Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

E

China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

E

US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

E

China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

E

Stolen Buddha statue returned to Japan

Photo taken on May 15, 2025, at a museum in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki shows a 14th-century Buddha statue that was recently returned to Kannonji temple in the city after it was stolen in 2012 and taken to South Korea. The statue, designated by Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, was unveiled to the media the same day ahead of is public exhibition from May 16.

E

Devotees Pray at Buddha Temple - India

Buddhist Monk covers a statue of Buddha with an umbrella on a rainy day, while Devotees offer prayers to Buddha on the occasion of Buddha Purnima in a Buddha Temple at Agartala in Tripura, India on May 12, 2025. Photo by Abhisek Saha/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

E

US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

E

Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

E

Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

E

Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

E

Grottoes Art Exhibition at Hangzhou West Lake Museum

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2024 - A young visitor looks at a full-length Buddha statue standing on the north wall of Fengxian Temple in Longmen Grottoes at Hangzhou West Lake Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, July 10, 2024.

E

US: Beryl Causes Widespread Power Outages And Flooding, Leaves Multiple Dead In Texas 4

Beryl has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in Texas, on Monday, July 8, shortly before 4 a.m. local time. The hurricane caused power outages and life-threatening flooding and left multiple dead in Houston and the surrounding areas.

E

US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

E

US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

E

Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hideki Murai speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting a South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

E

Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

A representative of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2023, after the top court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting the South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

E

Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

Setsuryo Tanaka, chief priest of Kanonji temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, speaks to the press on Oct. 26, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from the Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting a South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

E

Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

A representative of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2023, after the country's top court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting the South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

E

Buddhist community in Bangladesh celebrates Maghi Purnima

STORY: Buddhist community in Bangladesh celebrates Maghi Purnima DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Buddhist monks and devotees praying at a temple on the occasion of the Buddhist "Maghi Purnima" festival in Dhaka 2. various of devotees lighting candles at a temple on the occasion of the Buddhist "Maghi Purnima" festival in Dhaka 3. various of Gautama Buddha statue in Buddhist temple in Dhaka 4. various of devotees 5. various of Gautama Buddha statue STORYLINE: Bangladesh's Buddhist community celebrated Maghi Purnima on Sunday. This festival is commemorated on the night of the full moon in the month of Magh, the 10th month in the Bengali calendar during the winter season, through remembering Gautama Buddha and the announcement of his impending death. As one of the biggest religious festivals of the Buddhist community, the festival's daylong celebration started with the lighting of lamps and hoisting of national and religious flags atop

E

Buddha face

NARA, Japan - The face of a giant Buddha statue is seen from outside a hall through a window opened for the ''Manto Kuyoe'' rite at Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2010.

E

Buddha face

NARA, Japan - The face of a giant Buddha statue is seen from outside a hall through a window opened for the ''Manto Kuyoe'' rite at Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2010.

E

Buddha face

NARA, Japan - The face of a giant Buddha statue is seen from outside a hall through a window opened for the ''Manto Kuyoe'' rite at Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2010.

E

Head of Buddha statue at Kofukuji in Nara

NARA, Japan, Jan. 7 Kyodo - The head of a Buddha statue (far R) is transferred to the Eastern Golden Hall of Kofukuji, a temple in the western Japan city of Nara, from its National Treasure Hall for the first time in 80 years on Jan. 7, 2017, as the treasure hall is closed for a year for seismic strengthening work. After being created in the Hakuho period from the 7th to 8th centuries, the statue was burned in a fire leaving only its head, a national treasure.

E

Head of Buddha statue at Kofukuji in Nara

NARA, Japan, Jan. 7 Kyodo - The head of a Buddha statue is transferred to the Eastern Golden Hall of Kofukuji, a temple in the western Japan city of Nara, from its National Treasure Hall for the first time in 80 years on Jan. 7, 2017., as the treasure hall is closed for a year for seismic strengthening work. After being created in the Hakuho period from the 7th to 8th centuries, the statue was burned in a fire leaving only its head, a national treasure.

E

Temple offers reward for clues to stolen Buddha image

FUKUOKA, Japan - A statue of Yakushi Nyorai or medicine Buddha is shown in this file photo taken in December 2009. Supporters of Myoryuzan Yakushido, a Buddhist temple in Nakama, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, announced a decision on Dec. 24, 2014, to pay a cash reward of 2 million yen for key information leading to the discovery of the statue stolen in 2010.

E

Great Buddha cleaned

NARA, Japan - Buddhist monks clear away dust from the Great Buddha statue on Aug. 7, 2014, in the Daibutsuden Hall at Todaiji Temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

E

Great Buddha cleaned

NARA, Japan - Buddhist monks clear away dust from the Great Buddha statue on Aug. 7, 2014, in the Daibutsuden Hall at Todaiji Temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

E

Buddhist treasure repaired

NARA, Japan - The crown for a statue of Fuku Kenjaku Kannon, a form of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, is shown to reporters after repairs in Nara, western Japan, on April 2, 2012. The eighth-century crown with a statue of Buddha attached to it will be exhibited from April 3, 2012, at Todai temple museum in Nara.

