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China: Man Saves Four People Seconds Before Crash Vehicle Erupts in Fire

A man in Jinzhong, Shanxi, rushed to save four people trapped in a crashed, smoke-filled vehicle on November 30, 2025. The doors were jammed and the passengers unconscious, so he smashed a window and pulled them out. Just three minutes later, the car burst into flames as the rescued victims received help on the roadside.

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Stop Genocide Rally In support of Palestine And Lebanon - Paris

Stop Genocide Rally In support of Palestine And Lebanon - Paris

A demonstrator wearing a keffiyeh with his two fingers in a v as a sign of victory, during the demonstration. Demonstration in support of Lebanon and Palestine to demand a ceasefire in Palestine and sanctions against Israel following the recent attack carried out by the State of Israel against Lebanon, which left nearly 900 dead, on October 05, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Genocide Rally In support of Palestine And Lebanon - Paris

Stop Genocide Rally In support of Palestine And Lebanon - Paris

A demonstrator wearing a sweetshirt “free palestine” and with his two fingers in a v as a sign of victory, during the demonstration. Demonstration in support of Lebanon and Palestine to demand a ceasefire in Palestine and sanctions against Israel following the recent attack carried out by the State of Israel against Lebanon, which left nearly 900 dead, on October 05, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Genocide Rally In support of Palestine And Lebanon - Paris

Stop Genocide Rally In support of Palestine And Lebanon - Paris

A demonstrator holding a sign “free palestine” and with his two fingers in a v as a sign of victory, during the demonstration. Demonstration in support of Lebanon and Palestine to demand a ceasefire in Palestine and sanctions against Israel following the recent attack carried out by the State of Israel against Lebanon, which left nearly 900 dead, on October 05, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally Against The President's Forceful Blow - Paris

Rally Against The President's Forceful Blow - Paris

A Palestinian protester with two fingers in a v in a sign of victory against the war in Palestine. Demonstration supported by unions and the New Popular Front (NFP) to denounce the political choice of the President Emmanuel Macron following the appointment of Michel Barnier (LR) as Prime Minister, on september 07, 2024 in Paris. Photo by Christophe Michel / ABACAPRESS.COM

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ChineseToday | Art rooted in paddy fields: Yangxi Opera artists in SW China's Chongqing

ChineseToday | Art rooted in paddy fields: Yangxi Opera artists in SW China's Chongqing

(240524) -- CHONGQING, May 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yangxi Opera artist Chen Yongxia puts on a Yangxi Opera mask over his forehead, leaving a width of two fingers between the lower edge of the mask and the eyes to observe the stage, in Qingquan Village of Tonggu Township, Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing, May 16, 2024. In Qingquan Village of Tonggu Township in Youyang, there is a group of opera artists consisting of local farmers of an average age of nearly 70, who perform the ancient Yangxi Opera on the courtyards and dams as the stage, and among the paddy fields, mountains and forests as their background in the village about 1,000 meters above sea level surrounded by mountains and waters. Around the time of May, the white-haired opera troupe members plant rice seedlings in the paddy fields as their routine work, when the day's work draws to a close, Chen Yongxia, one of the leading artists, is heard singing Yangxi Opera in his resonant voice that echos in the mountains.

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Kharkiv

Kharkiv

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 8, 2024 - Two girls trace the line in a textbook with index fingers during a lesson at a school set up at the Peremoha (Victory) metro station, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.

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Pro-Palestine Rally - Paris

Pro-Palestine Rally - Paris

A hand with two fingers representing the V for victory and red makeup representing the blood of Palestinians who died in Gaza. Demonstration in support of the Palestinian people to demand a ceasefire, an end to military operations against the Gaza Strip, an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people, aat the Fountain of the Innocents, on February 17, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Christophe Michel / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Palestine Rally - Paris

Pro-Palestine Rally - Paris

A hand with two fingers representing the V for victory and red makeup representing the blood of Palestinians who died in Gaza. Demonstration in support of the Palestinian people to demand a ceasefire, an end to military operations against the Gaza Strip, an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people, at the Fountain of the Innocents, on February 17, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Christophe Michel / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Palestine Rally - Paris

