An aerial drone photo taken on July 23, 2026 shows the venue of the "Village T" fashion show in Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. A celebration event marking the second anniversary of the "Village T" fashion show was held here on Thursday. Teams from across China came to showcase the beauty of ethnic costumes and the charm of intangible cultural heritage, attracting large numbers of visitors. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
A citizen walks past posters of Chinese film "All Wishes Come True" at a cinema in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on July 23, 2026. The animated film "All Wishes Come True" released nationwide recently has won praise for its fresh take on Chinese mythology and stunning visual effects. Following the resounding success of animation film series of "Ne Zha," it is another blockbuster developed at Tianfu Long Island Digital Cultural and Creative Park under the Chengdu High-Tech Industrial Development Zone.
The park is home to more than 70 digital cultural and creative enterprises covering sectors such as animation, game development and esports. The Chengdu High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, for its part, now hosts more than 6,000 companies in the digital cultural and creative industry, reflecting the city's rapidly growing creative economy. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)
A Lijian-1 Y15 carrier rocket carrying five satellites blasts off from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China, on July 24, 2026. The rocket lifted off at 7:33 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday, successfully placing the satellites into their designated orbits. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
This photo taken on July 24, 2026 shows giant panda Xi Le at Tianjin Zoo in north China's Tianjin. The Tianjin Zoo celebrated Xi Le's 13th birthday on Friday. Xi Le was born in 2013 in Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, and transferred to the Tianjin Zoo in 2015. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to staff at No10 North office in Manchester, Britain, on July 24, 2026. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Thursday began working from a new government office in Manchester, dubbed "No10 North," as part of his plan to shift economic decision-making away from Westminster and devolve more powers to local authorities.
Located at Heron House in central Manchester, the office will serve as the government's new "situation room for growth," coordinating work on local economic development and devolution, according to a government statement. (Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street/Handout via Xinhua)
African elephants are seen at Tsavo West National Park in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya, July 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)
A child reads a book at the 34th National Book Expo in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 24, 2026. The event kicked off here on Friday with nearly a million publications of various types on display, either online or on site. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)
Farmers dressed in traditional attire parade around a farmland during the Ongkor Festival at Tashi Chodan Community in Shannan, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, July 24, 2026. The Tashi Chodan Community in Shannan celebrated the annual Ongkor Festival, a national intangible cultural heritage, on Friday. Local people paraded around the farmland to pray for a bumper harvest during the festival, whose specific date varies according to the ripening time of crops in different regions. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)
This photo taken on July 23, 2026 shows the sunset scenery over the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
A woman wipes a child's face as they enjoy ice creams to cool off amid a heatwave at Ashgabat Park in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, July 23, 2026. (Photo by Cui Jiaxin/Xinhua)
