Xinhua photos of the day

Constructors work on the Machanghe grand bridge along the Guiyang-Pingtang Expressway in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Aug. 20, 2024. The main arch of the Machanghe grand bridge along the Guiyang-Pingtang Expressway was successfully joined on Wednesday. The bridge has a length of 381.5 meters with an arch spanning 260 meters. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

An aerial drone photo shows trains for China-Europe freight service at Manzhouli Railway Port in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 20, 2024.
Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Tongjiang, the three railway ports on the eastern corridor of the train for China-Europe freight service in northeast China, had seen a total of 30,000 train for China-Europe freight service trips as of Tuesday, delivering 2.91 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods, according to the China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd. (Photo by Huang Xu/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 20, 2024 shows a wind farm of China Huadian Corporation Ningxia Branch in Lingwu City, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
Ningxia’s favorable terrain, robust power grid, and stable output have made it a vital hub for China’s west-to-east power transmission program, supplying electricity to over 10 provinces including Shandong and Zhejiang. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

This photo taken on Aug. 16, 2024 shows the Jiayu Pass, a famed part of the Great Wall, in Jiayuguan City, northwest China’s Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Lang Bingbing)

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 20, 2024 shows reflector arrays of the Redstone Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project near Postmasburg in Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
The project is one of the country’s biggest renewable energy power plants. (Xinhua/Zhang Yudong)

A humanoid robot winks at the World Robot Conference 2024 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 21, 2024. The World Robot Conference 2024 opened here on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

Han Yue of China competes during the women’s singles round of 32 match against Miyazaki Tomoka of Japan at the Japan Badminton Open 2024 in Yokohama, Japan, Aug. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

People mourn for victims killed in an Israeli airstrike at Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, on Aug. 21, 2024. At least five Palestinians were killed and many others injured by an Israeli airstrike on the Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, local medical sources said on Wednesday. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)

Masked dancers take part in a parade during the Khadga Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 21, 2024. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)