E

Nara's Todaiji temple opens museum

NARA, Japan - Photo shows a Buddha statue in the museum of the Todaiji Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan on Oct. 10, 2011. The museum opened the same day to exhibit the temple's treasures.

E

Nara's Todaiji temple opens museum

NARA, Japan - Photo shows a Buddha statue in the museum of the Todaiji Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan on Oct. 10, 2011. The museum opened the same day to exhibit the temple's treasures.

E

Stolen Buddha statue back after 36 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Chief priest Keijo Sogahara looks at a recovered Buddha statue at Kogen temple in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2010. The statue, estimated to have been made between the late 7th century and the first half of the 8th century, was discovered in the catalogue of an auction company in Kyoto 36 years after it was stolen.

E

Monks clean massive Buddha statue in Nara

NARA, Japan - A team including monks dusts off a year's worth of dirt from a huge Buddha statue at Todaiji Temple in Nara Prefecture on Aug. 7, 2010.

E

Karzai in ancient Japanese capital of Nara

NARA, Japan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other members of his delegation visit the Great Buddha statue in the Daibutsuden Hall of Todai temple in Nara, western Japan, on June 20, 2010. Karzai visited the eighth-century capital of Japan on the last day of his five-day trip to the country.

E

Buddha statue in Nara cleaned ahead of Bon Festival

NARA, Japan - A huge Buddha statue at Todaiji Temple in Nara Prefecture is cleaned Aug. 7 ahead of Japan's Bon Festival.

E

Todaiji Temple's Buddha statue cleaned

NARA, Japan - The huge statue of Buddha at Todaiji Temple in Nara Prefecture is cleaned Aug. 7 ahead of the Bon Festival.

E

Nat'l treasure building damaged, Buddha statue stolen in Nara

NARA, Japan - The Nishimuro building (in photo), a national treasure building at Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture, was found damaged and a replica of a Buddha statue stolen on Feb. 5. Police said a male employee at the temple found wooden frames of a window in the Nishimuro building cut and removed, and a 74-centimeter-tall replica of a Buddha statue stolen.

E

Emperor, empress visit Toshodaiji Temple exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) approach the dry-lacquer statue of Birushana-Butsu, or Buddha Vairocana, a national treasure, displayed at the Toshodaiji Temple exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno on Feb. 25. (Pool photo)

E

Sanzen'in unveils treasured Buddha statue

KYOTO, Japan - Yakushi, a statute of the Buddha of healing kept at Sanzen'in temple in Kyodo, is opened to the public for the first time in 1,200 years on Sept. 8. The wooden statute, which stands about 1.2 meters high, was craved by Saicho (767-822), the founder of the Tendai sect of Buddhism, during the Enryaku era (782-806). Sanzen'in said it opened the statue to the public in commemoration of the 1,200th anniversary of its foundation.

E

One of Japan's oldest Buddha statues found in Otsu

OTSU, Japan - The Nara National Museum says Aug. 3 it has found inside a principal statue at Ishiyama Temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, four small Buddha statues overlaid with gold. They were made between the seventh and eighth centuries, covering Japan's Asuka, Hakuho and Nara periods. One of the four (far R) is judged to have been made in the Asuka era and is believed to be one of the oldest Buddha statues made in Japan, together with those at Asuka Temple and Horyuji Temple.

E

Todaiji Temple's Buddha cleaned

NARA, Japan - Monks and other Buddhist followers clean a statue of the Buddha at Todaiji Temple in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 7 in preparation of the Bon Festival that commemorates the spirits of the dead. Some 230 people took part in the annual ritual to clean the 15-meter-high statue.

E

7th-century wooden statue of Buddha found in Mie

UENO, Japan - A 7th-century wooden statue of Yakushi Nyorai, or the Buddha of Healing, sits in the Kentokuji temple in the city of Ueno, Mie Prefecture. The discovery of the 65.7-centimeter-high statue, probably made in the late 7th century, was announced Sept. 8 by a cultural asset study group headed by Prof. Yoshio Kawahara of Aichi Prefectural University.

E

Fire drill carried out at Todaiji Temple

Firefighters spray water on the Todaiji Temple in Nara as part of a fire drill on Jan. 26. The temple, famous for its bronze statue Great Buddha of Nara, was placed on the World Heritage List in December last year. With 15 fire engines and ladder cars, some 330 people, including firefighters and local schoolchildren, took part in the drill.

