A gathering in celebration of the 105th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 1, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

Wu Yaqin, recipient of the July 1 Medal, arrives at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 1, 2026. A gathering in celebration of the 105th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China started at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday morning in central Beijing. (Photo: Xinhua)

Nyima Lhamo (R) and her mother Pema Lhamo gaze at a passing train in Damxung County of Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 28, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

Mourners gather at the Grand Mosalla to pay their final respects to Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of his funeral ceremonies in Tehran on July 4, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

A flag-raising ceremony is held by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government to celebrate the 29th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland in Hong Kong, South China, July 1, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

Students pose for a group photo in front of the guided-missile frigate Hengyang at the Chinese People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison's naval base on Stonecutters Island in Hong Kong, South China, July 3, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

This aerial view taken on July 2, 2026 in Caraballeda in the state of La Guaira, Venezuela, shows collapsed buildings following the June 24 twin earthquakes. (Photo: AFP)

Cape Verde's forward #07 Jovane Cabral greets Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi at the end of the 2026 World Cup round of 32 football match between Argentina and Cape Verde at the Miami Stadium in Miami, the US state of Florida, on July 3, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

A man speaks with a child while sitting near an unexploded artillery shell that fell during reported overnight Israeli bombardment that hit the village of Abidin in Syria's southwestern Daraa province, close to the Golan Heights, on June 29, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

People sit at the side of the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Dortmund, western Germany on June 26, 2026 during a heatwave in Europe. (Photo: AFP)