in a boat, a boy recovering from the disaster, a teacher going around asking about the safety of his pupils, a class in good spirits. A widower's group of 36 men who lost their wives and children A widow doing housework A widow doing housework A woman doing housework in temporary housing A person wandering in search of a loan, * Date of shooting unknown, Release date: September 2, 1960

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Man proposes tour of 88 treasure spots on Shikoku Island

Tetsuya Sato, president of a liquor retailer in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, points his finger on Oct. 5, 2015, in the direction of Ozuchi Island (L, back) in the Seto Inland Sea. Sato has mapped out a tour of 88 spots on Shikoku Island that have myths and historical backgrounds concerning money and treasure, similar to the 88-temple pilgrimage route. The uninhabited island of Ozuchi is the No. 78 spot where a pirate clan's treasure-trove is said to remain buried. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nokendo

Nokendo was known as the best place to view the eight famous scenes of Kanagawa, but the scenery was gradually spoiled after the reclamation of Deiki Shinden from the sea, and the focus of popularity shifted to Kyurantei. The Nokendo temple buildings were lost in a fire in 1871, and presently only the stone monument remains.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐30‐0]

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Nagasaki Harbour and Nakamachi Church

This photo captures the northern part of Nagasaki City and the entrance to Nagasaki Port taken from the mountain behind Fukusaiji Temple. The red brick building in the center is Nakamachi Church constructed in 1899 on the site where the residence of the lord of the Omura Domain used to be. Therefore, this photo is presumed to have been taken between 1896 and 1899 when the Fortress Zone Act was implemented and it was prohibited to take photos of Nagasaki city. The roof of the main hall of Fukusaiji Temple is visible at the bottom of the photo. The brick building on the right is the Tobacco Public Corporation. A row of warehouses on the coast face the sea in the center of the photo.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple,the British Legation

Sanmon gate of Tozenji Temple viewed from the temple grounds (opposite from photograph #3420). Since one of the leaning pines has been cut down, this photograph was taken after #3420, probably at the beginning of the Meiji Period. The sea coast came up to the gate at that time. At present, due to landfill, the coast is located at a greater distance. According to Tokyo Annai (Tokyo Information), Tozenji Temple belongs to the Myoshinji School of Rinzai Zen Buddhism and was built in 1610. Built initially built above the reservoir as Reinan-an by the Buddhist priest Reinan, it was moved to Takanawa in 1636 and the name was changed to Tozenji.==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐2‐0]

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A view of the city of Onomichi

Onomichi City and Mukojima Island are visible beyond the three-story pagoda of Tenneiji Temple (today an Important Cultural Asset) on the hillside of Mt. Senkoji. The photograph shows the arrangement of buildings in the commercial district around Hondori Street, the white-walled Hamagura warehouses by the seashore, and the construction of the Sanyo Railroad.==Date:unknown, Place:Onomichi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐5‐0]

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Bigo Tomotsu (SENMIZUSHIMA)

Islands big and small lie scattered around Numakuma Peninsula, making it a very picturesque landscape representative of the Seto Inland Sea. This area has been designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty by the Japanese government. This is the view from Sensui Island looking over Benten Island toward Taiga Island, evoking the natural beauty of the beach.==Date:unknown, Place:Hiroshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐39‐0]

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Stone steps up to Mt. Maya

Tenjoji Temple which enshrines Madame Maya and has historical connections with the Buddhist saint Kobodaishi, is located in the middle level of Mt.Maya at 698m above sea level in the central part of the Mt.Rokko area. The picture shows the stone steps leading to the temple, and various people such as priests, townspeople and children can be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐4‐0]

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Monks in disaster area

SENDAI, Japan - Yuhan Kitano (front) from a temple in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, and other Buddhist monks chant sutras toward the sea in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 1, 2011. Thousands of people lost their lives in the March 11 quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Designated shelter hit by tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Kogan Temple is seen devastated in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 31, 2011, by the March 11 tsunami. At least 30 people who took shelter at the Buddhist temple went missing. They had gathered there as the building nearly 1 kilometer from the sea was designated as a tsunami evacuation facility. The temple also suffered a fire after the disaster. More than 100 designated shelters were hit by the tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Water-pouring ritual in Japan

Buddhist monks pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2018, as part of a ritual to send fresh water to Todaiji temple in the ancient capital city of Nara. It is believed that the water arrives in a well in the temple's premises 10 days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Water-pouring ritual in Japan

Buddhist monks pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2018, as part of a ritual to send fresh water to Todaiji temple in the ancient capital city of Nara. It is believed that the water arrives in a well in the temple's premises 10 days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Water-pouring ritual in Japan

Buddhist monks pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2019, as part of a ritual to send fresh water to Todaiji temple in the ancient capital city of Nara. It is believed that the water arrives in a well in the temple's premises 10 days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Water-pouring ritual in Japan

Buddhist monks pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2019, as part of a ritual to send fresh water to Todaiji temple in the ancient capital city of Nara. It is believed that the water arrives in a well in the temple's premises 10 days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Water poured into river to reach Todaiji temple

Wearing white gowns, Buddhist monks pour freshwater into a river in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama on March 2, 2017, so the water will reach Todaiji temple in the western city of Nara to be used for a traditional annual event there. The training of monks at the temple started in 752. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Water poured into river to reach Todaiji temple

Wearing white gowns, Buddhist monks pour freshwater into a river in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama on March 2, 2017, so the water will reach Todaiji temple in the western city of Nara to be used for a traditional annual event there. The training of monks at the temple started in 752. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Water poured into river to reach Todaiji temple

Wearing white gowns, Buddhist monks pour freshwater into a river in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama on March 2, 2017, so the water will reach Todaiji temple in the western city of Nara to be used for a traditional annual event there. The training of monks at the temple started in 752. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy snow hits Japan, coldest day this winter in much of country

Kiyomizu Temple is covered by snow in Kyoto on Jan. 15, 2017. Temperatures plunged to their lowest levels so far this winter in many regions of Japan, with heavy snowfall continuing to hit areas especially along the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snowstorm hits northern, western Japan on Japan Sea coast

OSAKA, Japan - Kinkakuji Temple (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto is covered by snow on Dec. 20 brought by a storm that pummeled northern and western Japan, due to an advancing low-pressure zone. (Kyodo)

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Japanese research team to help restore ancient Andean temple

URAWA, Japan - A team of researchers based in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, is planning to leave for Peru on Aug. 14 to participate in a U.N. project to restore the Kuntur Wasi Temple in northern Peru, shown in this file photo dated September 1994, provided by the researchers. The temple, located some 2,300 meters above sea level, includes important temple structures dating from 1100 B.C. to 300 B.C.