Pro-Palestine Rally - Paris

Demonstration in support of the Palestinian people to demand a ceasefire, the end of military operations against the Gaza Strip, the end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people between the Republic Square and the Square of Clichy. Portrait of two women demonstrators the hands in the air with fingers in a V symbol of victory, one of which holding a placard with the message from Gaza to Paris : resistance, during the demonstration, on January 13, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Positive Shinjo reflects on San Francisco trade

Positive Shinjo reflects on San Francisco trade

TOKYO, Japan - Two days after receiving the shocking news of his trade to the San Francisco Giants, a cheerful Tsuyoshi Shinjo appears before over 100 reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 19 to say that he is now looking forward to his unforeseen future. He signals five with his right-hand fingers, suggesting he will wear that number when playing with the Giants. (MLB)

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Toyota's Camry retains title of best-selling car

Toyota's Camry retains title of best-selling car

Donald Esmond, vice president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., holds up two fingers at the 1999 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 6 to gesticulate Toyota's second time in as many years of winning the title of best-selling car in America for its Camry model.

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INDIA-PUNJAB-ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

INDIA-PUNJAB-ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

(220220) -- PUNJAB, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Voters show their inked fingers after casting their votes for the Assembly elections of Punjab at Bhagwaan village in Amritsar district of India's northern Punjab state, Feb. 20, 2022. Voting for local elections is underway in two Indian states of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, officials said Sunday. (Str/Xinhua)

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Uyenotecnica's handling equipment for robots

Uyenotecnica's handling equipment for robots

Ueno Technica has developed a handling device for industrial robotsthat can pick up and grasp workpieces with a single unit. It is expected to be used for picking parts in bulk, and the two functions can be used separately according to the weight and size of the workpiece. The company is looking for needs mainly in the automotive industry and aims to put it to practical use as soon as possible. Normally, the pad sticks out at the tip and the fingers are folded. When the finger is used, it is extended and moved toward the tip, and the pad is moved by the linear motion mechanism and stored at the top. The company is a group company of Hirotec Corporation (Saeki Ward, Hiroshima City), which is engaged in the design and manufacture of automotive parts, and will exhibit at the International Robot Exhibition to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from April 18. Photo: December 3, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Positive Shinjo reflects on San Francisco trade

Positive Shinjo reflects on San Francisco trade

TOKYO, Japan - Two days after receiving the shocking news of his trade to the San Francisco Giants, a cheerful Tsuyoshi Shinjo appears before over 100 reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 19 to say that he is now looking forward to his unforeseen future. He signals five with his right-hand fingers, suggesting he will wear that number when playing with the Giants. (MLB)

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Toyota's Camry retains title of best-selling car

Toyota's Camry retains title of best-selling car

Donald Esmond, vice president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., holds up two fingers at the 1999 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 6 to gesticulate Toyota's second time in as many years of winning the title of best-selling car in America for its Camry model.

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World War Two information poster

World War Two information poster

A poster from the Second World War advisting the public to keep quiet to avoid inadvertently passing information to the enemy. It features an RAF soldier putting his fingers to his lips in a gesture of silence. Date: c.1942

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STEPTOE AND SON RIDE AGAIN

STEPTOE AND SON RIDE AGAIN

STEPTOE AND SON RIDE AGAIN HARRY H CORBETT Date: 1973

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Girls clenching their fists

Girls clenching their fists

Ken (fist) is a game played by two people with the hands and fingers. The two people face each other and shout time. The game was played as entertainment at parties. The game was first introduced from China via Nagasaki during the Edo Period. In English the game is called paper, scissors and rock.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐32‐0]

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Girls clenching their fists

Girls clenching their fists

Ken (fist) is a game played by two people with the hands and fingers. The two people face each other and shout time. The game was played as entertainment at parties. The headbands and informal way of sitting conveys the atmosphere of conviviality. The game was first introduced from China via Nagasaki during the Edo Period. In English the game is called paper, scissors and rock.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐6‐0]

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