People take selfies during a New Year celebration in Vienna, Austria, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/He Canling)
A passenger takes selfies aboard the bullet train G4408 on the Jining-Datong-Yuanping high-speed railway, Dec. 31, 2024.
The Jining-Datong-Yuanping high-speed railway started operation on Tuesday. The railway line stretches from Jining in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region through Datong to Yuanping, both in north China's Shanxi Province. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)
Children in traditional attire participate in an event welcoming the New Year at a primary school in Tancheng County of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 31, 2024. (Photo by Zhang Chunlei/Xinhua)
Fireworks illuminate the sky over Victoria Harbour in celebration of the New Year in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
A child interacts with an actor performing Bianlian or face-changing, a part of the Sichuan opera, during an event welcoming the New Year at a community in Huangpu District of east China's Shanghai, Dec. 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
Fireworks illuminate the sky in celebration of the New Year in Perth, Australia, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)
A Palestinian boy writes the number "2025" at a beach of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 31, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
People visit the Ponte Sant'Angelo in Rome, Italy, Dec. 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 31, 2024 shows a view of the Maerdang Hydropower Station in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
All units of the Maerdang Hydropower Station, the highest-altitude facility of its kind on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, were connected to the grid in Qinghai Province on Tuesday.
The station has a total installed capacity of 2.32 million kilowatts and is a major power provider in the "west-to-east power transmission" project. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
Lin Yun-Ju/Liang Jingkun (R) of Shandong Weiqiao compete against Xu Xin/Zhou Kai of Shanghai during the men's team semifinal at the 2024 Chinese Table Tennis Super League (CTTSL) in east China's Shanghai, Dec. 31, 2024. (Photo by Chen Haoming/Xinhua)
A grand national flag-raising ceremony is held at the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
A woman poses for photos with New Year decorations in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 31, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)
