An aerial drone photo shows the Macao Peninsula (front) in south China on July 8, 2024. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. After 25 years of development, Macao has become a world renowned tourism destination, where Eastern and Western cultures have co-existed for over 400 years. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a new experimental satellite for communication technology blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 3, 2024. The satellite was launched at 1:56 p.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit. (Photo by Yang Xi/Xinhua)
A train conductor works on the bullet train No. C385 travelling on the China-Laos Railway on Dec. 2, 2024. The China-Laos Railway has emerged as a catalyst for regional economic growth three years after its launch, China's railway operator said on Tuesday.
Offering a safe and sustainable operation, the railway had handled over 43 million passenger trips and transported 48.3 million tonnes of cargo as of Monday, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Staff members pose for a group photo as they welcome the arrival of the 100,000th China-Europe freight train at Duisburg Intermodal Terminal (DIT) in Duisburg, Germany, Dec. 3, 2024. The 100,000th China-Europe freight train arrived in Duisburg, Germany on Tuesday morning, marking a historic milestone for this rail link.
The train, X8083, which had departed from Chongqing, China, arrived at Duisburg's terminal at 9:10 a.m. local time, carrying electronics, industrial parts, and household appliances. The train's cargo was quickly unloaded for distribution to various destinations across Europe. (Xinhua/Du Zheyu)
Xu Jie (1st L) of Guangdong Southern Tigers celebrates his buzzer-beater during a match between Guangdong Southern Tigers and Shanxi Loongs at the 2024-2025 season Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 3, 2024. (Photo by Zheng Jiaxiong/Xinhua)
People visit the China Pavilion during the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 2, 2024. COP16, held from Dec. 2 to 13 under the theme "Our Land. Our Future," is the largest UN land-focused conference to date and the first UNCCD COP in the Middle East and North Africa. Delegates are expected to make decisions on collective actions aimed at accelerating land restoration, improving resilience to droughts and sandstorms, restoring soil health, and scaling up nature-positive food production, with a focus on 2030 and beyond. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Israeli soldiers detain Palestinians at a hospital in the northern West Bank city of Tubas, on Dec. 3, 2024. Two Palestinians were killed and another injured on Tuesday in an Israeli drone attack on a vehicle north of the West Bank city of Tubas, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. The sources and witnesses said the Israeli army later stormed the emergency department of Tubas Governmental Hospital, detained some of the medical staff, and arrested a number of people from inside the hospital. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
Police officers are seen on duty outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2024.
South Korea's emergency martial law, declared by President Yoon Suk-yeol Tuesday night, was lifted early Wednesday at a cabinet meeting after the parliament voted against it.
The motion to remove the martial law order was approved at an urgently convened cabinet meeting, according to multiple media outlets.
Yoon declared the emergency martial law Tuesday night, marking the first martial law declaration since the country's military dictatorship ended in the late 1980s. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)
