Firefighters and police officers work near a commercial building, where a small plane crashed into the rooftop, in Fullerton, California, the United States, Jan. 2, 2025. Two people were killed and 18 others were injured after a small plane crashed into the rooftop of a commercial building on Thursday near Los Angeles, according to local authorities. (Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua)
This aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 3, 2025 shows a new generation lightweight smart construction platform at the north tower construction site of Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge project in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province.
A new generation lightweight smart construction platform for bridge construction, developed by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd., conducted its first jacking operation here Friday.
The Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge is 1,723 meters long with a main span of 1,120 meters. The bridge tower on the north bank is 215.5 meters high, about the height of a 70-story skyscraper. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 2, 2025 shows a view of Guoyuan Port in southwest China's Chongqing. Statistics reveal that the cargo throughput of Guoyuan Port reached 26.006 million tonnes in the first eleven months of 2024, up 4.3 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
A citizen shows newly exchanged commemorative coins and banknotes in celebration of the upcoming Chinese New Year at a branch of China Construction Bank (CCB) in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 3, 2025. The exchange of a set of commemorative coins and notes issued by China's central bank to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year was started on Friday. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A worker drives a forklift to transfer cathode copper at a Hunan branch of China Minmetals in Changning City, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 2, 2025. (Photo by Zhou Xiuyuchun/Xinhua)
Passengers walk past service desks at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 3, 2025. Technical issues caused widespread disruption at airports across Germany on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)
Daruma dolls are pictured at a Daruma Market in Saitama, Japan, Jan. 3, 2025. Daruma Market is a traditional Japanese event centered around the sale of Daruma dolls, which are widely regarded as symbols of good fortune, perseverance, and success. Such kind of markets are typically held at the beginning of the year. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)
A competitor works on an ice sculpture during the 36th China Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition at Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 3, 2025. A total of 30 teams from 12 countries and regions participated in the competition. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
A model wearing traditional Tibetan costumes takes part in a parade on Barkhor Street in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 3, 2025. The parade, part of a New Year costume show, was held here on Friday. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
