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Construction of Pinglu Canal In Qinzhou - China

(251218) -- QINZHOU, Dec. 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the aerial view of the construction site of the Qingnian hub waterway, on Oct. 9, 2024 (above), and the aerial view of the construction site of this waterway, on Dec. 17, 2025 (below), on the Pinglu Canal in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Three years on, the construction of the Pinglu Canal as a core component of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor has shown remarkable progress. Upon completion, the 134.2-km canal would wind its way across Nanning and Qinzhou of Guangxi until it reaches the Beibu Gulf. It is expected to serve as an artery for river-sea inter-modal transportation in the southwestern part of the country. Photo by Zhang Ailin/XInhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Construction of Pinglu Canal In Qinzhou - China

(251218) -- QINZHOU, Dec. 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the aerial view of the construction site of the Qingnian hub, on Oct. 9, 2024, and the aerial view of the construction site of the Qingnian hub on Dec. 17, 2025, on the Pinglu Canal in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Three years on, the construction of the Pinglu Canal as a core component of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor has shown remarkable progress. Upon completion, the 134.2-km canal would wind its way across Nanning and Qinzhou of Guangxi until it reaches the Beibu Gulf. It is expected to serve as an artery for river-sea inter-modal transportation in the southwestern part of the country. Photo by Zhang Ailin/XInhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Construction of Pinglu Canal In Qinzhou - China

(251218) -- QINZHOU, Dec. 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the aerial view of the construction site of a bridge in Qinzhou on April 25, 2024 (above), and the aerial view of this bridge on Dec. 17, 2025 (below), in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Three years on, the construction of the Pinglu Canal as a core component of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor has shown remarkable progress. Upon completion, the 134.2-km canal would wind its way across Nanning and Qinzhou of Guangxi until it reaches the Beibu Gulf. It is expected to serve as an artery for river-sea inter-modal transportation in the southwestern part of the country. Photo by Zhang Ailin/XInhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Construction of Pinglu Canal In Qinzhou - China

(251218) -- QINZHOU, Dec. 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the aerial view of Qinjiang single-track railway bridge, on Oct. 9, 2024, and the aerial view of Qinjiang double-track railway grand bridge, on Dec. 17, 2025, in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Three years on, the construction of the Pinglu Canal as a core component of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor has shown remarkable progress. Upon completion, the 134.2-km canal would wind its way across Nanning and Qinzhou of Guangxi until it reaches the Beibu Gulf. It is expected to serve as an artery for river-sea inter-modal transportation in the southwestern part of the country. Photo by Zhang Ailin/XInhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

File photo taken on Dec. 17, 2024 shows photo-multiplier tubes seen from top of the acrylic sphere of the liquid-scintillator detector in Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Jin Liwang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Winter Scenery Of Summer Palace In Beijing

This photo taken on Dec. 17, 2024 shows the illuminated arches of the 17-Arch Bridge at sunset in the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China. Photo by Li Xin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Winter Scenery Of Summer Palace In Beijing

This photo taken on Dec. 17, 2024 shows the illuminated arches of the 17-Arch Bridge at sunset in the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China. Photo by Li Xin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Winter Scenery Of Summer Palace In Beijing

This photo taken on Dec. 17, 2024 shows the illuminated arches of the 17-Arch Bridge at sunset in the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China. Photo by Li Xin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UNDP head

U.N. Development Program Administrator Achim Steiner gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Ukraine Economy Minister Svyrydenko in Tokyo

First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Ukraine Economy Minister Svyrydenko in Tokyo

First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Ukraine Economy Minister Svyrydenko in Japan

First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko delivers a speech at a Ukraine-Japan business forum hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Tuvaluan Prime Minister Teo

Tuvaluan Prime Minister Feleti Teo speaks during an interview in Funafuti, Tuvalu, on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Tuvaluan Prime Minister Teo

Tuvaluan Prime Minister Feleti Teo speaks during an interview in Funafuti, Tuvalu, on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Justin Trudeau At National Caucus Holiday Event - Ottawa

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers remarks during a National Caucus holiday event in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. Photo by Spencer Colby/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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13th anniversary of death of Kim Jong Il

North Korean citizens stand in front of a statue of North Korea's second leader Kim Jong Il (R), alongside his father Kim Il Sung, the country's founder, at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2024, the 13th anniversary of his death.

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13th anniversary of death of Kim Jong Il

North Korean citizens visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the death of the country's second leader Kim Jong Il.

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13th anniversary of death of Kim Jong Il

North Korean citizens offer flowers at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the death of the country's second leader Kim Jong Il.

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13th anniversary of death of Kim Jong Il

North Korean citizens offer flowers at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the death of the country's second leader Kim Jong Il.

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Japan main opposition party head Noda

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 17 Kyodo - Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a speech at Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Japan ruling LDP's secretary general Moriyama

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 17 Kyodo - Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, delivers a speech at Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024. (Kyodo)

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