A giant panda sits on a tree to enjoy the fine weather at the Beijing Zoo in the capital of China on Wednesday. (Photo: IC)

A young street vendor carries balloons as he waits for customers amid smoggy conditions in Lahore, Pakistan, on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

A traffic police officer escorts pupils across a street in Liuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Thursday. December 2 marks national traffic safety day in China. An event was held in Liuzhou to promote traffic safety. (Photo: Xinhua)

People who attended a vigil for the victims of a school shooting embrace at LakePoint Community Church in Oxford, Michigan, in the US on Tuesday, 2021. (Photo: AP)

The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center before it is lit during a ceremony in New York on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP)

Fan Zhendong of China celebrates during an award ceremony after the men's singles final match between Fan Zhendong of China and Truls Moregard of Sweden at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Houston, the US, on Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Volunteers and sex workers light candles forming the shape of a red ribbon during an awareness event organized on the eve of World AIDS Day in Siliguri, India on Tuesday. (Photo: CFP)

People light butter lamps to pray for peace and blessings at the Ta'er Monastery during a traditional Tibetan Buddhist festival in Xining, Qinghai Province, on Monday. (Photo: China News Service)

A couple kiss inside a terminal of the Barcelona Airport on Wednesday. Health authorities in the Spanish capital have confirmed a second case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a 61-year-old woman who had returned from a trip to South Africa on Monday. (Photo: CFP)

Hainan Airlines flight HU7372 passes through the water salute, a tradition used for ceremonial purposes, at the Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, the capital city of South China's Hainan Province on Thursday. (Photo: China News Service)