Members of Copacabana Fort Orchestra take part in an outdoor rehearsal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 14, 2024. Copacabana Fort Orchestra of Rio de Janeiro has taken part in various cultural exchange events between China and Brazil. During a series of events marking the 50th anniversary of the China-Brazil diplomatic ties, the orchestra performed music that symbolized the friendship between the two countries. (Xinhua/Wang Tiancong)
Chinese officers and soldiers wave goodbye at a port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 15, 2024. A new fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy set sail from a military port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province on Sunday to take over an escort mission from the previous fleet in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. (Photo by Wang Ningchuan/Xinhua)
Hu Xin introduces a masterpiece of Gold Lacquer Inlay Art to her apprentices at the Beijing Gold Lacquer Inlay Art Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 10, 2024. Gold Lacquer Inlay Art, a main category of traditional Chinese lacquer art, has a history of more than 7,000 years. The Beijing gold lacquer inlay art, developing on the basis of the imperial art dating back to the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, has formed a classically elegant and splendid Beijing-style.
Hu Xin, born in 1957, is an inheritor of Gold Lacquer Inlay art. (Xinhua/Zhu Weixi)
New Year decorations are pictured in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 14, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)
A visitor takes photos at a realistic painting exhibition in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
A drone photo shows goitered gazelles grazing on grassland in Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 14, 2024. (Photo by Gao Hongshan/Xinhua)
A participant drives a home-made vehicle without engine in fun race category during the Bandung SoapBox Race 2024 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, Dec. 15, 2024. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
Zheng Siwei (L)/Huang Yaqiong celebrate after winning the mixed doubles final match between Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong of China and Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei of Malaysia at BWF World Tour Finals 2024 in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 15, 2024. Olympic mixed doubles badminton gold medalist Zheng Siwei of China announced on Nov. 29 that he will retire from international competition. BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou is his "last dance." (Xinhua/Hou Zhaokang)
Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on Dec. 15, 2024. The Israeli government approved a plan on Sunday to expand settlements in the Golan Heights, a Syrian territory currently occupied by Israel, according to a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)
