The annual migration of spawning pearl mullets, an endemic fish species found only in Van Lake, Turkey, has started with a visual feast. Relevant institutions and security forces are taking precautions at the lakeside to ensure that the pearl mullet does not become the target of poaching fishermen. The pearl mullet is a species that lives in the highly carbonated waters of Van Lake, but it cannot reproduce there because of the salinity of the water, so it migrates through the lake’s tributaries ...

Footage shows the astronomical tide and torrential rains hitting Guangzhou on Wednesday in the Guangdong Province of China. The water level of the Zhujiang River in Guangzhou has exceeded the early warning system level due to the tide and rains, flooding coastal areas and roads.

The Strawberry Supermoon is seen over Istanbul’s historical Galata Tower near the Golden Horn on Tuesday evening in Turkey's historical city of Istanbul. Breathtaking views of the Supermoon mesmerized onlookers, offering up pleasant moments under its bright lights. The Supermoon is special because it is the time in June when the Moon moves closest to the Earth and is observed brighter and larger than normal.

A man with an inflatable boat got stranded in the middle of a lake in Turkey's eastern Van province, but just as he was about to freeze, maritime police came to his rescue, immediately handing him over to medical teams after they got to the shore.

At least 272 Afghan nationals who illegally entered Turkey were flown back to Afghanistan from the Eastern Anatolian city of Igdır. The government's efforts to combat irregular migration are ongoing, with irregular migrants held in repatriation camps for a short period before being returned to their home countries. The plane carrying the migrants to Afghanistan reportedly belongs to Ariana Afghan Airlines.

Footage shows the scary moment a teacher was seen choking on some water in Turkey's Kayseri province, when, luckily, his colleague, who was on his way to give a lesson on first aid, happened across him and performed the Heimlich maneuver, saving his life.

The Turkish-made Bayraktar AKINCI assault drone successfully completed its first firing test in Turkey's western Sinop province with the KGK-SİHA-82 (wing-assisted guidance kit) developed by TUBİTAK, the country's Scientific And Technological Research Council, reported BAYKAR Technology.

Footage from Hong Kong's Guangzhou shows people lining up before a mobile nucleic acid test vehicle, which also drives into urban villages and other areas to provide nucleic acid sampling services for residents. Nucleic acid tests are believed to be an irreplaceable, effective means for the diagnosis of the coronavirus.

The loss of their loved ones in the fight against YPG/PKK terrorists did not weaken the hope of valiant Tal Rifat elder Muhammad Ayis, who is seen standing shoulder to shoulder with the Syrian National Army (SNA) in the hope of one day returning home. "We are not soldiers, but we are fighting oppression like soldiers," Ayis, 58, told Anadolu Agency. He said he lost three sons-in-law and three nephews in the fight against the Assad regime and the YPG/PKK.

The latest footage from Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv shows bazaar buildings that were burned to ash after being hit by Russian shelling as local tradesmen gauge the extent of the destruction at their shops.

Footage shows the moment Turkish firefighters rescued a woman trapped in her vehicle in the middle of a flood after heavy rainfall hit Turkey's capital Ankara, carefully pulling her out of the car window and placing her in the fire truck.

A super moon was seen rising over the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque and Blue Mosque, mesmerizing onlookers in Turkey's metropolitan city of Istanbul.

Footage shows the moment a mobile phone's battery exploded as a repairman was carefully analyzing the device in Turkey's metropolitan city of Istanbul. The repairman and customer were both seen running out of the store in a fit of panic.

Heartwarming footage shows the moment Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met and embraced a little girl, who had previously been captured on camera crying because she missed 'grandpa Erdogan,' during an event in Turkey's eastern Van province.

Turkey's skillful President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sang a folk song during a meet with youngsters, mesmerizing the audience with his voice in Turkey's eastern Van province.

"World Wide Knitting in Public Day" brought together dozens of people of all ages in Caracas, Venezuela, who enjoyed knitting together while they chatted happily away. Celebrated on June 11 every year as a way for knitters to come together and enjoy each other’s company, it's been marked with events in countries like Australia, China, England, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and the United States ever since 2005.

Footage from a village in Garut Regency, West Java Province of Indonesia, shows kids with albinism—a genetic condition that results in very light skin, hair, and eyes—playing with friends. In recent years, awareness-raising campaigns have increased public understanding of the challenges for persons with albinism globally as the world marks Albinism Awareness Day on June 13 every year.

Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido was chased out of a restaurant in San Carlos, the capital of the Cojedes state, as individuals started chucking everything they could find at him, with Guaido’s shirt nearly torn off him at one point.

Drone footage shows Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv as it bears the traces of heavy bombardments since Russian forces launched its war against Ukraine on Feb. 24. Russia’s missile attacks on public buildings and residences in the city center and outer districts caused great destruction in the northeastern city.

The second batch of portable rotary-wing kamikaze drones has been delivered to Turkish security forces, according to an announcement by Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries.