An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 26, 2025 shows the autumn scenery at the Liupanshan Mountain in Guyuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
A woman pushes a stroller in Regent's Park in London, Britain, Oct. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Tourists visit the Insect Museum at the Northwest A&F University Exposition Park in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
This photo taken on Oct. 28, 2025 shows a set of bamboo slips on display during the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province.
Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday.
Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
This photo taken on Oct. 25, 2025 shows a perovskite solar cell in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province.
A joint research team in China has developed a new method that, for the first time, has enabled a key type of advanced perovskite solar cell to surpass the 30 percent efficiency threshold. (Xinhua)
Palestinians queue in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, to fill up on water, Oct. 28, 2025. Palestinians may have to wait hours for a small amount of water, which is largely unavailable due to damage to water networks caused by Israeli bombing during the war. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Chen Zhongjian/Song Mengbang of Guangdong Team compete during the Men's Skiff 49er Sailing events at China's 15th National Games in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorji)
People watch a drone light show in Nan'an District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 27, 2025. A grand drone light show themed on "People-Centered Smart Cities Towards the Future" was staged here on Monday as a special event for the 2025 World Cities Day China Observance. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
An artist sculpts during the Egypt Sculpture Symposium in New Alamein City, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt, Oct. 27, 2025. Under the Mediterranean sky, rows of white sculptures rise along the seaside promenade of New Alamein, an emerging city. Abstract forms and graceful human figures stand in silent dialogue with the sea, turning the esplanade into an open-air gallery that speaks to New Alamein's modern identity. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Volunteers make dumplings together with elderly people in Gaobei Village of Shibing County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 27, 2025. A series of activities were held across the country to mark China's Chongyang Festival, which falls on Oct. 29 this year. Also known as Seniors' Day in China nowadays, it highlights the public's care for elderly people. (Photo by Tai Shengzhi/Xinhua)
