A drone photo taken on April 9, 2024 shows spotted seals resting on mudflats in the waters of Sandaogou in Panjin city, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. As the eastern part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program (TSFP), a large-scale afforestation project, northeast China has seen continuous improvement of the ecological environment. China proposed in June 2023 to transform the TSFP into a fully functional and indestructible “green Great Wall” and ecological security barrier in northern China. Launched in 1978, the TSFP aims to rehabilitate and green desert-prone areas and desert regions in northwest, north and northeast China. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
China’s Wang Aoqian (top, center) smashes the ball during a match between China and Chinese Taipei at the 2024 Eastern Asia Women’s Volleyball Championship in Hong Kong, south China, Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)
In this aerial photo taken by a drone, a levee breach is sealed in Taipingdi town of Chifeng city in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on August 14, 2024.
The dyke breach on a river in Inner Mongolia was closed at 2:13 p.m. on Wednesday without any casualties, the local drought relief and flood control center said.
The dike breach, which was over ten metres wide, occurred on Tuesday at around 12:40 p.m. on the Laoha River in the Taipingdi township of Chifeng city. Over 800 residents had to be evacuated and around 600 hectares of farmland were affected.
More than 800 rescue workers from the armed police, fire department, public security, disaster prevention and other departments have been mobilized to fill the gap. (Xinhua/Bei He)
People take part in a demonstration demanding justice for victims of sexual slavery by Japanese troops during World War II in Manila, the Philippines, on Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
A farmer shows harvested crabs at a crab pond in Xuegong Village of Linyi County, north China’s Shanxi Province, Nov. 23, 2021. Located on the bank of the Yellow River, Xuegong Village has 333.3 hectares of Yellow River tidal flats and nearly 333.3 hectares of barren ditches. In recent years, the local community has integrated these lands to develop specialized aquaculture. The Yellow River tidal flats with lush aquatic plants provide excellent conditions for crab growth.
Today, crab farming has become an important industry that increases the income of Xuegong villagers. In 2023, the village’s crab production reached 75,000 kilograms. (Photo by Yan Xin/Xinhua)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo, Japan, August 14, 2024.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Wednesday that he will not run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential election next month in the countdown to his three-year term. (Philip Fong/Pool via Xinhua)
Drone footage taken on June 30, 2024 shows short-finned pilot whales swimming in the South China Sea.
A group of short-finned pilot whales was recently spotted in the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
A tourist scans the payment QR code to pay for the figs he bought from vendor Yimamamat Saipar on board train No. 7557, August 1, 2024. This train, which connects Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China, with Hotan in the south of the region, makes a stop at almost every station on its 1,960 km route.
This special slow train not only makes it easier for residents and farmers to travel to the bazaars, but also offers everyone on board a taste of fresh delicacies. (Xinhua/Jin Bowen)
A drone image taken on August 13, 2024 shows a wetland park in Weishan County, Jining City, east China’s Shandong Province.
Weishan County is famous for its wetland ecosystem as it has intensified ecological protection and green development in recent years. Currently, about 160,000 mu (10,666.67 hectares) of wetlands have been restored and protected here. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
A man jumps into the sea to cool off from the cliff at Seagull’s Rocks Beach in Pula, Croatia, on August 14, 2024. The maximum temperature in Pula reaches 35 degrees Celsius during the day. (Srecko Niketic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)
