People in ethnic costumes attend a singing event to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
A puppeteer performs Wayang Kulit at Yogyakarta Palace complex in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 9, 2025.
Wayang, a unique theatrical form honored as Indonesia's cultural crown jewel, consists mainly of shadow puppetry (Wayang Kulit in Indonesian), wooden puppetry (Wayang Golek in Indonesian), and human puppetry (Wayang Orang in Indonesian). (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)
A robot greets guests outside the China Pavilion at the Osaka Expo in Osaka, Japan, April 13, 2025.
The China Pavilion officially opened on Sunday at the Osaka Expo, with an opening ceremony held in front of the pavilion's main building, which is designed to resemble a traditional Chinese scroll.
Osaka Expo 2025 will run from April 13 to October 13, 2025. The China Pavilion, one of the largest foreign self-built pavilions at the event, covers approximately 3,500 square meters. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
People fly a Kongming lantern, a kind of small hot-air paper balloon, by the Lancang River to celebrate the New Year of the calendar of the Dai ethnic group in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Gao Yongwei)
A full moon is observed in Singapore on April 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)
A villager arranges incense sticks in Quang Phu Cau Village, Vietnam, March 24, 2025.
Quang Phu Cau Village, 35 kilometers south of Hanoi, has a long tradition of making incense sticks. When bundles of incense sticks are spread out in courtyards and fields for drying, its various colors like vermilion, bright yellow, indigo, emerald green and others form a spectacular scene, attracting many tourists and photographers. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
Chen Yufei of China celebrates after winning the women's singles final against Han Yue of China at Badminton Asia Championships 2025 in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
A Palestinian looks at a damaged building inside the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, April 13, 2025.
An Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City early Sunday, damaging key medical infrastructure and forcing the facility to shut down, according to Palestinian medical sources and eyewitnesses. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo shows people admiring blossoms at a scenic spot in Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua)
An exhibitor plays piano with a smart prosthetic hand at the 5th China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, April 13, 2025.
The 5th CICPE runs from April 13 to 18 in south China's island province of Hainan.
As China's only national-level exhibition focused on consumer goods, this year's edition emphasizes innovation and global collaboration. The expo has drawn the participation of over 4,100 brands from over 70 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
