This photo taken on Jan. 23, 2026 shows the scene of a rescue carried out by the China Coast Guard after a foreign cargo ship capsized in the territorial waters of south China's Huangyan Dao. China Coast Guard (CCG) has saved 13 Filipino crew members from a shipwreck in the South China Sea, the CCG said on Friday.
In the early hours of Friday, the CCG received a report that a foreign cargo ship capsized 55 nautical miles northwest of China's Huangyan Dao, with 21 Filipino crew members on board.
Upon receiving the report, the CCG dispatched two vessels to conduct rescue operations.
The rescue efforts are still underway, the CCG added. (China Coast Guard/Handout via Xinhua)
Debutants attend the 83rd Vienna Philharmonic Ball in Vienna, Austria, Jan. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/He Canling)
Tourists pose for photos during a winter fishing festival in Jiejinkou Hezhe Ethnic Township, Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 23, 2026. The event, held on a frozen lake, is part of the province's winter fishing events. It integrates traditional Hezhe fishing and hunting culture with folk sports, offering visitors an immersive experience of the icy landscape and unique Hezhe customs. (Photo by Liu Wanping/Xinhua)
Fukushiro Nukaga (1st R), speaker of Japan's House of Representatives, speaks during a plenary session of the lower house in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 23, 2026. Japan's House of Representatives was formally dissolved on Friday at the outset of the ordinary parliamentary session.
The general election is set for Feb. 8, with official campaigning starting on Jan. 27, creating a mere 16-day campaign period, the shortest in Japan's postwar history. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 23, 2026 shows a view of Qinghai Lake in northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
Coco Gauff of the United States hits a return during the women's singles 3rd round match against Hailey Baptiste of the United States at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)
This photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026 shows a sample of ferroelectric capacitor at a laboratory of the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, capital of China. Chinese researchers recently made a breakthrough in ferroelectric materials that promises to dramatically increase information storage density.
The research team from the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, successfully identified one-dimensional charged domain walls within a fluorite-structured ferroelectric material.
These walls are tiny, with both thickness and width measuring just a few hundred-thousandths of the diameter of a human hair. This discovery, notably, provides a scientific basis for developing next-generation ultra-high-density devices.
Their findings were on Friday published in the journal Science. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Government workers deliver supplies to local residents as cold waves hit Haiyang Town, Lingchuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by Liu Jiaoqing/Xinhua)
Artists write spring couplets and Chinese character "Fu," which means good fortunes, for citizens at a cultural center in Tianjin, north China, Jan. 22, 2026. Chinese people are busy preparing fresh flowers, Chinese knots, spring couplets, and other traditional necessities to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year. (Photo by Du Penghui/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 23, 2026 shows lanterns during the 32nd Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Show in Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province. All lanterns displayed at the show were lit up on Friday evening. This year's show features 11 groups of large light sets and more than 200 groups of small and medium-sized light sets. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
