An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2026 shows ships passing through the dual-channel five-tier ship locks of the Three Gorges Dam in an orderly manner in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province. The shipping throughput via the Three Gorges Dam has reached 76.642 million tonnes in the first half of 2026, data from the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Administration of Navigational Affairs under the Ministry of Transportation showed. (Photo by Wang Huifu/Xinhua)
Tourists watch water discharged from the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River in central China's Henan Province, July 3, 2026. Operations to discharge water from the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River began on July 2, in a bid to clear up the sediment. (Photo by Miao Qiunao/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2026 shows the construction site of a bridge along the Huangtong-Baise Railway across the Hongshui River in Wangmo, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the bridge is 1,022 meters long with a main span of 570 meters. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
Students pose for a group photo in front of the guided-missile destroyer Nanning at the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison's naval base on Stonecutters Island in Hong Kong, south China, July 3, 2026. A visiting PLA Navy fleet ushered in its first "open-house" day here on Friday, featuring hands-on experience, drill demonstration, art performance and other exchange programs. (Photo by Yi Ding/Xinhua)
This photo taken on July 3, 2026 shows dark clouds at Tanmen central fishing port in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province. Typhoon Maysak, the 10th typhoon of the year, made landfall on the coast of south China's Hainan Province on Friday evening, suspending train, ferry and flight services and closing schools in some areas. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
Italian Carabinieri, known as the gendarmerie of Italy, perform before the Palio in Siena, Italy, July 3, 2026. Palio in Siena, or "Palio di Siena" in Italian, is a historical horse race held twice a year in Siena since 1656. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
This photo taken with a mobile phone on July 3, 2026 shows the site of a bus accident in the Sherani district, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least 40 people were killed and 8 others injured after a passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine in the Sherani district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Friday, provincial government officials told Xinhua. (Str/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on July 3, 2026 shows members of China's 16th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team biding farewell on the research icebreaker Xuelong 2 at Dalian Port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. China's 16th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team set sail from Dalian on Friday. The expedition will be carried out by three research icebreakers including Xuelong, Xuelong 2, and Jidi. (Photo by Gui Ziyun/Xinhua)
