An acrobat from Russia performs during the 2025 Zhangjiajie International New Acrobatic Theater Festival at the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)
People pick persimmons in Jingshi Town, Dachuan District, Dazhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 11, 2025. (Photo by Deng Liangkui/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 11, 2025 shows the scenery of a wetland in Dongtai, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Sun Jialu/Xinhua)
Novak Djokovic hits a return during the men's singles semifinal between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Valentin Vacherot of Monaco at the ATP World Tour Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Haoming)
A Gravity-1 carrier rocket carrying a wide-field satellite and two experimental satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 10:20 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Saturday, placing three satellites into their designated orbits. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore mission. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)
A farewell ceremony is held for a Chinese navy fleet at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2025. A new fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy set sail from a military port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on Saturday to take over an escort mission from the previous fleet in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia.
This 48th navy fleet comprises a missile destroyer, a missile frigate and a supply vessel -- with two helicopters and dozens of special forces members on board. (Photo by Liu Zaiyao/Xinhua)
U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards the Oval Office upon arrival at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 10, 2025. The Trump administration announced Friday that federal layoffs had begun, as the federal government shutdown entered its 10th day.
"The RIFs have begun," Russell Vought, White House Office of Management and Budget director, said on social media platform X, referring to "Reduction in Force." The brief post did not disclose the number of employees affected or the specific departments involved. (Xinhua/Hu Yousong)
Models present creations by designer Jesica Pullo of Buenos Aires during Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI in New Delhi, India, Oct. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
