A person performs in a mask parade during the Porto Novo Mask Festival in Porto Novo, Benin, Aug. 3, 2025. The festival was held here from Saturday to Sunday to showcase the art and culture of Benin's traditional religion Vodun through a mask parade, concerts, seminars and other activities. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)
People visit the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy, Aug. 3, 2025. Most of the museums and state archaeological sites across Italy opened their doors for free on Sunday as part of the monthly "Sunday at the Museum" initiative. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
A Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying a group of internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 4, 2025. The rocket lifted off at 6:21 p.m. from the launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the seventh group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset orbit. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
This photo taken on Aug. 4, 2025 shows an interior view of the Main Media Center (MMC) for the World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The MMC for the World Games 2025 Chengdu opened Monday, set to serve about 200 media organizations and nearly 2,000 media representatives from around the world. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
This photo taken on Aug. 2, 2025 shows the scenery of a grassland in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jia Lijun)
A relative mourns for a Palestinian man who was killed during an Israeli settler attack on the town of Aqraba, in Nablus, northern West Bank, on Aug. 2, 2025. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
A crane lifts the CB20 module of the nuclear island for the 3rd unit of the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 4, 2025. The CB20 module was successfully lifted and positioned on Monday, marking the completion of all major module installations for the 3rd unit of the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant and the start of equipment installation and commissioning phase. (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)
Team China (back) poses during the awarding ceremony for the women's 4X100m medley relay final of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Aug. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)
Patimanhan Parihat (L) and her friend make a heart-shaped gesture after seeing a rainbow at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2025.
Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)
A giraffe feeds on leaves in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, on July 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
