Vehicles damaged during a recent unrest are pictured in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 21, 2026. Iran's state television IRIB reported on Wednesday that 3,117 people were killed during recent unrest, citing the country's Forensic Medical Organization. (Xinhua/Shadati)
Lu Min makes a lantern at his studio in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 21, 2026. Lu Min, 58, was born in a family of lantern-making business, which originated with his great-grandfather Lu Shirong. The junior Lu started to learn this craft from his father when he was 8.
The past decades saw Lu's career life closely connected with the development of the Qinhuai Lantern Festival. He has witnessed the gradual evolution of this traditional custom from a local event into a grand celebration.
In September 2020, he was officially recognized as a provincial-level inheritor of Qinhuai Lantern Festival. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a charter-signing event at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. U.S. President Donald Trump formally launched his so-called "Board of Peace" on Thursday at a charter-signing ceremony during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)
Tourists play at a ski resort in Shennongjia Forestry District, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 19, 2026. In recent years, Hubei Province has leveraged its strategic location as a transportation hub connecting nine provinces, tapping into its unique ice and snow resources to vigorously develop the ice and snow tourism industry. Multiple locations in Hubei have become well-known ice and snow tourism destinations, attracting numerous tourists to experience the joys of winter sports. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)
The site of a bus accident is seen in Russia's Primorsky Krai on Jan. 22, 2026. At least three people were killed and eight others injured on Thursday when a bus collided with a truck in Russia's Primorsky Krai, media reported.
According to Vladivostok News, the accident occurred on a highway in the Khasan district of Primorsky Krai. The truck lost control and veered into the oncoming lane, causing the collision. Of the 14 people on board the bus, the driver and two passengers were killed. (Government of Khasan district of Primorsky Krai/Handout via Xinhua)
A woman feeds black-headed gulls beside the Dianchi Lake in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 22, 2026. The water quality in Dianchi Lake has been maintaining on high quality level for eight consecutive years, according to the Dianchi Lake administration bureau. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)
Co-leaders of the new opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito shake hands during a convention in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 22, 2026.
Japan's new opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance held a convention on Thursday to mark its official launch ahead of the Feb. 8 lower house general election.
The new party was formed last week between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) and the Komeito party, seeking to defeat the conservative ruling bloc led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party in the upcoming contest. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026 shows a deicing device operation on a power transmission line in Jinzhai County, east China's Anhui Province. Ice coating were observed on part of the power transmission lines in Jinzhai County as a rigid cold wave swooped down here recently, posing a threat to grid operation. (Photo by Zhao Xianfu/Xinhua)
Mourners attend a funeral of three Palestinian journalists, who were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Jan. 22, 2026. Eleven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on Wednesday across Gaza amid escalating tensions, according to Palestinian sources. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 22, 2026 shows the rime scenery of the Hengshan Mountain scenic spot in Hengyang City, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)
A researcher displays rolled-up "fiber chips" and a smart tactile glove made by weaving the chips into textiles at Fudan University in east China's Shanghai, Jan. 19, 2026. Scientists in China have created a flexible, thread-like "fiber chip" that can be woven into fabric, opening the door to garments that function as interactive screens, advanced brain implants capable of processing signals internally and hyperrealistic virtual reality touch. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)
