DIRECTV Streaming With The Stars Oscar Viewing Party - LA

DIRECTV Streaming With The Stars Oscar Viewing Party - LA

Sandra Diaz-Twine arrives at the DIRECTV Streaming With The Stars Oscar Viewing Party 2024 Hosted By Rob Lowe held at Spago Beverly Hills on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

DIRECTV Streaming With The Stars Oscar Viewing Party - LA

DIRECTV Streaming With The Stars Oscar Viewing Party - LA

Sandra Diaz-Twine arrives at the DIRECTV Streaming With The Stars Oscar Viewing Party 2024 Hosted By Rob Lowe held at Spago Beverly Hills on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-JIANGXI-JING'AN-TRANSFORMATION-SUMMER RESORT (CN)

CHINA-JIANGXI-JING'AN-TRANSFORMATION-SUMMER RESORT (CN)

(220731) -- JING'AN, July 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children pose with a cow-shaped installation work made of twine in Sanping Village of Zhongyuan Town in Jing'an County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 27, 2022. Located at an altitude of over 600 meters, Zhongyuan Town in east China's Jiangxi Province has a forest coverage rate of nearly 90%. As a result, the average temperature here is 6 to 10 degrees Celsius cooler than that of nearby Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi Province, making the town a favorable summer resort for tourists to escape the summer heat. "This place used to be poverty-stricken, and we made a living by cutting down bamboos," said Hu Lyuying, a villager in Sanping Village of Zhongyuan Town. With local supporting policies, Hu's family renovated their houses and started agritainment business in 2019, which helped the family to shake off poverty with an annual income surpassing 100,000 yuan (about 14,830 U.S. dollars). Like Hu Lyuying, over 640 families in Zhongyuan Town start

Preparation for imperial succession ritual

Preparation for imperial succession ritual

Officials at Yamasakiimbe shrine in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, carry a box containing hemp twine on Sept. 2, 2019. The twine will be made into fabric that will be used in the Great Thanksgiving Ceremony, known as the Daijosai, a key imperial succession rite to be performed by Japanese Emperor Naruhito in mid-November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo