A Peking Opera performer poses for photos with students on a special train for study tour from northeast China's Heilongjiang Province to the capital city of Beijing on Aug. 9, 2026. The Y404 special train for a study tour carrying 598 teachers and students on Sunday departed from the Qiqihar railway station in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province to Beijing, capital of China.
The Heilongjiang-to-Beijing train is specially organized by China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. this year for students on study tours, serving as a mobile classroom with singing and dancing activities held on it, where students on their way have the chance to interact and experience the charm of culture. (Photo by Xu Shuai/Xinhua)
Fireworks light up the sky over Kallang Basin during the National Day celebrations in Singapore on Aug. 9, 2026.
Singapore celebrated the 61st anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Singapore. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)
This photo taken on Aug. 9, 2026 shows an Israeli settlement under construction in the West Bank, near Jerusalem. In recent years, Israel's continued approval of settlement expansions in the region has drawn widespread criticism from the international community. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2026 shows farmers harvesting foxnuts at Bacheng Town of Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Wang Xuzhong/Xinhua)
A man is seen as Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall at Dongsha community in Yuhuan, Taizhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 9, 2026. Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, made landfall at Yuhuan of Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, said the National Meteorological Center (NMC).
The maximum sustained wind near the typhoon center hit Force 14, or 42 meters per second, making Dolphin a severe typhoon upon landfall. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Humanoid robots sort packages at a delivery center of China Post Group Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 6, 2026. Humanoid robots are being deployed in a wide range of applications in Shenzhen, becoming increasing integrated into everyday work and life. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)
This photo taken with a mobile phone on Aug. 8, 2026 shows the scenery of a wind farm in Bashang area, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
Rider Zou Shaohui (L) competes during a motocross race held in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 9, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
Participants run during a women's race in Cape Town, South Africa, Aug. 9, 2026.
The event was held here on Sunday to celebrate the country's Women's Day. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua)
