People participate in the Oktoberfest parade in Munich, Germany, Sept. 20, 2026. The 191st Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, and will last until Oct. 4. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)
Wu Qingfeng, Cheng Yujie, Zhang Yufei and Yu Yiting (from L to R) of Team China celebrate after the women's 4x100m freestyle relay final of swimming at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 20, 2026. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua)
People visit the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 20, 2026. The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo opened to the public on Sunday. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
A runner crosses the finish line during the fifth edition of the "Run Up Varso Tower" stair-climbing race in Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 19, 2026. The event was held at Varso Tower in Warsaw on Saturday, with runners climbing almost 1,400 stairs on their way to the finish line located on the Highline Warsaw observation deck. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/Xinhua)
Vu Minh Anh (R) practices dancing by a lake with a student in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 17, 2026.
For 30-year-old Vietnamese choreographer Vu Minh Anh, China is an important country in her dance career. Her connection with Chinese dance began in childhood. At 11, she came to Guangxi through a China-ASEAN arts cooperation program to study dance at a school.
After graduating in 2013, Vu returned to Vietnam and worked at a local theater. To pursue advanced professional training, she continued her studies at Guangxi Arts University in 2018, where she completed both her bachelor's and master's programs. She now teaches choreography at the university. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
A chameleon is pictured during the 2026 Fall Canadian Pet Expo in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 19, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
A Lijian-1 Y18 carrier rocket carrying nine satellites blasts off from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China, Sept. 20, 2026. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 16, 2026 shows the Hefei Advanced Light Facility (HALF) under construction in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. The linear accelerator of the Hefei Advanced Light Facility (HALF) successfully generated and delivered an electron beam on Sunday, marking a key step forward in the construction of the world's most advanced fourth-generation synchrotron radiation facility in the low-energy range. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 20, 2026 shows rescuers working at the site of a mudslide in Yanbian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Two people have been found dead and three others are missing after a mudslide hit southwest China's Sichuan Province early Saturday, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
He Xiaoman conducts a training session at a training base of Changchun Digital Technology Vocational College in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Sept. 9, 2026. He Xiaoman, born in 2006, is a student from Changchun Digital Technology Vocational College. She is the only female competitor in the rail vehicle technology event at the upcoming 48th WorldSkills Competition. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)
