TOKYO - Tokyo's Gotokuji temple has long attracted spiritual visitors with its thousands of figurines of beckoning white cats, thought to bring good luck. But of late it has brought in another breed: Instagrammers.
TOKYO - A bell tolled on Monday in Hiroshima as Japan marked 73 years since the world's first atomic bombing, with the city's mayor warning that rising nationalism worldwide threatened peace.
MARKOVEC, Slovenia - When he used to go hunting, Miha Mlakar would dream of killing a bear. But today, the 33-year-old from Slovenia makes his living watching the animals, peacefully, in their natural forest environment.
SYDNEY - The worst drought in living memory is sweeping parts of eastern Australia, leaving farmers struggling to cope and asking questions about their future.
ALBANY, New York - The big, blue "I Love NY" signs lined up in groups of five along New York state highways and roads are hard to miss. And that, say federal transportation officials, is the problem.
MOULAY DRISS ZERHOUN, Morocco - Situated in a fertile plain at the foot of Mount Zerhoun, the sprawling remains of Morocco's oldest Roman site - Volubilis - have survived pillage and long periods of neglect.
MADRID - Europe sweltered on Saturday in intense heat with temperatures hitting record highs in parts of Portugal, while elsewhere the high temperatures exacerbated fires and melted the asphalt on highways.
LOS ANGELES - The loss of tourism on Hawaii's Big Island from the eruption of the Kilauea volcano run as high as $200 million, a study found.
SEOUL - We have been told that insects will be a valuable food source in the future. But it is not easy to embrace the idea of having worms, crickets and grasshoppers on our plates.
OAXACA, Mexico - After the earthquake that devastated Juchitan in southern Mexico in September last year, Jorge Jimenez and his dance troupe sprang into action.
CAIRO - "We take care of sick and wounded stray dogs, for they cannot ask for help like humans. We welcome them to their new home and we never return them to the streets after recovery," said Engy Tarek, co-founder and deputy chief of Cairo Animal Rescue Team, a dog shelter in Giza province near the Egyptian capital Cairo.
The enchantment of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, lies in the collision and fusion of its historical and modern characteristics.
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