French President Emmanuel Macron attends the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France, on July 14, 2026. (Photo by Henri Szwarc/Xinhua)
Pedro Porro (R) of Spain celebrates a goal with teammate Lamine Yamal during the semifinal match between France and Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Dallas Stadium in Dallas, the United States, July 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
A researcher demonstrates the high-performance perovskite-organic tandem solar cell device at a laboratory of the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), in Beijing, capital of China, July 3, 2026. A new type of solar cell developed by a team of Chinese scientists has achieved a certified steady-state power conversion efficiency of 28.04 percent, setting a new world record for this class of solar cells.
The team, led by Li Yongfang, an academician at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Meng Lei, a researcher from the institute, developed the high-performance perovskite-organic tandem solar cell by incorporating a photo-transformable stabilizer. The study was published online in Nature on Monday. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
A volunteer (L) and a rescuer bump fists in Yunbiao Town, Hengzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 14, 2026. Efforts are underway to support flood relief and recovery in Guangxi, which has been hit by severe rainstorms and flooding caused by Typhoon Maysak. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Firefighters work near the fire site of the Oxy building on De Brouckere Square, Brussels, Belgium, July 14, 2026. Multiple people have died on Tuesday in a fire at the well-known Oxy building on De Brouckere Square, in the center of Brussels.
According to local media, 6 people are still missing. The fire brigade has deployed en masse for a major search and rescue operation. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Tourists visit the Palace of Fontainebleau in Seine-et-Marne, France, as smoke from a wildfire is seen in the distance, on July 14, 2026. French police have detained 59 people across the country in connection with wildfires, including two suspects linked to the blaze in the Fontainebleau forest in Seine-et-Marne department, southeast of Paris, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Monday.
The wildfire in the Fontainebleau forest broke out on Sunday evening and continued to spread on Monday. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)
A police officer helps a Thai passenger with entry registration at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 13, 2026. Since the beginning of this year, inbound and outbound passenger traffic at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport has continued to grow, with a significant increase in foreign passenger traffic. In the first half of 2026, the airport handled more than 1.48 million inbound and outbound passenger trips, up 39.5 percent year on year. (Photo by Zeng Yanyan/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on July 14, 2026 shows a view of the international container terminal at Yantai Port in east China's Shandong Province. China's foreign trade jumped 16.9 percent year on year in the first half of 2026 (H1) to 25.47 trillion yuan (about 3.75 trillion U.S. dollars), marking the first time the figure has exceeded 25 trillion yuan for the same period, official data showed Tuesday.
China retains its position as the world's largest goods trader amid the robust performance, according to the data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC). (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)
