Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China, May 20, 2026. Xi held talks with Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Engineers adjust robots at tech firm SYNROX in 764 Aerospace, North China's Tianjin Municipality, May 20, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

Medical workers help evacuate disaster-affected villagers at a school in Nanbei Town, Shimen County, Changde City of Central China's Hunan Province, May 21, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

This photo taken on May 21, 2026 shows people attending the funeral of victims who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir Qanoun En Nahr, southern Lebanon. (Photo: Xinhua)

Descendants of former British prisoners of war (POWs) aboard the Lisbon Maru carry wreaths bearing photos of predecessors participating in the commemorative ceremony on the Lisbon Maru rescue, on Dongji Island in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province, May 19, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

A farmer transplants rice seedlings in a paddy field with the Tianshan Mountains in the background in Midong District, Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 18, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius sails towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on May 18, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

A foreign participant interacts with participants from Miao and Yi ethnic groups at the 22nd China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, May 21, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

Paragliders fly against the sunset in Kangra district of India's Himachal Pradesh state, May 21, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

This photo taken on May 23, 2026 shows a scene at the rescue site of the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County, North China's Shanxi Province. (Photo: Xinhua)