People view gingerbread house creations during the 32nd annual Gingerbread Lane event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Nov. 30, 2024. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)
Su Yiming of China falls during the men's snowboard final at the 2024-2025 FIS Snowboard & Freeski Big Air World Cup in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
People visit a vintage and classic car show in Peshawar, Pakistan on Nov. 30, 2024. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)
Beijing embroidery inheritor Jin Xin introduces her embroidery artwork at an exhibition hall in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhu Weixi)
Visitors watch light installations at Bailuzhou park in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 1, 2024. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Xinhua)
A visitor takes photos of creative cultural works made by intangible cultural heritage inheritors with disabilities at Sensory Experience Gallery of the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Soldiers wearing vintage uniforms prepare for a military parade celebrating Romania's National Day in Bucharest, Romania, on Dec. 1, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)
Nanjing Massacre survivors Ai Yiying (2nd R) searches for the names of her relatives, the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, in front of the "wailing wall" outside the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 1, 2024. The 2024 family commemoration for victims of the Nanjing Massacre was launched on Sunday in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.
It came less than a fortnight before China's national memorial day on Dec. 13, which was inaugurated ten years ago. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
Zhao Rui shakes hands with a patient at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2024. Zhao Rui is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning.
When she started working here in January 2016, Zhao mainly focused on treatments that helped alleviate the patients' physical pain. Over time, she became more aware of the mental sufferings of patients and began to pay special attention to psychological support in everyday work. In doing so, Zhao Rui and her colleagues managed to help patients build up confidence and return to normal life as soon as possible.
Over the past nine years, Zhao Rui's kindness, love and sense of responsibility have been acclaimed by the patients. "Whenever I see a patient returning to normal life, I feel proud of my profession as a doctor. I will carry on my duty and bring warmth and hope to more patients," Zhao said. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)
An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 30, 2024 shows a view of the Danjiangkou Dam in central China's Hubei Province. China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has three routes. The middle route, which is the most prominent one, begins at the Danjiangkou Reservoir in central China's Hubei Province and runs through Henan and Hebei before reaching Beijing and Tianjin.
As an important source, the water quality of Danjiangkou Reservoir has been stable above the national class II standard for many years. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Children actors perform a highlight episode of a Pingju Opera play during an event of traditional Chinese operas for the youth at a theatre in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 1, 2024. (Photo by Chen Qibao/Xinhua)
