This photo taken on Sept. 6, 2024 shows tents of displaced Palestinians in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Wen Xiaoyan, Wang Hao, Hu Yang, Zhou Guohua and guide Jia Dengpu (from L to R) of team China pose with the new world record after the 4x100m Universal Relay final of Para Athletics at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France, Sept. 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)
Zhou Jie, a full-time teacher of the "little Kunqu Opera training class," demonstrates as pupils learn to perform at a training room of Shipai Center Primary School of Kunshan in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 6, 2024. Born in 1995 and raised up in Kunshan City of east China's Jiangsu Province, Zhou Jie's childhood memories were filled with Kunqu Opera on every festivals and celebrations.
Kunshan City is the birthplace of the Kunqu Opera, which is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage. The city established its first "little Kunqu Opera training class" at a local primary school in 1992. Currently, there are over 20 such opera classes in the city, with more than 5,000 pupils trained.
In 2021, Zhou Jie, a former Kunqu Opera actor, became a full-time teacher of Shipai Center Primary School of Kunshan, guiding pupils in practicing skills of the Kunqu Opera.
Speaking of the future, the young man hopes that more children could come to learn and enjoy the culture of the Kunqu Opera, and pass on this intangible cultural heritage all together. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in Algiers, Algeria, Sept. 7, 2024. Algerians headed to polls on Saturday to elect their next president, with more than 23 million citizens in the country eligible to cast their ballots. (Xinhua)
A visitor looks at an artwork during the fifth edition of the annual EuropArtFair in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Sept. 6, 2024. Artworks by professional contemporary artists from all over Europe are on display at the art fair which lasts from Sept. 6 to 8. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)
Relatives mourn the death of 13-year-old Bana Baker in Rafidia Governmental Hospital in the city of Nablus in the West Bank, Sept. 7, 2024. The Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli gunfire on Friday in the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, Palestinian sources said. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 7, 2024 shows villagers harvesting gorgon fruit at Shenyu Village, Taizhou City of east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Tang Dehong/Xinhua)
A fallen tree is seen on a street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 7, 2024.
As of 3 p.m. Saturday, Super Typhoon Yagi has killed four people and injured 95 others in south China's Hainan Province, local authorities said at a press conference on Saturday evening.
Yagi, the 11th typhoon of the year, made landfall twice on Friday, first striking Hainan Province and later Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C, front) and new cabinet members meet the press at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sept. 7, 2024.
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and cabinet ministers in a coalition government on Friday, following the royal endorsement of the new portfolios earlier this week. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
