A woman sells snacks at a fishing port in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Dec. 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technologies blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Dec. 30, 2023. The satellite was launched at 8:13 a.m. (Beijing Time), and successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
People visit an exhibition at Times Art Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 30, 2023. The three-day 2024 New Year holiday started on Saturday in China. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Residents rest in a prefabricated house at a temporary resettlement site in Dahe Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows giant cat patterns at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 21, 2023 shows Kiangs (Equus kiang) running at the Altun Mountains National Nature Reserve in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Altun Mountains National Nature Reserve is a representative of plateau desert ecosystem in China and is home to a wide variety of rare animals. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
This photo taken on Dec. 15, 2023 shows a hot rolling production line in China Baowu Group Masteel Rail Transit Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (MRT) in Ma'anshan, east China's Anhui Province. The manufacturing of wheels for high-speed trains is well-known for its difficulty and high demand for quality. In recent years, Masteel of China Baowu Group has developed wheel and axle manufacturing technologies with independent intellectual property rights, breaking the longtime production monopoly by foreign companies. Today in Masteel, it takes only about 68 seconds to roll and form a wheel. The production capacity and process control level of Masteel have reached the world leading level. (Photo by Luo Jisheng/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows black-necked cranes at a reservoir in Lhunzhub County of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
With the average altitude reaching around 4,200 meters, Lhunzhub County is one of the main habitats for black-necked cranes to spend winter. (Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua)
A researcher conducts hybrid experiments at a seed laboratory in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 29, 2023. Sanya's abundance of sunlight expedites the breeding cycle, drawing numerous researchers from across the country to breed new species of crops every October till the next April. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)
Dorcus Bashema Kirabo prepares a meal as she is set to break the Guinness world record for the longest cooking time by an individual, in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, on Dec. 26, 2023. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)
Zhang Zhizhen competes during the men's singles match between Zhang Zhizhen of China and Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic at group E of 2024 United Cup in Perth, Australia, on Dec. 30, 2023. (Photo by Zhou Dan/Xinhua)
