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Group of young boys and girls standing together and looking at camera. Some of the boys are not wearing any clothes.

Still image from: All About Asia for Kids

Digital Illustration shows Chinese architecture, a bridge, and two trees against an orange background. Text reads, “All About China For Kids.”

Still image from: All About North Korea for Kids

Asian people in lab coats, helmets, and suits stand in front of backdrop illustrated with lab equipment, technological devices, and financial symbols.

Person wearing khaki hat and shirt holding a tool. Low building and vehicle in background. Caption: this is where Thao works -- clearing land mines.

A C, G, I rendering of a large red wooden barge with no sails, 3 stories, and lots of oars.

Ancient, decrepit white stone building covered in moss with the roots of a large tree coming down over 1 of the walls. Caption. "Angkor Wat is a legacy of the mighty King Suryavarman the Second."

Palms tree, grass, and other greenery surrounds a large, multi-story building with a gray pitched roof and many windows. The sky is blue with lots of clouds. Caption. "Sabah was known as British North Borneo."

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Small statue in a pond in a park with a many modern skyscrapers in the background. Caption. "K, L considers itself a very forward-thinking."

Elaborate casket draped in gold and jewels is on display against a red curtain backdrop. Caption. "The casket holding the tooth is a bell-shaped stupa."

Aerial view of a segment of the Great Wall of China with brown foliage on either side. Caption. "Work began on the Great Wall of China around 220 B, C."

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Closeup of 2 orange and black striped tigers lying on the snow. Caption. Asia has the largest variety of animals in the world.

Still image from: Awesome Adventures: Thailand

Still image from: Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi: Asian American & Pacific Islander

Still image from: Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi: Flushing, Queens

Many small fires in the darkness appear before a large lit screen with Korean writing projected on it. The silhouettes of many heads are slightly visible. Caption. "I'm here to celebrate the Jeju Fire Festival."

4 women in traditional Malaysian clothing gather around a crowned woman wearing a red tunic. Caption. Depicting stories of either myth or of a time long-past.

Woman with crossed hands at her chest speaks to 2 women dressed in red and gold costumes who gesture back. Caption. Thank you so much for letting me dance with you.

Man wearing hat and casual jacket crouches down. Caption. That has reflected them in manner and style.

2 yoked yaks plowing a field. Caption. The mild tempered ox-like creatures.

Still image from: Beyond the Menu: Sambal

Still image from: Beyond the Menu: Samosa

A construction sight beside a water body. Caption: In an attempt to save the threatened Aral Sea.

Animation of a silhouetted man on horseback with bow and spear watching a distant village burn, billows of smoke floating up into the night sky. Caption. The Mongols are feared everywhere.

A white church with bell tower in foreground. A gray building with blue minarets appears behind church. Caption. Can be seen in Kyrgyzstan as well.

3 Russian children, 2 boys and a girl, sit at their desks in a classroom, crossing arms and smiling up at the camera.

Digital map titled "Battle of Inchon." North Korea and South Korea are labeled and shaded in red and the tip of South Korea is beige. A blue dot on the map is labeled, "Seoul."

Digital map titled "Tet Offensive." Closeup of southeast Asia with China, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam shaded in red. A yellow star appears on North Vietnam. To the west, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Burma are shaded in beige.

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Cold War in Asia

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Wait For It...The Mongols!

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Asian Responses to Imperialism

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Water and Classical Civilizations

People stand on and around a large pile of cut grass with an unmotorized vehicle next to it. Caption: In China, young Mekong is called Lancang.

Thousands of North Korean soldiers standing in formation in perfectly straight lines. Caption. Narrator. In the late 1990s, a series of unprecedented floods.

Interior, pale green unlit hallway in an Asian temple. Caption. Some of the temples are still visited.

Sculpture of a dragon made from stone inlaid on a flat surface. Caption: It can create life, but it can also destroy it,

Senior man wearing glasses faces camera, surrounded by models of human skulls and full skeleton in background. Title card below reads, "Milford Wolpoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor". Caption. A new species, a new line.

Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: Bagan--City of Temples (Episode 16)

Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: The Khmer Empire--Fall of the God Kings (Episode 5)

Still image from: Go Jetters: Himalayan Heroes, Nepal

Still image from: Go Jetters: Monkey Bay, Thailand

Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. Poets of the Middle East and Asia.”

Small boats with people on the water at sunset. Caption: This way of life has been around for a long time.

Close up of a group of 5 Indonesian girls with white head scarves.

Aerial shot of an urban city street in Indonesia with bumper to bumper traffic and dilapidated buildings. Caption. In stark contrast to Indonesia's wilderness areas.

Cartoon soldier with green smears on his face wears a military uniform and camouflage helmet as he holds up a rifle in one hand. Text reads, "Infantry Units: U.S. Marine, Vietnam War."

Painting of an Iranian restaurant with opulent decor, musicians on stage in the background. Caption. Restaurants like the Ali Qapu are still the exception.

Geographical map shows a land mass in tangerine orange dotted with cities and labeled, "South Korea." A black line separates it from a coral colored landmass to the north and blue water surrounds them both.

Cartoon of a woman in dark clothing looking away. A man wearing a red tunic with white flowers looks toward her. There's a thick white line in the background between them.

Still image from: My World Kitchen: Balthazar's Turkish Revani Cake

Still image from: My World Kitchen: Hannah's Korean Salmon

Still image from: My World Kitchen: Pearlina's Tahi Catfish and Sticky Rice

Still image from: My World Kitchen: Ryan's Vietnamese Pork and Prawn Cha

Person walking carries large baskets tied together with rope. 3 baskets are stacked and strapped onto the top of a pack on the person's back.

