Deputies stand guard after an explosion at a training facility of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in Los Angeles County, California, the United States, on July 18, 2025. Three deputies were killed Friday morning in an explosion at a police training facility in Southern California, authorities confirmed. (Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua)
Wang Zhiyi celebrates winning the women's singles quarterfinal match between Wang Zhiyi of China and Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia at the Japan Badminton Open 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, July 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
A girl visits a science fiction-themed planetary science experience exhibition at China Building Science Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 18, 2025. The exhibition opened here on Friday featuring over 10 interactive exhibits and more than 30 meteorites on display. It will last until March 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 17, 2025 shows paddy rice fields in Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)
An aerial drone photo shows a cruise ship sailing on the ancient canal in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 17, 2025. In recent years, Yangzhou has implemented a night landscape upgrade project of the ancient canal, and organized night tours and night markets to improve tourists' consumption experience. (Photo by Meng Delong/Xinhua)
Artists perform during the World Circus Art Festival "IDOL-2025" in Moscow, Russia, on July 17, 2025. The festival is held here from July 17 to 20. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 18, 2025 shows a construction site of the middle span of the continuous beam for Baoding East super major bridge of the Xiong'an-Xinzhou high-speed railway, which crosses over the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao expressway, in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province. The middle span built by China Railway 14th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was successfully closed on Friday.
The Xiong'an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is an important section of Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 17, 2025 shows the scenery of Sayram Lake in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Nestled in the Tianshan Mountains, Sayram Lake, Xinjiang's highest and largest alpine lake, has entered its peak tourist season in midsummer. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)
People enjoy beer during the 35th Qingdao International Beer Festival at the Xihai'an (West Coast) New Area in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 18, 2025. The 30-day festival kicked off here on Friday, gathering over 2,300 domestic and foreign beer brands. The festival also features a series of activities, including art parades, craft beer competition, concerts, King of Beer competition, animation carnival and fashion sports festival. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
People dance around a bonfire in Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 18, 2025. The opening ceremony of the torch festival was held here on Friday. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)
