A drone photo taken on March 3, 2024 shows the "Shenditake 1" borehole in the Taklimakan Desert in the Tarim Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The drilling of a superdeep borehole in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reached 10,000 meters at 2:48 p.m. Monday and is going deeper, marking a breakthrough in the country's deep-Earth exploration.
Located in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert in the Tarim Basin, the "Shenditake 1" is expected to reach a designed depth of 11,100 meters upon completion. It is China's first scientific exploration borehole designed to exceed a depth of 10,000 meters. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
People visit the Second Morocco Carpet and Flooring Trade Show in Casablanca, Morocco, March 3, 2024. The show kicked off here on Feb. 28. (Xinhua/Huo Jing)
A man stands near damaged buildings after land subsidence at Cibedug village in Bandung Barat Regency, West Java, Indonesia, on March 4, 2024. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
A woman talks through an iPhone at the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2024. The European Union (EU) on Monday slapped tech giant Apple with over 1.8 billion euros (about 1.95 billion U.S. dollars) in fines for alleged antitrust violations. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
People check the wreck of a truck hit during an Isreali attack in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, March 3, 2024. Earlier on Sunday, Israeli warplanes bombed a small truck carrying humanitarian here, killing at least eight, according to the state-run Palestine TV. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
Li Qingzhong (L), a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), prepares to be interviewed with the help of Zheng Hong, also a member of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, ahead of the opening of the second session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Actors re-enact a medieval battle in Samobor, Croatia, on March 3, 2024. The Battle of Samobor took place on March 1, 1441. (Davor Puklavec/PIXSELL/Handout via Xinhua)
This undated photo shows the front face of the epitaph cover of Cheng Huan, the owner of a large Tang Dynasty tomb. A previously anonymous epitaph discovered in 2022 in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has been identified as paying tribute to a high-ranking Tang Dynasty (618-907) official, local authorities said. (The Academia Turfanica/Handout via Xinhua)
The opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)
