Then British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak returns to 10 Downing Street after delivering a speech in London, Britain, on May 22, 2024. Sunak announced on May 22, 2024 that the country would hold a general election in July. The British Conservative Party lost heavily in the July election, allowing the Labour Party to return to power after 14 years. (Xinhua)
A firefighter works to put out a fire in Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, on July 7, 2024. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)
People attend a funeral ceremony held for Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi and others in Tabriz, Iran, on May 21, 2024. Raisi, along with his entourage, died when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous area in East Azarbaijan province of Iran on May 19, 2024. (Xinhua)
People hold posters as Dave Calhoun, then Boeing CEO, testifies during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing titled "Boeing's Broken Safety Culture" in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
People stay at the balcony of a waterlogged building in Sao Leopoldo, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on May 7, 2024. Since April 29, 2024, rains and floods have caused the worst climate tragedy in the history of Rio Grande do Sul. Recovery work started after the flooding began to subside in mid-June of 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site of an Israeli missile attack targeting the consulate building of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria, on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)
Vladimir Putin gives a speech during an inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2024. Putin was officially sworn in on May 7, 2024 as President of the Russian Federation for a six-year term. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Su-25 attack aircrafts fly over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade, which marks the 79th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War, in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)
Jens Stoltenberg (front), then secretary general of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), attends a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary, on June 12, 2024. Hungary would not participate in NATO efforts in Ukraine, Orban said here on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)
This long-exposure photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows the eruption of the active volcano Mount Yasur on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
A pro-Palestinian protester kneels down in front of police officers outside an encampment of tents in support of Palestinians near Royce Hall of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on May 1, 2024. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have spread at colleges and universities across the United States amid the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. (Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 14, 2024 shows tulip fields in Lisse, the Netherlands. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 17, 2024 shows an electrical multiple unit (EMU) train running along the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Indonesia. The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway marked its six months of operation on April 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)
Humanitarian aid packages dropped by a plane land over the Gaza Strip on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Rahman Salama/Xinhua)
Attendees prepare for a group photo before a European Council summit in Brussels, Belgium, on June 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)
Returned Chinese cultural objects are presented at a handover ceremony at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States, on April 17, 2024. The U.S. side returned 38 pieces of Chinese cultural objects to the Chinese side on April 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Rui)
A screenshot captured from a video released on April 27, 2024 shows the wreckage of what the Houthi group said was a "U.S. MQ9 spy drone" in a mountain in Saada, northern Yemen. Yemen's Houthi group on April 27, 2024 posted a video showing the downing of what it said was a "U.S. MQ9 spy drone" over the northern Yemeni province of Saada. (Xinhua)
Representatives vote on a draft resolution during a UN Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 25, 2024. The Security Council on March 25, 2024 adopted a resolution that demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan. (Xinhua/Xie E)
This photo taken on March 24, 2024 shows a view of the Fox Glacier on the west coast of the South Island, New Zealand. A snowline survey revealed "continued shrinkage" of glaciers in New Zealand. (Photo by Yang Liu/Xinhua)
Smoke from fire rises above the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a shooting incident in the northwest of Moscow, Russia, on March 22, 2024. A terrorist attack on March 22, 2024 at Moscow's Crocus City Hall concert venue resulted in over 140 deaths and more than 500 injuries. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Rescuers work at the site of a bus crash near Mamatlakala in Limpopo province, South Africa, on March 29, 2024. A total of 45 people were killed and one seriously injured in a bus crash that occurred on March 28, 2024 in South Africa's northeastern province of Limpopo. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)
Workers are pictured at a construction site at the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park in Mbale, Uganda, on April 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)
A total solar eclipse is seen from Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada, on April 8, 2024. The total solar eclipse swept across North America on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
This photo taken on March 12, 2024 in Ontario, Canada, shows Niagara Falls at sunrise. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
People visit the TECNO booth during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 26, 2024. The 2024 edition of MWC featured around 2,400 exhibitors, including Chinese companies such as China Mobile, China Telecom, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Xiaomi and iFlytek. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
Visitors watch a dragon dance performance during a Lunar New Year celebration event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, on Feb. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)
Israeli troops conduct military operations in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis, on Feb. 28, 2024. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 6, 2024 shows a train running on a railroad bridge spanning the Sava River along the Belgrade-Novi Sad section of the Belgrade-Budapest railway in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo by Ren Weiyun/Xinhua)
