People carry lit candles during a rally calling for the release of hostages held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)
A military vehicle is seen in a joint military exercise by Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)'s Peninsula Shield Force in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, Dec. 6, 2023. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
Children are seen at a temporary shelter in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Dec. 8, 2023. An estimated 1.9 million people are displaced in Gaza (about 85 percent of the population), lacking necessities such as food, water, dignified shelter, sanitation facilities and medical care, according to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Passengers wait for a train at Berlin Central Train Station in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 8, 2023.
The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) is once again calling for a nationwide rail strike. The last-minute labor action is scheduled to start at 10 p.m. local time on Thursday and last 24 hours. (Photo by Stefan Zeitz/Xinhua)
China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2 breaks ice and ploughs a waterway for cargo vessel Tian Hui, Dec. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhou Yuan)
Deanna Stellato-Dudek (top)/Maxime Deschamps of Canada perform during the pairs free skating at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2023 in Beijing, China, Dec. 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Habudelashen Nusupbek walks his horse at a winter pasture in Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2023. Baht Turlksi, a 53-year-old herder, lives near the majestic Baluke Mountain, which lies in the south of Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Every year between late November and early December is the time for Kazak herders to stock meat for winter. During the traditional festive practice, herders share the fruits of their work and replenish energy for the winter. It is also the time for family gathering and relationship strengthening.
Baht and her husband Habudelashen Nusupbek invited family members, neighbors and friends in the festive practice this year. Each person was assigned with specific tasks, such as preparing, cleaning and filling the beef sausages. After over two hours of work, the meat needed during the winter has been placed on the drying rack, waiting to be air dried. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
This photo taken on Dec. 8, 2023 shows black-necked cranes flying past snow-covered mountains in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Dec. 7, 2023 shows a photovoltaic power project in Fushun, northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
