Shigeru Ishiba (C) celebrates after he was elected as Japan's ruling party leader at Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 27, 2024. Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba won LDP presidential election on Friday, virtually ensuring that he will become the country's next prime minister. (Hiro Komae/Pool via Xinhua)
Tourists visit the Qianmen Street and the Zhengyang Gate arrow tower in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
A Yemeni exhibitor performs hand drum at the 21st China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 27, 2024. The 21st China-ASEAN Expo opened to public on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2024 shows the Tieli Railway Station in Tieli City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The construction of the Tieli Railway Station came to an end on Friday, making it the first completed railway station on a high-speed railway through a permafrost zone in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province linking the provincial capital of Harbin and Yichun City.
According to China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd., which is in charge of the project, the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway is China's northernmost high-speed railway under construction.
The 318-km rail route connects Harbin, Tieli, Yichun, and a few other cities, allowing a designed train speed of 250 km per hour. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
Students perform lion dance at an event celebrating the upcoming 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at a primary school in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2024. (Photo by Wang Haibin/Xinhua)
A Long March-2D rocket carrying China's first reusable and returnable test satellite, the Shijian-19, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 27, 2024. China sent its first reusable and returnable test satellite, the Shijian-19, into space on Friday, using a Long March-2D rocket for the launch.
The rocket blasted off at 6:30 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
People are seen at the scene of Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 27, 2024. Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Daniel Hagari said Friday that the army has attacked the main headquarters of Hezbollah, located under residential buildings in the heart of Dahieh, the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2024 shows a farmer working at a pepper airing yard in Bohu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
A helicopter departs at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 26, 2024. A low-altitude air route connecting Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), was launched on Thursday.
Operated by China Southern Airlines General Aviation Co., Ltd., the route's inaugural flight utilized a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, which can accommodate 19 passengers and two crew members. (China Southern Airlines/Handout via Xinhua)
This image shows the exterior design of China's moon-landing spacesuit unveiled by the China Manned Space Agency. The China Manned Space Agency unveiled the exterior design of the country's moon-landing spacesuit for the first time on Saturday, soliciting its name from the public. (Xinhua)
People enjoy a digital dome screen film about the Dazu Rock Carvings, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, at the Dazu Rock Carvings scenic spot in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 27, 2024. As a representative of Chinese grotto art, the Dazu Rock Carvings site is of profound historical significance, embodying the vigorous vitality of Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
Yu Jingming of Team Henan competes during the men's 4x200m freestyle relay final at the 2024 National Swimming Championships (25m) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Black-awning boats set sail in a sailing competition in Donghu Lake scenic area in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 27, 2024. A black-awning boat sailing competition was held here on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of China's Grand Canal successfully being listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Xinhua/Ma Ning)
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (1st L, front), Israel's military chief Herzi Halevi (2nd L, front) and other officers are seen at the Israeli Air Force's underground command room during the airstrike targeting Hezbollah's headquarters in Israel, on Sept. 27, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni-Israel's Ministry of Defense/Handout via Xinhua)
This undated file photo shows Fu Qiaomei, a world-renowned scientist from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), conducting experiments on an ancient cheese sample at the ultra-clean lab of the institute in Beijing, capital of China. The 3,500-year-old mummies unearthed two decades ago in Xinjiang region captured global attention this week after scientists sequenced DNA from three cheese samples found at their burial site, revealing the secrets of the world's oldest known fermented dairy products. (CAS/Handout via Xinhua)