An injured girl is treated at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza Strip city of Deir el-Balah, on March 8, 2024. (Xinhua)
This photo taken on Feb. 24, 2024 shows a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
A sign showing support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is erected in a protest outside the United Kingdom High Court in London, Britain, on Feb. 21, 2024. The court on Feb. 21, 2024 concluded its two-day hearing on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against his extradition to the United States on espionage charges, but the judges said they would give their decision at a later date. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
This photo taken on March 8, 2024 shows giant panda cub Katyusha at Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia. Katyusha made its public debut on March 8, 2024 at Moscow Zoo. It was born here in August 2023. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Palestinian artist Amal Abu Al-Sabah paints on the rubble in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 5, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Fireworks illuminate the sky over the Arc de Triomphe during the New Year's celebrations on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, on Jan. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
People watch a tea art performance during a cultural event marking the Chinese Spring Festival in Rabat, Morocco, on Jan. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Huo Jing)
People visit the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland, on Jan. 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Pan Chunxi, head of the 15th Chinese medical team to the Comoros, examines a patient at the El-Maarouf Hospital in Moroni, capital of the Comoros, on Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
People walk past the logo of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 14, 2024. The WEF Annual Meeting 2024 was held in Davos, Switzerland, from Jan. 15 to 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)
Firefighters conduct rescue works after earthquakes in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 3, 2024. On Jan. 1, 2024, a series of strong quakes of up to 7.6 magnitude rattled the Noto region and its vicinity and triggered a tsunami. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)
This photo taken on Jan. 4, 2024 shows a view of the frozen Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. Temperature in St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, dropped to minus 25.3 degrees Celsius on Jan. 4, 2024, a frost that the city has not seen in over 70 years. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)
Camels run from the starting line during a race in El Alamein City, Egypt, on July 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Donald Trump (2nd L, front) and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (2nd R, front) gesture during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the United States, on July 18, 2024. Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination for president on July 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
Passengers queue at check-in counters in Singapore's Changi Airport on July 19, 2024. A faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike on July 19, 2024 affected computers running Microsoft Windows at organizations, causing major IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and businesses globally. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
A dragon dance is staged at a reception celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Brazil in Brasilia, capital of Brazil, on Aug. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Tiancong)
A Ukrainian soldier bids farewell to his family member who came to visit him, at Kramatorsk train station, Donetsk, on Aug. 12, 2024. (Photo by Peter Druk/Xinhua)
Swarms of mayflies fly over a street in Szentendre, Hungary, on Sept. 1, 2024. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 20, 2024 shows a view of the Redstone Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project, built by SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Corporation, a subsidiary of POWERCHINA, near Postmasburg in Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The 100 MW Redstone Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) Project is not only the first CSP project in sub-Saharan Africa, but also one of the largest renewable energy investment projects in South Africa. (Xinhua/Zhang Yudong)
People pose for photos at the photo area of "Black Myth: Wukong" during Gamescom 2024 in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 22, 2024. Considered the first Chinese-developed "Triple-A" title, "Black Myth: Wukong" topped the "most-played games" list on Steam, a leading gaming platform, merely an hour after its debut on Aug. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)
Then President of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd L, rear) and others bow at a press conference after health issues were reported by individuals who have consumed the drugmaker's dietary supplements with red yeast rice, or beni-koji, in Osaka, Japan, on March 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)
Russian honor guards perform during the "Spasskaya Tower" International Military Music Festival in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L, above) attends a parade to celebrate the 202nd anniversary of independence in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sept. 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Tiancong)
Argentine President Javier Milei (C) sings the national anthem before his speech at the National Congress, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 15, 2024. Milei submitted the budget proposal for fiscal year 2025 to the National Congress. (Photo by Martin Zabala/Xinhua)
Vehicles of Chinese brands are displayed at the 2024 Turin Auto Show in Turin, Italy, on Sept. 13, 2024. Many Chinese carmakers, including Dongfeng, Voyah, BYD and Chery, showcased their latest products at the three-day event that kicked off on Sept. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
J-10 fighter jets of China's Bayi Aerobatic Team fly over the Giza Pyramids scenic spot in Giza, Egypt, on Aug. 28, 2024. J-10 fighter jets of China's Bayi Aerobatic Team and one Y-20, China's domestically developed large transport aircraft, were in Egypt for the first edition of the Egypt International Airshow. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
Smoke traces are seen as an Israeli anti-missile system intercepts rockets fired from Lebanon, as seen from Safed, northern Israel, on Sept. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)
This photo shows then Hamas Politburo Chief Ismail Haniyeh (C) in Tehran, Iran, on July 30, 2024. Israel assassinated Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Shadati)
A woman holding a cat is pictured near ruins after Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
