This photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a sunrise over a grand bridge across Yellow River in the Wuhai section of the Baotou-Yinchuan High-Speed Railway in Wuhai City, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
People take part in a Christmas-themed event held in Ganvie water village, near Cotonou, Benin, Dec. 23, 2025. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025 shows people walking in a farm field in Bet Shemesh, Israel. Israel has experienced unusually early and heavy rains this winter, with precipitation in many areas already reaching the annual average. The rainfall has eased drought conditions in some parts of the country. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
A woman takes photos at Shenyang Palace Museum in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, Dec. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
People walk on a street in snow in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 23, 2025. The meteorological observatory of Harbin issued a yellow alert for blizzard on Tuesday. (Photo by Zhang Shu/Xinhua)
Pang Zhenglin (2nd R) of Jiangsu Dragons breaks through during a match between Tianjin Pioneers and Jiangsu Dragons at the 2025-2026 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
This photo shows a distant view of the Egyptian pyramid as seen from inside the Grand Egyptian Museum in the Greater Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil (front) reads a letter sent by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to heads of state of countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 22, 2025. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has sent a letter to heads of state of countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region, denouncing the escalation of U.S. aggressions against Venezuela and their impact on the region, Gil said Monday. (Xinhua)
An excavator demolishes a residential building in the Silwan neighborhood of east Jerusalem, on Dec. 22, 2025. Israeli forces on Monday demolished a four-floor residential building in Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem. The apartment building, home to about 90 Palestinian residents living in 13 residential units, was the largest residential structure demolished in the area this year, according to Israeli rights group Ir Amim. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)
An artist works on a piece of rock pigment painting in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 21, 2025. Wuyishan boasts a wide range of colorful rock and soil, which serve as a natural palette for painting, giving rise to the distinctive Wuyi rock pigment art. Integrating modern artistic elements and techniques into tradition, Wuyi rock pigment painting is gradually becoming a unique cultural feature of Wuyishan. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025 shows a light installation for the upcoming 2026 at Times Square in New York, the United States. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)