A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an SEO satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province on August 17, 2026. The SEO satellite was launched at 11:02 am (Beijing Time). It entered its preset orbit successfully. This launch marked the 664th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series, according to the launch center. (Photo: Xinhua)

Motorists ride on a road as haze from wildfires blanket the city of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Friday, August 21, 2026. (Photo: AP)

People attend the celebration of Nag Panchami, a Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of snakes, on Nagdaha Lake in Lalitpur, Nepal, August 17, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

A performer attends a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on August 18, 2026. Esala Perahera is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with a history of more than 1,000 years. (Photo: Xinhua)

A robot sells products at the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing, capital of China, August 20, 2026. Opened in Beijing on Wednesday, the 2026 WRC features more than 300 exhibitors and over 2,000 exhibits under the theme "Human-Robot Symbiosis, Production-Demand Convergence." (Photo: Xinhua)

This photo released by the Everland theme park on August 18, 2026 shows a female cub born to giant panda Ai Bao in South Korea. Ai Bao, a female giant panda on loan from China, gave birth to a female cub on June 3. The giant panda pair Ai Bao and Le Bao arrived in South Korea in 2016 and have since lived at Panda World at Everland, located in Gyeonggi Province. (Photo: Xinhua)

A firefighter gestures to another as smoke emanates from burnt vegetation during operations against a wildfire at the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve near Baelen, Belgium, on August 18, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Dried and cracked bed of the Hollow Pond is pictured in London, Britain, on August 18, 2026. In Britain, extreme dryness becomes a defining feature of the summer. Provisional data from the Met Office showed that England and Wales experienced their driest July on record, while nearly three-quarters of England was officially under drought conditions by August 10. (Photo: Xinhua)

People attend a water festival held in Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County, South China's Hainan Province, August 19, 2026. A water festival is held here on Wednesday, on the occasion of the Qixi Festival, the Chinese version of the Valentine's Day. (Photo: Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on August 20, 2026 shows rice fields at Haolibao Town in Jalaid Banner of Hinggan League, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Photo: Xinhua)