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Top 10 World Sports News Events In 2025

Fairness in women's competitions became a focal issue worldwide as sports bodies reviewed eligibility standards. Under Coventry's leadership, the IOC oversaw extensive discussions on transgender participation and women's events, establishing expert and international federation working groups to reassess the qualification criteria. In 2025, international federations including World Boxing and World Athletics introduced genetic testing to confirm athletes' biological sex, aiming to strengthen fairness and transparency in women's competitions. This file photo taken on Aug. 9, 2024 shows gold medalist Imane Khelif of Algeria attending the victory ceremony for the women's boxing 66kg at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. Photo by Jiang Wenyao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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North Korea removing loudspeakers from border area

File photo taken in October 2024 shows a loudspeaker in North Korea seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North. South Korea's military said on Aug. 9, 2025, it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its own front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts.

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Kumamon visits quake-hit city in Ishikawa Pref.

Kumamon, the official mascot of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, makes chopsticks using a Wajima-nuri lacquerware technique at a facility in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit hard by the Jan. 1, 2024, massive earthquake, on Aug. 9, 2025. Kumamon is visiting various Ishikawa Prefecture cities to give encouragement to people affected by the disaster.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Terumi Tanaka (front), co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, is pictured after attending a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Terumi Tanaka (L), co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, attends a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

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China Mass-produces Drones

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - A police drone patrols over the city of Yantai, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, according to incomplete statistics, by the end of 2023, China's civilian drone development enterprises have more than 2,300, with more than 1,000 drone products in mass production. In 2023, China delivered more than 3.17 million civilian drones.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Mass-produces Drones

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - A police drone patrols over the city of Yantai, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, according to incomplete statistics, by the end of 2023, China's civilian drone development enterprises have more than 2,300, with more than 1,000 drone products in mass production. In 2023, China delivered more than 3.17 million civilian drones.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker welds at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Mass-produces Drones

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - A police drone patrols over the city of Yantai, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, according to incomplete statistics, by the end of 2023, China's civilian drone development enterprises have more than 2,300, with more than 1,000 drone products in mass production. In 2023, China delivered more than 3.17 million civilian drones.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker welds at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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China Manufacturing Industry

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2024 - A worker assembles at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug 31, 2024. On September 9, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August 2024, the national industrial producer prices fell by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.7% month-on-month.

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The Most Beautiful Water Road in China

JIUJIANG, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Vehicles pass on water as the Dahuchi section of Yongwu Highway is flooded in Jiujiang, East China's Jiangxi province, Aug 9, 2024.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Daily Life in Qingzhou

QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Customers shop for consumer goods at a supermarket in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, Aug 9, 2024. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 15, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in July 2024 reached 3,775.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. From January to July 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide reached 27,372.6 billion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year.

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Yosakoi dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform on the eve of the Yosakoi dance festival on Aug. 9, 2024, in Kochi, western Japan.

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Yosakoi dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform on the eve of the Yosakoi dance festival on Aug. 9, 2024, in Kochi, western Japan.

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Yosakoi dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform on the eve of the Yosakoi dance festival on Aug. 9, 2024, in Kochi, western Japan.

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[Breaking News]79th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan, Aug. 9 Kyodo - Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki reads out his Peace Declaration in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2024, during a memorial ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Megaquake advisory in Japan

NICHINAN, Japan, Aug. 9 Kyodo - A bathing beach is closed in Nichinan in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki on Aug. 9, 2024, after Japan's weather agency issued its first-ever advisory on a higher-than-usual probability of a megaquake around the Nankai Trough, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit the region the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Rai Benjamin of the United States reacts after winning the men's 400-meter hurdles final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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UZBEKISTAN-KHIVA-MELON FESTIVAL-CELEBRATIONS

(240812) -- TASHKENT, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People celebrate the Melon Festival in Khiva, Uzbekistan, Aug. 11, 2024. Khiva in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan hosted the annual Melon Festival from Aug. 9 to 11. The ancient city showcased a variety of melon products and held a series of vibrant traditional folk celebrations during the festival. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UZBEKISTAN-KHIVA-MELON FESTIVAL-CELEBRATIONS

(240812) -- TASHKENT, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People celebrate the Melon Festival in Khiva, Uzbekistan, Aug. 11, 2024. Khiva in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan hosted the annual Melon Festival from Aug. 9 to 11. The ancient city showcased a variety of melon products and held a series of vibrant traditional folk celebrations during the festival. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UZBEKISTAN-KHIVA-MELON FESTIVAL-CELEBRATIONS

(240812) -- TASHKENT, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People celebrate the Melon Festival in Khiva, Uzbekistan, Aug. 11, 2024. Khiva in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan hosted the annual Melon Festival from Aug. 9 to 11. The ancient city showcased a variety of melon products and held a series of vibrant traditional folk celebrations during the festival. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UZBEKISTAN-KHIVA-MELON FESTIVAL-CELEBRATIONS

(240812) -- TASHKENT, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People celebrate the Melon Festival in Khiva, Uzbekistan, Aug. 11, 2024. Khiva in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan hosted the annual Melon Festival from Aug. 9 to 11. The ancient city showcased a variety of melon products and held a series of vibrant traditional folk celebrations during the festival. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240812) -- BEIJING, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists watch sunrise on the beach of a scenic spot on Weizhou Island of Beihai City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 9, 2024. (Photo by Fan Shaoguang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MOROCCO-RABAT-CULTURAL EVENTS-MUSIC FESTIVAL

(240812) -- RABAT, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A musician performs during the 3rd edition of Rab'Africa Festival in Rabat, Morocco, Aug. 9, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huo Jing)

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MOROCCO-RABAT-CULTURAL EVENTS-MUSIC FESTIVAL

(240812) -- RABAT, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A musician performs during the 3rd edition of Rab'Africa Festival in Rabat, Morocco, Aug. 9, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huo Jing)

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MOROCCO-RABAT-CULTURAL EVENTS-MUSIC FESTIVAL

(240812) -- RABAT, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A musician performs during the 3rd edition of Rab'Africa Festival in Rabat, Morocco, Aug. 9, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huo Jing)

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MOROCCO-RABAT-CULTURAL EVENTS-MUSIC FESTIVAL

(240812) -- RABAT, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People enjoy the performance during the 3rd edition of Rab'Africa Festival in Rabat, Morocco, Aug. 9, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huo Jing)

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HainanOutlook | Inheritor of coconut shell carving in Hainan dedicates to the innovation and promotion of the art

(240811) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Wu Mingju carves on a coconut shell at a workshop in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 9, 2024. Coconut shell carving, an art form that involves the creation of designs using carving tools on the hard shell of a coconut, was listed as one of the national intangible cultural heritages in 2008. Wu Mingju, an inheritor of coconut shell carving, has been committed to the inheritance and promotion of this ancient and intricate art for 33 years by exploring technical innovation, setting up coconut shell carving courses in schools and cultivating young artists. Thanks to his efforts, the art has received a new lease on life. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Liyun)