Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates after winning the men's singles semifinal against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)
Aircrafts perform a fly-past over the Sydney Opera House in celebration of Australia Day in Sydney, Australia, Jan. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Shuhui)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 25, 2024 shows a view of the frozen Qinghai Lake, China's largest inland saltwater lake, in northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
A stitched panoramic aerial photo shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 26, 2024. China officially ushered in its largest annual population migration on Friday, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, with record-breaking journey numbers expected.
An estimated 9 billion passenger trips are likely to be made during the 2024 travel rush period, according to the country's transport ministry.
Of the total, 7.2 billion trips or about 80 percent will be made by self-driving, while 1.8 billion trips will be made via railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation, the ministry said.
China's railway operator on Friday said the country's railways are expected to handle 480 million passengers during this travel season, with an average of 12 million trips daily, an increase of 37.9 percent compared with the previous year. About 10.6 million train trips are expected to be made on Friday, the first day of the travel rush. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
E. Jean Carroll leaves a federal court in Manhattan during her civil defamation trial against former U.S. President Donald Trump in New York, the United States, on Jan. 25, 2024. Trump on Thursday testified briefly in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, local media reported.
Carroll, an American writer and former magazine columnist, accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s at a department store dressing room in Manhattan, New York City, and of later defaming her by denying her claims. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows light installations for an upcoming lantern show in Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The city of Zigong is well known for the large number of dinosaur fossils that have been unearthed in past decades.
Lantern shows in Zigong can be traced back to the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties, which have developed into an international cultural activity with performances and night markets since 1987.
The 30th International Dinosaur Lantern Show, featuring high-tech installations such as artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) devices, will kick off here on Feb. 2 this year to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
This photo taken on Jan. 25, 2024 shows full moon rising over Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
Nakamura Takuto of Japan competes during the Semifinal of the Mixed Team Dual Moguls of Freestyle Skiing at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Jeongseon, South Korea, Jan. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)
Passengers on train No.K4177 wait for departure at Shanghai South Railway Station in east China's Shanghai, late on Jan. 25, 2024. China officially ushered in its largest annual population migration on Friday, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, with record-breaking journey numbers expected.
An estimated 9 billion passenger trips are likely to be made during the 2024 travel rush period, according to the country's transport ministry.
Of the total, 7.2 billion trips or about 80 percent will be made by self-driving, while 1.8 billion trips will be made via railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation, the ministry said.
China's railway operator on Friday said the country's railways are expected to handle 480 million passengers during this travel season, with an average of 12 million trips daily, an increase of 37.9 percent compared with the previous year. About 10.6 million train trips are expected to be made on Friday, the first day of the travel rush. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)
A child poses for photos with a C919 passenger aircraft at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 26, 2024. Flight MU9197, carrying 111 passengers, departed from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport for Chengdu Tianfu International Airport at 8:35 a.m. on Friday.
It was the first time for C919, China's self-developed large passenger aircraft, to carry out flight missions during China's Spring Festival travel rush period. (Xinhua)
