Evacuees from Labi Village are resettled in Jifu Village of Gyirong County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026. Residents affected by a mudslide in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, have been resettled, and all stranded tourists have been transferred, local authorities said Thursday.
A total of 499 villagers and construction workers have all been properly accommodated. Meanwhile, 555 affected tourists were evacuated and transferred under the coordination of cultural and tourism authorities. No tourists remain stranded.
Civil aviation authorities have also joined the rescue efforts. As of 3 p.m. Thursday, civil aviation services had transported 324 rescue personnel and delivered 24 tonnes of rescue equipment, daily necessities and medical supplies to the disaster-hit area, providing support for emergency response and the relocation of affected residents.
The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
A drone photo taken on Aug. 26, 2026 shows egrets flying over the Shahe River in Zunhua, north China's Hebei Province. In recent years, Zunhua has continuously promoted the dredging of the Shahe River channel, ecological restoration of the riverbank, and control of agricultural non-point source pollution. A total of 12.6 kilometers of wetland buffer zones have been built, and 38 hectares of waterfront plant communities have been restored, providing a favorable environment for migratory waterbirds such as egrets, night herons, and herons to inhabit and breed. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)
A visitor looks at a digital screen during the 16th China International Digital Publishing Expo in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 27, 2026.
The expo will run from Aug. 27 to 29 in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province. First held in 2005, the expo is a major platform aimed at promoting the development of the digital publishing industry. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)
People visit the booth of HoYoverse at Gamescom 2026 in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 27, 2026. Gamescom, the world's largest trade fair for computer and video games, opened on Wednesday, drawing a record number of Chinese game companies.
A total of 60 Chinese companies are showcasing games and innovations at Gamescom 2026. Beyond exhibiting new creations, they are highlighting a transition from simply "going global" to genuinely "creating globally," demonstrating a deeper and more sophisticated integration into the international market. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)
Gasoline and diesel prices are displayed at a gas station in El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, the United States, Aug. 26, 2026.
U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil fell last week as retail diesel prices rose to their highest level in more than four years, government data showed Wednesday. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)
People visit the Shanghai Literature Museum in Hongkou District, east China's Shanghai, Aug. 27, 2026. After years of preparation, the Shanghai Literature Museum, a comprehensive literary institution, officially opened to the public on Thursday, offering a concentrated showcase of the evolution and remarkable achievements of Shanghai literature.
The museum consists of a main building and three historic buildings, featuring five permanent exhibition zones that reveal the history and character of Shanghai literature from different perspectives. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)
Tigran Barseghyan (L) of Slovan Bratislava vies with Milot Avdyli of Celje during the second leg match of the UEFA Champions League qualifying play-off between Celje and Slovan Bratislava in Celje, Slovenia, Aug. 26, 2026. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)
Ronald Sakolsky (C) poses for a group photo upon his arrival at an airport in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 27, 2026. Retired U.S. teacher Ronald Sakolsky, who once supported China's desertification control efforts, arrived in Zhengzhou of Henan Province on Thursday for a visit to Luoyang in the province.
In 1999, while working as an English teacher in Henan, Sakolsky was moved to tears by a TV report about Yin Yuzhen, a rural Chinese woman who was trying to hold back the shifting sands of the Maowusu Sandy Land in northern China by planting trees. He spent two months raising 5,000 U.S. dollars to help Yin, then a stranger. (Photo by Kong Weijia/Xinhua)
Members of a joint China-Russia media delegation watch a humanoid robot performance at a humanoid robot innovation center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 25, 2026. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
This photo taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows the aftermath of wildfires in a village in the mountains of Jijel, northeastern Algeria. At least 12 people were killed in wildfires that swept three provinces in northeastern Algeria, Interior Minister Said Sayoud said Wednesday evening. (Photo by Billel Bensalem/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a view of a flood-hit area in Nuwakot, Nepal. Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Authority said that as many as 359 bodies had been recovered from flood-hit areas by Thursday evening, with 910 people still missing. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
