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2026-08-12 13:03:28

Parliament members congratulate Andras Baka (C), Hungary's newly elected president, at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 11, 2026. Hungary's parliament on Tuesday elected former Supreme Court chief Andras Baka as the country's new president. (Photo by Peter Zsolnai/Xinhua)

A boy plays Chinese chess with a robot at a robot 6S experience store in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province on Aug. 11, 2026. Recently, the first robot 6S experience store in Qingdao opened, attracting a large number of consumers to visit and experience. This store integrates six major functions including sale, spare parts, service, survey, lease and personalized customization, helping further introducing robots into people's lives. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

A girl visits a goldfish exhibition at the Prince Kung's Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 11, 2026. The museum opened its fifth goldfish exhibition on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

Fishing boats set sail for fishing from Shenjiamen Port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 11, 2026. Four types of fishing boats with special permission set sail on Tuesday after a three-month summer fishing ban in the East China Sea. The opening of the fishing season was delayed from the originally scheduled Aug. 5 due to Typhoon Dolphin. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Staff members are seen busy at the general assembly workshop of ARIDGE's plant for mass production of flying cars in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 10, 2026.

A roll-off ceremony for the 1,000th set of electric propulsion system for ARIDGE's flying car, dubbed the "Land Aircraft Carrier," was held at the company's plant for mass production of flying cars in Guangzhou on Monday.

ARIDGE is a pioneering developer of low-altitude mobility solutions based in Guangdong. Its plant for mass production of flying cars here, covering an area of approximately 120,000 square meters, mainly manufactures the airborne component of the "Land Aircraft Carrier." (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

A worker interacts with an African elephant at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Nursery in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 11, 2026.

August 12 marks World Elephant Day, an international annual event to bring attention to the threats facing elephants and promote their protection. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 10, 2026 shows tourists visiting the Yellow River's Hukou Waterfall in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)

Rescuers conduct search and rescue operation on the ruins of a building damaged in an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, Aug. 11, 2026. The death toll from Monday's 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia has risen to 188, with 1,677 others injured, the Colombian Association of Capital Cities, or Asocapitales, said Tuesday.

Asocapitales said it has launched a system to report and search for missing persons as rescue and damage assessment work continues. (COLPRENSA/Handout via Xinhua)