Zhang Lu, China's Shenzhou-15 astronaut in the Tiangong space station talks with youths from the SCO via video link, on Thursday. (Photo: Chinanews.com.cn)

The SpaceX Starship explodes after launch for a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

Children participate in a fashion show at a kindergarten in Taizhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, on Monday. The event, featuring environmentally friendly costumes made from waste including paper and plastic bags, was held to mark World Earth Day, which falls on Saturday. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn)

People march to the Capitol to protest for a ban on assault weapons, in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on Thursday, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising above the Khartoum International Airport amid ongoing battles between the forces of two rival generals. Hundreds of people have been killed since the fighting erupted on April 15 between forces loyal to Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (Photo: AFP)

Visiting Chinese giant panda expert Wei Ming (R) checks the health condition of giant panda Mei Xiang at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Wednesday. The health conditions of Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji are good, said visiting Chinese giant panda expert Wei Ming from China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Photo: Xinhua)

A visitor shakes hands with an intelligent robot at Hannover Messe 2023 in Hannover, Germany, on Wednesday. The trade fair, one of the world's largest and lasting from April 17 to April 21, showcases more than 4,000 companies, which present solutions for the production and energy supply of the future. (Photo: Xinhua)

Vision 357, a concept car of Porsche, is displayed at the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai, East China, on Tuesday. The 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition kicked off Tuesday at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). (Photo: Xinhua)

In this aerial view, Muslim worshippers pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the municipal stadium in Syria's rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

This photo taken on Thursday shows an azalea scenic spot in Huangling Village of Xiuyan Man autonomous county, Northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Photo: Xinhua)