This photo taken on July 20, 2026 from the Citadel shows the cityscape of Amman, Jordan.
Located in the Middle East, Jordan is a land where ancient civilizations and modern life exist in concord. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 10, 2026 shows a view of the Yellow River's Hukou Waterfall on the border of north China's Shanxi Province and northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)
Dried and cracked bed of the Hollow Pond is pictured in London, Britain, on Aug. 18, 2026. In Britain, extreme dryness becomes a defining feature of the summer. Provisional data from the Met Office showed that England and Wales experienced their driest July on record, while nearly three-quarters of England was officially under drought conditions by Aug. 10. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
This photo released by the Everland theme park on Aug. 18, 2026 shows a female cub born to giant panda Ai Bao in South Korea. Ai Bao, a female giant panda on loan from China, gave birth to a female cub on June 3.
The giant panda pair Ai Bao and Le Bao arrived in South Korea in 2016 and have since lived at Panda World at Everland, located in Gyeonggi Province. (Everland/Handout via Xinhua)
This photo taken on Aug. 17, 2026 shows the site of the Zunyi Meeting in Zunyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province.
Renovation of the site of the renowned Zunyi Meeting goes smoothly and will soon be completed. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai)
People take a small train at the Chongwu ancient ferry terminal scenic area in Hui'an County of Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 17, 2026. The Chongwu ancient ferry terminal covers an area of 33 mu (about 2.2 hectares). In 2024, local authorities transformed it from an idle terminal into a coastal vacation destination that integrates art galleries, a pier runway, trendy restaurants and family playgrounds. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
The Zhuque-3 Y2 rocket blasts off at the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China, Aug. 19, 2026.
China launched the reusable rocket Zhuque-3 on Wednesday morning, achieving its first recovery of a rocket's first stage on land.
The land-based recovery of the rocket's first stage was completed as planned, and the flight mission was a complete success. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
