A drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2026 shows a freight train loaded with containers departing from Puhe station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province.
A China-Europe freight train bound for Moscow departed Puhe station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, at around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, bringing the service's cumulative trips to top 140,000 and transporting goods worth over 560 billion U.S. dollars since 2011. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
A gathering commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
Athletes of team China celebrate after the women's team final at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2026 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Oct. 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Visitors view illuminated installations during a preview of Astra Lumina at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Oct. 21, 2026. Astra Lumina, an immersive outdoor night walk, runs from Oct. 22 to Dec. 31. The approximately 1.6-kilometer trail features nine themed zones where colorful light installations, projections and soundscapes transform the forest into a star-inspired nighttime experience. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)
A western black crested gibbon is seen on a tree in the Ailao Mountain in Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County of Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 21, 2026. The Wuliang and Ailao Mountains area of Yunnan is an important habitat for the western black crested gibbon, a critically endangered gibbon species under first-class national protection in China. Local authorities have kept strengthening the ecological conservation and restoration and enhancing habitat management, patrolling and monitoring to build a solid safeguard for the western black crested gibbons to breed and thrive. (Photo by Wang Yangjing/Xinhua)
A man passes by the building of Türkiye's central bank in Ankara, Türkiye, on Oct. 22, 2026. Türkiye's central bank cut its benchmark policy rate by 100 basis points to 36 percent on Thursday, resuming monetary easing for the first time since January as inflation continued to cool. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 20, 2026 shows tourists visiting a scenic area characterized by populus euphratica forests in Lop County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Populus euphratica forests here have entered the best viewing season, attracting tourists to enjoy the spectacular scenery. (Photo by Memeteli Enwaer/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Oct. 22, 2026 shows the Orionid meteor shower in the sky over Daqing City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The Orionid meteor shower, caused by remnants from Halley's comet, peaked on Wednesday and Thursday. (Photo by Liu Chengshan/Xinhua)
Firefighters arrive at an earthquake-hit village in Baqen County of Nagqu City in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Oct. 23, 2026.
Sixteen people were killed and 32 others injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Baqen County of Nagqu City in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 10:33 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), according to the city's emergency management bureau.
As of 2:25 a.m. Friday, 11 of the injured were in serious condition while 21 sustained minor injuries. Over 300 houses collapsed.
The damage caused by the quake is being further evaluated, and disaster relief work is underway.
More than 300 police officers have been dispatched to the epicenter for relief work while the regional fire and rescue corps has mobilized 347 personnel to the affected areas. (Xinhua)
