Dancers perform Tanoura, a traditional Egyptian folk dance, during the second edition of Heritage Revival Week in Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 25, 2026. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Players of Team Beijing Sport University celebrate after winning the final match of Adidas University Football Champions Invitational against Team Shandong University in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 25, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
Yin Yuzhen (L) presents Ronald Sakolsky with cross-stitch embroidery and shoe insoles in the Maowusu Sandy Land in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 25, 2026. Twenty-six years had passed before Yin Yuzhen, a national-honored sand-control villager in China's Inner Mongolia, finally sat down to have a reunion feast with her American friend Ronald Sakolsky.
The story behind the feast began in 1999, when Sakolsky taught English at a school in central China's Henan Province under a teachers' exchange program between the two countries.
By then, Yin had spent more than a decade battling desertification that had severely threatened her livelihood, even half burying her house during sandstorms.
After watching a television news report featuring Yin's tireless work, he was deeply moved and raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to help Yin in her afforestation efforts against desertification.
The saplings bought and planted with that donation have since grown into a forest of more than 50,000 towering trees.
As Sakolsky left Yin's home after their reunion in the Maowusu Sandy Land on Tuesday, Yin presented him with gifts she had long prepared. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 25, 2026 shows a tunnel across the Yellow River in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. A new tunnel across the Yellow River, China's second-longest river, opened to traffic on Tuesday in Jinan. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)
Rescuers transfer stranded residents in Ningming County, Chongzuo City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 25, 2026. Continuous heavy rainfalls caused by Typhoon Narra, the 19th typhoon of the year, have swept many areas in Ningming. Local authorities have fully engaged in rescue and relief efforts. As of 12:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Tuesday, 22,008 stranded civilians had been transferred. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
A tourist sketches in Likeng Village of Wuyuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 25, 2026. Likeng Village, nestled among the mountains of northeastern Jiangxi Province where ancient Huizhou cultural heritage meets idyllic pastoral scenery, sees a surge of sketch-painting visitors in early autumn. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A boy looks at golden ornaments at Phra Nakhon Khiri National Museum in Phetchaburi Province, Thailand, on Aug. 25, 2026. The ongoing special exhibition "Don Yai Thong: The Prologue to Phetchaburi Civilization" at the Phra Nakhon Khiri National Museum in Phetchaburi Province runs from Aug. 24 to 28. The exhibition features important artifacts excavated from the Don Yai Thong archaeological site, including bronze objects, potteries, beads, gold ornaments, and a gold ring inscribed with Brahmi script dating back approximately 1,900 to 2,100 years. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
A drone photo taken on Aug. 25, 2026 shows hot air balloons flying over Pamukkale in Denizli, Türkiye. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)
