A drone photo taken on Feb. 18, 2025 shows the scenery of Ruhe waterfall in Pengyang County, Guyuan City of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)
Actors stage an under-water performance at a scenic spot in Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Actors watch their dressed photos when waiting for a performance at a cultural center in Wude Town, Wenxian County of central China's Henan Province, Feb. 18, 2025. (Photo by Xu Hongxing/Xinhua)
This undated file combo photo shows the jade wares unearthed from the Wuwangdun Tomb in Huainan City, east China's Anhui Province. Six significant archaeological sites in China were named the top new discoveries in 2024, announced Wednesday at an annual forum hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
The honored sites include: the Dadong paleolithic site in Helong City, Jilin Province; the Xiatang neolithic site in Xianju County, Zhejiang Province; the Wuwangdun Tomb in Huainan City, Anhui Province; the Siwa site in Gansu Province, which features a Majiayao culture settlement dating back about 5,000 years; the Zhouyuan site in Shaanxi Province, known for its large rammed-earth structures from the pre-Zhou Dynasty period; and the Jingdezhen ceramic industry sites in Jiangxi Province.
The forum, first held in 2002, serves as a platform for announcing and exchanging the latest archaeological achievements and findings in China. (The Archaeology Journal/Handout via Xinhua)
A staff member works at a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacy in Shenzhou City, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 19, 2025. Shenzhou City established a shared TCM pharmacy management system in September 2024 that integrates consultations from townships, online prescriptions, and intelligent herbal medicine decoction services with free delivery, enabling urban and rural residents to access high-quality TCM services conveniently. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 18, 2025 shows the scenery of Negev Desert in southern Israel.
Due to winter rainfall, vegetation in the southern Israeli desert seasonally recovers. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
A life-size LEGO Technic McLaren P1 supercar is on display at the 2025 Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Canada, Feb. 18, 2025. Consisting of 342,817 LEGO Technic elements, a life-size model of McLaren P1 supercar is on display at the annual 10-day show starting from Feb. 14. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
The shadow of a worker is seen cast on a decoration wall with ice and snow element at the construction site of Tonghua Railway Station on the Shenyang-Baihe high-speed railway in northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)
An artist (R) creates a "Ne Zha"-themed wall painting in Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 19, 2025. (Photo by Chen Qibao/Xinhua)
Matteo Berrettini of Italy celebrates after winning the men's singles round 32 match between Matteo Berrettini of Italy and Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the ATP Qatar Open tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2025. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)
