内容摘要：in 2023 versus the previous year, marking the lowest level since records began. However, 2024 saw a 35% surge, fueled by an uptick in the Amazon region.

in 2023 versus the previous year, marking the lowest level since records began. However, 2024 saw a 35% surge, fueled by an uptick in the Amazon region.

Large U.S. and former South Vietnamese flags fly in the wind in the parking lot of Asian Garden Mall in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Large U.S. and former South Vietnamese flags fly in the wind in the parking lot of Asian Garden Mall in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Anton Le, who was 5 years old when he and his family arrived in the U.S. from Vietnam via the Philippines, plays with his son, Kevin, while waiting for his order outside a café in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Anton Le, who was 5 years old when he and his family arrived in the U.S. from Vietnam via the Philippines, plays with his son, Kevin, while waiting for his order outside a café in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)For those who lived through the war, the 50th anniversary marks a time of mourning as they remember what they lost — their homeland, their past lives, even their identity. Five decades later, the pain is still raw. One man still can’t bring himself to say much about the family he had to leave behind. Others were barely toddlers when they arrived in a foreign land.

The day Saigon fell — April 30, 1975 — is referred to by the older generation as “Black April” or “National Day of Resentment.”But for their children and grandchildren, many with scant knowledge of the war, the anniversary is a time to honor the resiliency of an immigrant community and to celebrate the accomplishments of a population that started as refugees and now has become an influential part of California and U.S. society.

Erik Nguyen, a volunteer and UCLA student, holds a vision chart for a participant during a Vietnamese Community Health Project event at Asian Garden Mall in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Erik Nguyen, a volunteer and UCLA student, holds a vision chart for a participant during a Vietnamese Community Health Project event at Asian Garden Mall in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Jabalia, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes on homes in northern Gaza, according to local hospitals.

The strikes killed at least 48 people, the Indonesian Hospital in Jabaliya reported. The strikes came a day after Hamas released an Israeli-American hostage in a deal brokered by the United States, and as President Donald Trump was visiting Saudi Arabia.It was unclear of the numbers would increase.

Palestinians mourn children from their families who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. According to local hospitals, the strikes killed 48 people, including 22 children. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Palestinians mourn children from their families who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. According to local hospitals, the strikes killed 48 people, including 22 children. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)