People conduct rescue work after an Israeli airstrike in Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 11, 2023. The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Monday that the Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 18,000 as a result of the Hamas-Israel conflict since Oct. 7. (Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 10, 2023 shows buildings shrouded in fog in Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
A citizen looks at lotus flowers at the West Lake in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, July 15, 2020.
The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi, located on the Red River Delta, is an ancient city with a history of more than a thousand years. With natural scenery and subtropical city view, it draws lots of tourists from home and abroad. (Xinhua/Wang Di)
A farmer harvests at a wheat field at Yantang Village of Kaiyang County in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 31, 2023. China's grain output rose 1.3 percent year on year to a record high of 695.41 million tonnes in 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. This is the ninth consecutive year for China to register a grain harvest of over 650 million tonnes. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
This photo shows the launching site of the East Coast Rail Link project in Kuantan, Malaysia on Dec. 11, 2023. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), a mega rail project in Malaysia being built by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has seen its first tracks being laid on Monday.
Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah is among the guests to witness the historic moment in a ceremony here. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)
Jiang Yige visits the Hushan section of the Great Wall in Dandong City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 23, 2023. Jiang Yige is a native illustrator of Dandong, a city noted for Hushan section of the Great Wall, widely regarded as the eastern end of the Great Wall built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
The magnificent view of the Great Wall has profoundly inspired Jiang's drawings. Through her captivating works shared on social media platforms, she has successfully caught a growing number of eyes, and aroused deeper interest in the history and culture related to the Great Wall among her audiences. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)
Chinese climbers scale Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 23, 2023. (Mountain guide team of Sichuan-Tibet Expedition Co., Ltd/Handout via Xinhua)
Argentina's new President Javier Milei waves to the crowd from the balcony of the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 10, 2023. Javier Milei, a liberal politician and economist, assumed the Argentine presidency Sunday in a ceremony held at the National Congress in Buenos Aires, the country's capital.
The outgoing head of state, Alberto Fernandez, placed the presidential sash and handed the baton of command to Milei, whose term will last for four years, until Dec. 10, 2027. (Photo by German Adrasti/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 11, 2023 shows the high-energy synchrotron radiation light source, also known as High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), a major science infrastructure project in China built by the Institute of High Energy Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
People video chat with their families in front of the Shenwu Gate of the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A snowplow clears a road after a heavy snow fall in Zhengdong New District in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 11, 2023.
Blizzards have hit central China's Henan Province, with schools suspended and flights canceled in the provincial capital Zhengzhou on Monday morning.
Within six hours, from late Sunday to early Monday, the precipitation at Zhengzhou station reached 14.2 mm, and the accumulated snow reached 10 cm, according to the city's weather station. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)