Landscape of New Zealand shows boats on the water with a densely forested island in the distance. Caption. There are 144 islands in the area.

A person diving underwater.

Two person on a small motor boat move toward a bigger ship.

Camera of a woman sitting in the rear seat of a car looks at camera with a surprised expression. Caption. I feel I have to go back.

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Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Say “Asian American” Not “Oriental”?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Is There a North and South Korea?

Polynesian woman with native head cover and dress dances. Caption. Whether we're called "Polynesian."

Black and white frame of Muslim mosque minarets in Pakistan. Caption. It's one of the largest mosques in the Muslim world.

Boy sits on the floor drinking from a plastic cup. 2 people sit on a hand-built, rustic platform bed behind him. 1 girl smiles and the other has a cloth covering her. Caption. Sound of baby crying.

Several women walk outside holding babies to their chests. Caption. Would have a better life in America.

Korean boy sits on the ground, hands on his knees. Caption. How did I get them? They're cigarette burns.

Man with dark curly hair in a blue shirt holds a bowl as a small orangutan on a wooden fence leans over and eats from it. Caption. "Are rehabilitated and returned to their natural habitat."

Title card on rusty light brown background reads, "Afro-Eurasia is a term used to describe the land masses of Africa and Eurasia together with the adjacent islands as 1 continent."

Map of the world. Africa is highlighted in orange, Asia is highlighted in purple and Europe is highlighted in green. Spanish caption. El concepto do Afro-Eurasia.

Man sitting on boxes in a camel drawn cart in a South Asian town. Caption. Drawing carts through traffic.

Still image from: South Korea With Alexander Armstrong: Episode 1

Still image from: South Korea With Alexander Armstrong: Episode 2

Still image from: South Korea With Alexander Armstrong: Episode 3

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2202)

Worker carries a stack of rice plants over their shoulder. Caption. For decades Thailand has been the number one exporter of rice.

Still frame of a verdant courtyard with a person partially obscured behind a beige column. Caption. It looks like an uncomplicated instrument.

Soldiers in green uniforms stand guard on both sides of a tank full of soldiers with guns drawn toward the surrounding city. Text reads, "The Fall of Saigon, April 30th, 1975. The End of the Vietnam War."

Military plane flies above warships in the water below. Text reads, "The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 1964. The Vietnam War."

Soldiers wearing olive green uniforms stand in rows with guns raised beneath the flag of North Korea. Soldiers wearing moss green uniforms stand with their hands up. Text reads, "The Korean War. June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953."

Soldiers holding up rifles hide behind a column and a tree as they approach men lined up in the background. Text reads, "The Tet Offensive, 1968."

Digital illustration of diverse people exchanging goods for money in a crowded square. Caption. That it formed a new base of power for the Roman Empire.

Color illustration of a faded battle scene with an arc of gold objects passing through it. Spanish caption. Estas tremendas guerras que comenzaron en el año 1096.

Slide shows white text on a black background, "The Vanished Battalion of Gallipoli."

Closeup view of an enormous brown tree trunk with smaller vines growing up it, with a canopy of trees visible in the background.

Digital map of Uzbekistan amongst surrounding countries, with 3 red dots marking the cities of Bukhara, Samarkand, and Tashkent. Caption. There are other oasis towns in Uzbekistan.

Cartoon map of the state of Florida and surrounding islands. Caption. With a total area of 5900 square kilometers.

Simplified digital map of the city of Istanbul, Turkey on a strip of land separating the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. A larger map of Turkey and surrounding countries is darker in the background.

Young Thai woman reaches out over a pile of vegetables in a market setting. She smiles and holds a plastic produce bag in her hands. Caption. Eggplant, cucumbers, squash, coriander.

Low shot looking up at a person walking a tightrope line while holding a balancing pole at their chest. In the background, a multi-story building towers above. Caption. I am part of those reasons too, I guess.

Child sits on his knees watching a monkey who is crouching over nearby. Also in view are 2 people's legs and a collection of sundry items. Caption. I'm worried people will be afraid of him.

Landscape shows a rocky coastline with large boulders. Caption. Vietnam is divided into three distinct geographical regions.

Aerial view of a muddy river running through a village. A barge floats on the river and smaller boats are docked. Lush green fields grow in the background.

Illustration of India and Asia to the north. A line of mountains separates the two. Caption: giving birth to the towering Himalayas.

Side view of a man and woman with dark hair inside a dimly lit ornate building looking up. Several marble pillars on shiny floors are visible behind them. Caption. In June 1923, the neoclassical H, S, B, C building was completed.

Large fish with a white underbelly and gray upper body. Caption: known as the underwater panda of China.

Person walking in front of an oxen pulling a cart through a forest. Caption: Unwittingly, we may be consuming Borneo to death.

Silhouette of a person wearing snow gear with a backpack. They are on their hands and knees on a snowy slope angled up to the right. Caption. They will not get their ultimate view of Shangri-La.

Person in a small wooden boat with a large fish across the width of the boat. Caption: It is a beast, and has been known to weigh over 600 pounds.

Aerial view of low clouds clinging to a mountain range on the left in the glow of a red setting sun. White text in the middle of the screen reads, "Islands of the Monsoon."

Silhouette of a mountain range as the sun sets behind wispy clouds. Back text in center of screen reads, "Kingdom of giants."

Multiple ranges of steep green hills with low-lying clouds on a blue-sky day. White text in the center of the screen reads, "Secret worlds."

Valley of green trees between light brown hills with sparse green bushes partially shaded by fully white clouds. White text in the bottom center of the screen reads, "Dragons' Domain."

Silhouette of the cone of a volcano in the distance with billowing clouds around in the red light of a sunset. White text in the center of the screen reads, "Volcano Nation."