This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Bridget Jones, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. Follow AP visual ...

In Tokyo, participants braved frigid conditions at the Kanda Myojin Shrine for a traditional Japanese ritual aimed at ...

Young children gathered at a Tokyo shrine, Sunday, to pray for their calculation skills to be improved. More than a hundred ...

People throw offerings made of red paper, called gohei, into the fire to pray for good health at Uto Shrine in Aomori on Dec. 28. The Yomiuri Shimbun 15:21 JST, January 15, 2025 AOMORI — About 50 ...

“A facelift for the Model 3 comes just in the nick of time to nudge it back ahead of rivals” There can’t be anyone who doesn’t know what a Tesla is: it’s incredible how the startup ...

“Everything you liked (and most of what you didn’t) in the Model 3, in a more practical shape. But not a pretty one” And while the Model Y doesn’t get the Model X’s ‘falcon doors ...

Thousands company and government employees visited Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo on Monday to pray for a prosperous yer. Kanda Myojin, known as the shrine of commerce and industry, draws workers on the ...

Players in colorful costumes have staged an ancient ball-kicking game called "kemari" as part of a New Year ritual at a Shinto shrine in Kyoto. "Kemari" was popular among Japanese noblemen in the ...

According to local legend, a blacksmith from Kyoto was looking to forge a sword for the emperor and discovered the pure waters surrounding the present-day Kanahebisui Shrine, perfect for forging a ...

14, 1975. Now, 50 years later, the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, has begun its yearlong celebration honoring the anniversary of the saint’s canonization.

Following the trail in the morning, she finds the line of thread has gone through the keyhole and extends all the way to Ōmiwa Shrine on Mount Miwa, where a snake a deity is known to reside.