Yao Tandong, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the leader of China's ongoing second scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, speaks at a press conference in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 18, 2024.
China's ongoing second scientific expedition and research project on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has produced a series of high-standard original findings, providing scientific support for the ecological security of the plateau, according to the expedition's top researcher. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)
China's manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong is about to conduct its 300th dive in the Western Pacific Ocean, Aug. 18, 2024.
Jiaolong, China's manned deep-sea submersible, on Sunday completed its 300th dive since its maiden mission in August 2009.
Jiaolong, with a crew of one scientist and two submariners, conducted the dive in the Western Pacific Ocean. It was the first of 18 planned dives in an ongoing scientific expedition.
Since 2009, Jiaolong has explored waters in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, enabling a total of 900 trips down into the deep sea. (Xinhua/Wang Yuhao)
A water skier performs during the Aquarama Water Ski Performance at the 2024 Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 17, 2024. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
Thailand's new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (L), accompanied by her father, the country's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, arrives for the ceremony of her appointment at the headquarters of the Pheu Thai party in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 18, 2024.
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has appointed Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country's prime minister, Secretary-General of the House of Representatives Arpath Sukhanunth announced on Sunday. (Thai Government House/Handout via Xinhua)
A drone photo shows a tourist in traditional Chinese costume dancing in an ancient house in Dalu Village of Lingshan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
Team Zhejiang celebrate after claiming the title in the men's final of China's U21 Basketball Championships in Wanzhou District of Chongqing, southwest China, Aug. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
A man herds the horses on the grassland in Akmola region in northern Kazakhstan, Aug. 17, 2024. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)
