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China: Labrador Brothers Take Mother Out for Ride in Small Cart

A heartwarming video from Henan, China, captured a filial black Labrador pulling its mother in a small cart, accompanied by its younger sibling, as the three dogs enjoyed their daily walk on July 22, 2025.

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Philippe Gosselin, rapporteur of the National Assembly's Committee on Constitutional Laws during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Bastien Lachaud, NFP LFI MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Sophie Ricourt Vaginay UDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Yael Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Emmanuel Tjiibaou, GDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

LFI Group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Sandrine Rousseau MP for Ecology and Social Affairs during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Paul Molac, LIOT MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Gabriel Attal, former Prime Minister, President of the EPR parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Marine Lepen president of the RN parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Mathilde Panot, president of the NFP LFI parliamentary inter-group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Eric Martineau DEMOCRATIC MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Philippe Gosselin, rapporteur of the National Assembly's Committee on Constitutional Laws during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Emmanuel Tjiibaou, GDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Mathilde Panot, president of the NFP LFI parliamentary inter-group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Marine Lepen president of the RN parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Florent Boudie, president of the law commission of the National Assembly during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Florent Boudie, president of the law commission of the National Assembly during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Florent Boudie, president of the law commission of the National Assembly during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Yoann Gilet, RN MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Emmanuel Tjiibaou, GDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Emmanuel Tjiibaou, GDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Yoann Gilet, RN MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Marine Lepen president of the RN parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Questions To the Government - Paris

Questions To the Government - Paris

Laurent Wauqiez, president of the Republicains parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Marine Lepen president of the RN parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

A drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a lake in the Badain Jaran Desert in Alxa Right Banner, the Alxa League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badain Jaran Desert was included on the World Heritage List in July 2024. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

A drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a sunrise view of the Badain Jaran Desert in Alxa Right Banner, the Alxa League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badain Jaran Desert was included on the World Heritage List in July 2024. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

This photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a view of the Badain Jaran Desert in Alxa Right Banner, the Alxa League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badain Jaran Desert was included on the World Heritage List in July 2024. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a lake in the Badain Jaran Desert in Alxa Right Banner, the Alxa League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badain Jaran Desert was included on the World Heritage List in July 2024. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

This photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a view of the Badain Jaran Desert in Alxa Right Banner, the Alxa League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badain Jaran Desert was included on the World Heritage List in July 2024. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

This photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a view of the Badain Jaran Desert in Alxa Right Banner, the Alxa League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badain Jaran Desert was included on the World Heritage List in July 2024. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a view of the Badain Jaran Desert in Alxa Right Banner, the Alxa League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badain Jaran Desert was included on the World Heritage List in July 2024. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a lake in the Badain Jaran Desert in Alxa Right Banner, the Alxa League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badain Jaran Desert was included on the World Heritage List in July 2024. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

Badain Jaran Desert Illustrations - China

A drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows tourists enjoying the scenery of the Badain Jaran Desert in Alxa Right Banner, the Alxa League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badain Jaran Desert was included on the World Heritage List in July 2024. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wartime Japan PM Koiso's government inaugurated

Wartime Japan PM Koiso's government inaugurated

Cabinet ministers under the government of wartime Japanese Prime Minister Gen. Kuniaki Koiso (1st row, 2nd from R) pose for a photo at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 22, 1944, following its inauguration.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

SAGA, Japan, Sept. 7 Kyodo - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel line up on Sept. 7, 2025, during a ceremony marking the opening in July of Camp Saga, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host the GSDF's fleet of Osprey transport aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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China: Fish Swim Inside Flooded Home Amid Typhoon Wipha

This video, recorded in Guangdong on July 22 after Typhoon Wipha, shows flooding inside a man’s home, where small fish were seen swimming across the floor.

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China: Heavy Downpour Floods Streets in Hebei

A sudden downpour hit Hebei on July 22, transforming streets into dangerous waterways and leaving cars nearly submerged.

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Samawar Dance Performance In Urumqi - China

Samawar Dance Performance In Urumqi - China

Parhat Emin (C) teaches young dancers the move of Samawar dance in the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 22, 2025. In the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Parhat Emin performs the Samawar (a Uygur term meaning "tea set") dance, a traditional Uygur greeting dance with a history dating back to the millennium-old ancient Qiuci State. His eyes shine brightly, and his smile is warm and welcoming. With a bronze pot and porcelain bowls balanced steadily on a plate over his head, his body spins smoothly, and his feet move as lightly as the wind. As he dances gracefully to the rhythm of traditional Uygur music, the surrounding audience burst into cheers from time to time. Kuqa, where the ancient Qiuci State was mainly located, was a vital hub along the ancient Silk Road, bustling with merchants and the tinkle of camel bells. Today the Qiuci Alley is a popular tourist destination in Kuqa. From noon till midnight every day, dan

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Samawar Dance Performance In Urumqi - China

Samawar Dance Performance In Urumqi - China

Performers participate in a wedding ceremony in the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 22, 2025. In the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Parhat Emin performs the Samawar (a Uygur term meaning "tea set") dance, a traditional Uygur greeting dance with a history dating back to the millennium-old ancient Qiuci State. His eyes shine brightly, and his smile is warm and welcoming. With a bronze pot and porcelain bowls balanced steadily on a plate over his head, his body spins smoothly, and his feet move as lightly as the wind. As he dances gracefully to the rhythm of traditional Uygur music, the surrounding audience burst into cheers from time to time. Kuqa, where the ancient Qiuci State was mainly located, was a vital hub along the ancient Silk Road, bustling with merchants and the tinkle of camel bells. Today the Qiuci Alley is a popular tourist destination in Kuqa. From noon till midnight every day, dances including the S

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Samawar Dance Performance In Urumqi - China

Samawar Dance Performance In Urumqi - China

Parhat Emin performs the Samawar dance in the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 22, 2025. In the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Parhat Emin performs the Samawar (a Uygur term meaning "tea set") dance, a traditional Uygur greeting dance with a history dating back to the millennium-old ancient Qiuci State. His eyes shine brightly, and his smile is warm and welcoming. With a bronze pot and porcelain bowls balanced steadily on a plate over his head, his body spins smoothly, and his feet move as lightly as the wind. As he dances gracefully to the rhythm of traditional Uygur music, the surrounding audience burst into cheers from time to time. Kuqa, where the ancient Qiuci State was mainly located, was a vital hub along the ancient Silk Road, bustling with merchants and the tinkle of camel bells. Today the Qiuci Alley is a popular tourist destination in Kuqa. From noon till midnight every day, dances including the Samawar

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Samawar Dance Performance In Urumqi - China

Samawar Dance Performance In Urumqi - China

Parhat Emin takes a break in the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 22, 2025. In the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Parhat Emin performs the Samawar (a Uygur term meaning "tea set") dance, a traditional Uygur greeting dance with a history dating back to the millennium-old ancient Qiuci State. His eyes shine brightly, and his smile is warm and welcoming. With a bronze pot and porcelain bowls balanced steadily on a plate over his head, his body spins smoothly, and his feet move as lightly as the wind. As he dances gracefully to the rhythm of traditional Uygur music, the surrounding audience burst into cheers from time to time. Kuqa, where the ancient Qiuci State was mainly located, was a vital hub along the ancient Silk Road, bustling with merchants and the tinkle of camel bells. Today the Qiuci Alley is a popular tourist destination in Kuqa. From noon till midnight every day, dances including the Samawar are performe

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