This aerial photo taken on Dec. 26, 2025 shows building shrouded by fog and cloud in Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
A "Fuxing" bullet train is pictured at Yan'an Station of the new Xi'an-Yan'an high-speed railway in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Dec. 26, 2025. China, home to the world's largest high-speed rail network, has expanded its total operational mileage beyond 50,000 kilometers with the launch of a new high-speed line.
A "Fuxing" bullet train departed Friday morning from Yan'an, a sacred revolutionary heartland in Shaanxi, for the provincial capital Xi'an, inaugurating the new route. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)
Kuai Man of Shenzhen University serves against Liu Weishan of Shanghai Longteng during the women's semifinal match between Shenzhen University and Shanghai Longteng at the 2025 China Table Tennis Club Super League Finals in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
This photo taken on Dec. 25, 2025 shows an interior view of the Hall of Mental Cultivation (Yangxin dian) at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China. After nearly a decade of comprehensive renovation, the Hall of Mental Cultivation reopened to the public on Friday. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
Palestinians participate in a march in the city of Bethlehem, south of the West Bank, to express solidarity with the victims in Gaza and call for an end to the war, on Dec. 25, 2025. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)
Artist Yin Dongxiang makes copies of nianhua, a type of centuries-old Chinese woodcut New Year picture, at a workshop in Tantou Township of Longhui County, Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. It is a tradition for Chinese people to paste New Year pictures to celebrate the Spring Festival. The Tantou-style New Year picture, with a history of more than 300 years, was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2006. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)
A cargo plane is welcomed by a water cannon salute upon arrival at Jiaxing Nanhu Airport in Jiaxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Dec. 26, 2025. Jiaxing Nanhu Airport, the first specialized air cargo hub in the Yangtze River Delta, was officially put into operation on Friday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Tourists enjoy the scenery at Mt. Gangshika scenic area in Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
Tourists visit a rime-themed scenic spot in Xunke County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Dec. 26, 2025. (Photo by Wang Dong/Xinhua)
Locals distribute sweets on Christmas in front of a church destroyed by the Israeli army during the war, in southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, Dec. 25, 2025. The church had stood for 102 years. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows winter cherry blossoms at Wuliang Mountain in Nanjian Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Photo by Gong Zujin/Xinhua)
A protester attends a rally against the ruling coalition's plan to ease arms export in front of the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 25, 2025. Japanese protesters held a rally on Thursday afternoon in front of the headquarters of the LDP in Tokyo, voicing strong opposition to a plan by the ruling coalition to relax restrictions on exports of weapons significantly. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Shoppers walk on Oxford Street during Boxing Day sales in London, Britain, on Dec. 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
