People attend a mass public prayer to demand the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, on Jan. 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)
A Fuxing smart bullet train pulls into Xining Station, Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, Jan. 11, 2024. China implemented a new railway operating plan starting from Jan. 10, 2024. For the first time, the Fuxing smart bullet train was put into operation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, as the train started to run between Wuhan of Hubei Province and Xining of Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
Chicago Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu (R) throws a pass during the NBA regular season game between the Houston Rockets and the Chicago Bulls in Chicago, the United States, on Jan. 10, 2024. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua)
Tram driver Li Peng prepares for departure in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 8, 2024. Since Dec. 31, 2023, several trams in Dalian have been decorated with lights in order to attract more tourists. The history of tram in Dalian City dates back to 1909. After more than 100 years of operation, the tram has become a popular icon of the city. As the tourism industry in Dalian has recovered since 2023, many tourists come to take the trams to enjoy the cityscape. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
Tourists collect tea leaves at a tea garden in Wuzhishan, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 11, 2024. Harvest period for the early spring tea has arrived in Wuzhishan of Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
A Gravity-1 (YL-1) commercial carrier rocket carrying three satellites is launched from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 11, 2024. China on Thursday sent a sea-launched Gravity-1 (YL-1) carrier rocket into space, sending three satellites into the planned orbit.
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center launched the commercial rocket at 1:30 p.m. (Beijing Time).
It was the first flight mission of the YL-1 commercial carrier rocket. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 11, 2024 shows vessels passing through the five-tier ship locks of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. The cargo throughput via the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project on the upper stream of the Yangtze River, reached a record high of 172.34 million tonnes in 2023, up 7.95 percent year on year, according to the China Three Gorges Corporation. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 11, 2024 shows the construction site of Wumengshan grand bridge on Nayong-Qinglong Expressway in southwest China's Guizhou Province. The Wumengshan grand bridge, with a designed speed of 100 kilometers per hour, has completed the closure of the right section of its main arch on Thursday. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying the Tianxing-1 02 satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 11, 2024. The satellite, mainly used for experiments such as space environment detection, was launched at 11:52 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Haixia/Xinhua)
A family member puts a traditional Tibetan hat on the head of a girl at home in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2024.
Locals in Xigaze celebrate the farmers' New Year on the first day of the twelfth month of the Tibetan calendar, which falls on Jan. 12 this year. As the festival approaches, a sense of cheerfulness and festivity can be felt in every family. (Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua)
