Rescuers search for survivors after China earthquake
Voice of America
Rescue teams work amidst rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake in a location given as Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on Jan. 7, 2025. (Tibet Fire and Rescue/Handout via REUTERS)
Rescuers in China’s Tibet region searched Wednesday for survivors trapped in rubble, a day after a powerful earthquake killed at least 126 people and injured 188 others.
FILE - People displaced by fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels gather in a camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, March 13, 2024. Fighting in part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced over 100,000 people in the last week.
FILE - A photo shows a partial view of Tiraspol (background), in the Transnistria breakaway region, March 1, 2024.
FILE - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers a speech at the ministerial conference of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, Sept. 3, 2024. FILE - Republic of the Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the opening ceremony of the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit, in Beijing, China, Sept. 5, 2024.
Map of Swakopmund, the capital of Erongo region in Namibia
FILE - Mining equipment and piles of ore are seen at the Sino Africa Huijin mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, Zimbabwe, Sept. 17, 2024. (Enos Danher/VOA)
FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with French soldiers during a Christmas dinner at Port-Bouet military camp near Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Dec. 21, 2019, during a visit to West Africa.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
This photo taken from video on Jan. 7, 2025, shows an aircraft said to be carrying U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. as it arrives in Nuuk, Greenland. (Mads Madsen Arctic Creative/Ritzau Scanpix via AFP) FILE - Residents walk in the town of Aasiaat, Greenland, on June 29, 2024.
A TV screen shows a file image of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as supporters of impeached Yoon stage a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, Jan. 7, 2025. Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, Jan. 7, 2025.
Israeli military vehicles operate during a raid at the Al-Faraa camp near Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jan. 7, 2025.
This handout received on Jan. 7, 2025, shows damaged houses in Shigatse, southwestern China's Tibet region, after an earthquake hit the area.