Models present creations during the Prince Kung's Palace Fashion Show in Paris, France, on Sept. 28, 2024. The year 2024 marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and France and the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
This photo taken on Sept. 29, 2024 shows a broken doll on the ground after Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
Attendees walk in the venue of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Britain, on Sept. 23, 2024. British Chancellor Rachel Reeves reassured the country during her 2024 Labour Party Conference speech on Sept. 23, 2024 that the United Kingdom would not return to austerity policies. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
An aerial drone photo shows a view of Miraflores in Lima, Peru, on Oct. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (1st R, front row) attends a plenary session at the lower house of Japan's parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 9, 2024. The lower house of Japan's parliament was officially dissolved on Oct. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)
A Hezbollah member holds a wireless communication device with its battery removed during a funeral for the victims in explosions of wireless communication devices, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 18, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Nov. 10, 2024 officially took responsibility for a deadly attack targeting Hezbollah in September, in which thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon and Syria. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
Attendees walk past a sculpture outside the venue of the Summit of the Future at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 23, 2024. The two-day Summit of the Future concluded at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 23, 2024. The summit featured the adoption of the Pact for the Future and its annexes -- the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
This photo taken on Sept. 18, 2024 shows a view of the Central Business District (CBD) of Egypt's new administrative capital, east of Cairo, Egypt. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Smoke billows from a building after an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024 shows debris washed ashore on Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia. The popular Coogee Beach in eastern Sydney was closed temporarily after mysterious black balls of debris were washed ashore. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)
People clear a road after floods in Utiel, Spain, on Nov. 2, 2024. Torrential rains in October of 2024 triggered Spain's worst flooding in decades, claiming over 200 lives. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Birds perch on a deer in Richmond Park in London, Britain, on Nov. 10, 2024. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Xinhua)
A woman with two children rests in a tent at a center for displaced people in Port Sudan, Red Sea State, eastern Sudan, on Nov. 12, 2024. Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which began in mid-April of 2023, has killed more than 28,700 people. (Xinhua/Fayez Ezaki)
A supporter of the Republican Party attends an election watch party in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the United States, on Nov. 6, 2024. Republican candidate Donald Trump declared victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election early Nov. 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
A supermoon rises in Rome, Italy, on Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
A container is lifted at Chancay Port in Peru, on Nov. 14, 2024. The inauguration ceremony of Chancay Port was held on Nov. 14, 2024 local time. Chancay Port is not only an important project under Belt and Road cooperation, but also the first smart and green port in South America. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)
Robert Wood (C, front), deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, votes against a UN Security Council draft resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza at the UN headquarters in New York, on Nov. 20, 2024. The 15-member council voted 14-1 in favor of the resolution, and the United States used its veto as a permanent council member to block it. (Xinhua/Xie E)
A video on Spring Festival is played during the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Dec. 4, 2024. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Dec. 4, 2024 inscribed Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of traditional new year, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)
People gather outside the restored Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral with the word "Merci" (Thank you) projected on it in Paris, France, on Dec. 7, 2024. Five years after being devastated by a fire, the restored Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral officially reopened in December. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
This photo taken on Dec. 3, 2024 shows the 100,000th China-Europe freight train at Duisburg Intermodal Terminal in Duisburg, Germany. The 100,000th China-Europe freight train, coded X8083, which had departed from Chongqing of China, arrived in Duisburg of Germany on Dec. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Du Zheyu)
People attend a rally to call for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)
A member of the South Korean rescue team works at the site of an airplane crash at the Muan International Airport, in South Korea, on Dec. 30, 2024. The Jeju Air flight 7C2216 crashed while landing at Muan International Airport, about 290 km southwest of Seoul, on Dec. 29, 2024. All the 179 people aboard the passenger jet were confirmed dead except only two rescued. (Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Dec. 8, 2024 shows thick smoke after an explosion in Damascus, Syria. The militant coalition led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham seized full control of Damascus on Dec. 8, 2024 and toppled former President Bashar al-Assad's government. (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)
Children try to receive food relief at a food distribution center in Gaza City, on Dec. 23, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 25, 2024 shows the plane crash site near Aktau, Kazakhstan. A passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines from Azerbaijan's Baku to Russia's Grozny crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Dec. 25, 2024. Thirty-eight people were killed in the crash. (Photo by Azamat Sarsenbayev/Xinhua)
A child with prosthetic limbs practices during a physiotherapy session at a rehabilitation center run by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 26, 2024. War-ravaged Afghanistan is reportedly one of the most landmine-contaminated countries in the world, with dozens of people, mostly children, being killed and maimed every month. (Xinhua/Li Ang)
