Zhong Hui (L) of Shanghai hugs teammate Wang Weiyi after the third round match between Shanghai and Jiangsu at the 2025-2026 China Volleyball League Big Final in Shanghai, April 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Haoming)
This photo taken on April 1, 2026 shows buildings and vehicles destroyed in Israeli strikes in the Jnah area of Beirut, Lebanon. An Israeli naval strike targeted a convoy of vehicles in the Jnah area of Beirut on Tuesday night, setting several cars on fire and causing loud explosions heard across the capital and its suburbs, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua)
Tsedekyi has her blood pressure measured at a care center in Sangri County of Shannan City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 25, 2026. Tsedekyi, an 82-year-old former serf, now enjoys her twilight years in a care center in Sangri County of Shannan City. In contrast, her life in old Xizang was filled with suffering.
Tsedekyi lost both her parents and was forced to beg for a living from a very young age. During those years, she often endured hunger and cold, filling her stomach by picking up roasted barley from the ground. She had no residence to live in and no clothing to protect her from the cold. In the bitter winter, Tsedekyi could only curl up in others' cattle pens, seeking warmth against the cattle. Without shoes, her feet were frozen stiff and numb.
After the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, Tsedekyi's life changed completely as various national policies aimed at improving people's well-being were put into effect.
Living together with 80 other senior citizens, Tsedekyi enjoys medical insurance, diverse daily meals, and a comfortable living environment, spending her remaining years in warmth and happiness. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 1, 2026 shows constructors working on a power transmission line for the Gansu-Zhejiang ±800 kV ultra-high voltage (UHV) direct current transmission project in Wuhu, east China's Anhui Province. (Photo by Zheng Xianlie/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on April 1, 2026 shows the south station building of the Liupanshui Railway Station in Liupanshui City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The south station building of the Liupanshui Railway Station was officially put into operation recently. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Residents stage a protest against Japanese government's deployment of long-range missiles with counterstrike capabilities in Kumamoto Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, in Tokyo, Japan, on March 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)
Children paint from nature among tulips in Chaohu, east China's Anhui Province, April 1, 2026. As spring blossoms across China, primary and secondary school students in several regions are set for their first-ever spring break, which will see them heading beyond the classroom to travel and engage in a wide range of activities. (Photo by Ma Fengcheng/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 1, 2026 shows an oriental white stork resting in a nest in Zhaodong, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Liu Dapeng/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on April 1, 2026 shows a container ship arriving at the Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. The Qingdao Port opened seven new container shipping routes in the first quarter of 2026, covering regions such as Southeast Asia, Australia, Africa, and Central and South America. (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)