E

Buddha statue from India arrives in Nara

Workers at the Tsubosaka Temple in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, uncover the head of a large Buddha stone statue that arrived from India on Jan. 13. The 1.5-meter-tall head is one of 26 pieces of a statue of the lying Buddha, which is also known as the ''nirvana'' Buddha. Measuring 8 meters long and 30 tons in weight, the statue is the largest of its kind in Japan.

E

Chinese court orders return of stolen Buddha statue from Dutch collector

STORY: Chinese court orders return of stolen Buddha statue from Dutch collector DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:58 LOCATION: SANMING, China CATEGORY: LAW/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the stolen Buddha statue 2. STANDUP (English): HONG YAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIN WENYU, Yangchun villager 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIN WENQING, Yangchun villager STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): HONG YAN, Xinhua correspondent "On Tuesday, a court in east China's Fujian Province ruled in favor of local villagers demanding the return of a stolen Buddha statue from a Dutch collector." This sculpture was CT scanned in 2013 and shown to contain the mummified body of a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Buddhist monk called Zhanggong Zushi. It had been housed in Puzhao Temple, co-owned by Yangchun Village and Dongpu Village in Datian County in Sanming. STANDUP 2 (English): HONG YAN, Xinhua correspondent "Here is the hall where the mummified body of the Buddhist monk had been worshipped by villagers for more tha

E

CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-LONGMEN GROTTOES-RESTORATION (CN)

(220416) -- LUOYANG, April 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member surveys a Buddha statue at the Fengxian Temple of Longmen Grottoes during a restoration project in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, April 14, 2022. A restoration project is now underway at the Fengxian Temple, the largest cave of Longmen Grottoes. Water seepage and perilous rock bases are the two factors that threaten the existence of cultural relics in the grottoes. New technologies have been adopted in the restoration, such as ground penetrating radar detection and protective nets design. This has been the first large-scale restoration project of the temple since 1970s. The restoration started in December 2021 and has so far completed about 70 percent. The whole project is expected to finish in June this year. (Xinhua/Li An)

E

CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-LONGMEN GROTTOES-RESTORATION (CN)

(220416) -- LUOYANG, April 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members examine a Buddha statue at the Fengxian Temple of Longmen Grottoes during a restoration project in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, April 14, 2022. A restoration project is now underway at the Fengxian Temple, the largest cave of Longmen Grottoes. Water seepage and perilous rock bases are the two factors that threaten the existence of cultural relics in the grottoes. New technologies have been adopted in the restoration, such as ground penetrating radar detection and protective nets design. This has been the first large-scale restoration project of the temple since 1970s. The restoration started in December 2021 and has so far completed about 70 percent. The whole project is expected to finish in June this year. (Xinhua/Li An)

E

CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-LONGMEN GROTTOES-RESTORATION (CN)

(220416) -- LUOYANG, April 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members examine a Buddha statue at the Fengxian Temple of Longmen Grottoes during a restoration project in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, April 14, 2022. A restoration project is now underway at the Fengxian Temple, the largest cave of Longmen Grottoes. Water seepage and perilous rock bases are the two factors that threaten the existence of cultural relics in the grottoes. New technologies have been adopted in the restoration, such as ground penetrating radar detection and protective nets design. This has been the first large-scale restoration project of the temple since 1970s. The restoration started in December 2021 and has so far completed about 70 percent. The whole project is expected to finish in June this year. (Xinhua/Li An)

E

CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-LONGMEN GROTTOES-RESTORATION (CN)

(220416) -- LUOYANG, April 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member surveys a Buddha statue at the Fengxian Temple of Longmen Grottoes during a restoration project in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, April 14, 2022. A restoration project is now underway at the Fengxian Temple, the largest cave of Longmen Grottoes. Water seepage and perilous rock bases are the two factors that threaten the existence of cultural relics in the grottoes. New technologies have been adopted in the restoration, such as ground penetrating radar detection and protective nets design. This has been the first large-scale restoration project of the temple since 1970s. The restoration started in December 2021 and has so far completed about 70 percent. The whole project is expected to finish in June this year. (Xinhua/Li An)

E

CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-LONGMEN GROTTOES-RESTORATION (CN)

(220416) -- LUOYANG, April 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 13, 2022 shows staff members examining a Buddha statue at the Fengxian Temple of Longmen Grottoes during a restoration project in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province. A restoration project is now underway at the Fengxian Temple, the largest cave of Longmen Grottoes. Water seepage and perilous rock bases are the two factors that threaten the existence of cultural relics in the grottoes. New technologies have been adopted in the restoration, such as ground penetrating radar detection and protective nets design. This has been the first large-scale restoration project of the temple since 1970s. The restoration started in December 2021 and has so far completed about 70 percent. The whole project is expected to finish in June this year. (Xinhua/Li An)