Players of Tanzania sing their national anthem before the group C match between Tanzania and Uganda at the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 in Rabat, Morocco, Dec. 27, 2025. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)
A Lanying R6000 tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is about to take off in Deyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 28, 2025.
The Lanying R6000, a 6-ton tiltrotor UAV developed by China's United Aircraft, completed its maiden flight here on Dec. 28, marking a new step in the country's ambitions in advanced vertical-lift aviation.
The UAV has a payload capacity of up to 2,000 kg, with a maximum cruising speed of 550 km per hour and a range of about 4,000 km at altitudes up to 7,620 m. (Photo by Yin Gang/Xinhua)
This aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 28, 2025 shows people skiing at a ski resort in Yutian County of north China's Hebei Province. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)
Tourists visit a chocolate museum in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 28, 2025. A chocolate museum has officially opened to the public in Tianjin. The museum displays more than 20 sets of handmade chocolate sculptures, with a total chocolate usage of nearly 10 tonnes. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
A military farewell ceremony is held for the remains of Libya's late army chief of staff Mohammed al-Haddad and his companions, who were killed in a plane crash in Türkiye earlier this week, in Ankara, Türkiye, Dec. 27, 2025. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)
A screen shot taken from a video released by the White House shows U.S. President Donald Trump meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, the United States, Dec. 28, 2025.
The two leaders met in Florida on Dec. 28 on the latest draft of a peace plan aimed at ending the Ukraine crisis. (Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Dec. 28, 2025 shows a Xixia imperial tomb at sunrise in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. China's Xixia Imperial Tombs were officially added to the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 11, 2025 during the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Paris, France. (Photo by Yuan Hongyan/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 24, 2025 shows an offshore work platform under construction at the Haixi Bay Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Industrial Base in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. In recent years, Shandong has been committed to building a high-end industrial cluster integrating shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment in Shandong Peninsula, embarking on a high-quality development path driven by the marine economy. (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Dec. 28, 2025 shows birds resting on a lake at the Lixiahe National Wetland Park in Xinghua City, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Tang Dehong/Xinhua)
A staff member works at a waste-to-energy plant in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 27, 2025. A Chinese-funded waste-to-energy plant, which generates electricity from solid waste recycling, was launched here on Dec. 27. (Xinhua/Jiang Youlin)
People dressed as Santa Claus participate in the traditional Santa race in Skopje, North Macedonia, Dec. 28, 2025. (Photo by Tomislav Georgiev/Xinhua)
People have fun amid snow at the Central Park in New York, the United States, on Dec. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)
People visit an exhibition hall of Ding porcelain at a Ding porcelain company in Quyang County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Lu Peng)
