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Illustration - Orange Alert Issued for Snow and Ice - France

Illustration - Orange alert (level 3 out of 4) issued by Météo France for snow and ice across numerous departments in western and eastern France, as well as on the entire road network of the Île-de-France region. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Orange Alert Issued for Snow and Ice - France

Illustration - Orange alert (level 3 out of 4) issued by Météo France for snow and ice across numerous departments in western and eastern France, as well as on the entire road network of the Île-de-France region. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Orange Alert Issued for Snow and Ice - France

Illustration - Orange alert (level 3 out of 4) issued by Météo France for snow and ice across numerous departments in western and eastern France, as well as on the entire road network of the Île-de-France region. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Orange Alert Issued for Snow and Ice - France

Illustration - Orange alert (level 3 out of 4) issued by Météo France for snow and ice across numerous departments in western and eastern France, as well as on the entire road network of the Île-de-France region. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Orange Alert Issued for Snow and Ice - France

Illustration - Orange alert (level 3 out of 4) issued by Météo France for snow and ice across numerous departments in western and eastern France, as well as on the entire road network of the Île-de-France region. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Construction Site of Road-Rail Bridge Project - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 24, 2025 shows the south tower construction site of Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge project in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province. With a main span of 1,120 meters, the Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge will further improve traffic network of the Yangtze River Economic Belt after completion. Photo by Xinhua/Wu Zhizun/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Construction Site of Road-Rail Bridge Project - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 24, 2025 shows the south tower construction site of Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge project in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province. With a main span of 1,120 meters, the Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge will further improve traffic network of the Yangtze River Economic Belt after completion. Photo by Xinhua/Wu Zhizun/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Construction Site of Road-Rail Bridge Project - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 24, 2025 shows the south tower construction site of Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge project in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province. With a main span of 1,120 meters, the Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge will further improve traffic network of the Yangtze River Economic Belt after completion. Photo by Xinhua/Wu Zhizun/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Construction Site of Road-Rail Bridge Project - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 24, 2025 shows the south tower construction site of Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge project in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province. With a main span of 1,120 meters, the Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge will further improve traffic network of the Yangtze River Economic Belt after completion. Photo by Xinhua/Wu Zhizun/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Construction Site of Road-Rail Bridge Project - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 24, 2025 shows the south tower construction site of Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge project in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province. With a main span of 1,120 meters, the Libu Yangtze River road-rail bridge will further improve traffic network of the Yangtze River Economic Belt after completion. Photo by Xinhua/Wu Zhizun/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippe Tabarot Visits The Saint-Denis Maintenance And Intervention Center

Illustration of road signs during the French Minister of Transport Philippe Tabarot visits at the Saint-Denis Maintenance and Intervention Center (CEI), one of the operational departments of the Ile-de-France Roads Directorate (DiRIF), to review the measures put in place in Ile-de-France, the safety and traffic on the roads in winter. and meet with the teams working to ensure 24-hour monitoring of the network. on November 20, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vietnam: Typhoon Kajiki Floods Streets of Hanoi, Halts Traffic

Typhoon Kajiki struck northern and central Vietnam, causing at least four deaths, multiple injuries, and extensive damage. Heavy rains and strong winds flooded streets in Hanoi, paralyzed traffic, and damaged thousands of homes and hectares of crops across Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, and Quang Tri provinces. Power outages affected thousands as electricity poles fell, and emergency services were deployed to assist residents and reinforce flood defenses. Flooding and landslide risks remain high, with authorities issuing alerts and evacuation plans in low-lying areas.

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Air Quality Alert in Paris This Weekend - Paris

AirParif announces that for the weekend of August 15, ozone formation from pollutants emitted in the region will occur, with a risk of exceeding the information and recommendation threshold. Air quality will be poor in Île-de-France, and the prefecture has therefore limited speeds on the entire Île-de-France road network. Paris, Ile-de-France, France on August 14, 2025. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Quality Alert in Paris This Weekend - Paris

AirParif announces that for the weekend of August 15, ozone formation from pollutants emitted in the region will occur, with a risk of exceeding the information and recommendation threshold. Air quality will be poor in Île-de-France, and the prefecture has therefore limited speeds on the entire Île-de-France road network. Paris, Ile-de-France, France on August 14, 2025. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Quality Alert in Paris This Weekend - Paris

AirParif announces that for the weekend of August 15, ozone formation from pollutants emitted in the region will occur, with a risk of exceeding the information and recommendation threshold. Air quality will be poor in Île-de-France, and the prefecture has therefore limited speeds on the entire Île-de-France road network. Paris, Ile-de-France, France on August 14, 2025. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Quality Alert in Paris This Weekend - Paris

AirParif announces that for the weekend of August 15, ozone formation from pollutants emitted in the region will occur, with a risk of exceeding the information and recommendation threshold. Air quality will be poor in Île-de-France, and the prefecture has therefore limited speeds on the entire Île-de-France road network. Paris, Ile-de-France, France on August 14, 2025. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Quality Alert in Paris This Weekend - Paris

AirParif announces that for the weekend of August 15, ozone formation from pollutants emitted in the region will occur, with a risk of exceeding the information and recommendation threshold. Air quality will be poor in Île-de-France, and the prefecture has therefore limited speeds on the entire Île-de-France road network. Paris, Ile-de-France, France on August 14, 2025. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - NORMANDY - MANCHE (50) - SAINTE MARIE DU MONT: SITE 7: UTAH BEACH - LA MADELEINE - TERMINAL NO. 00 OF THE VOIE DE LA LIBERTE. THE FREEDOM ROUTE IS A 1,142 KILOMETER ROUTE WHICH COMMEMORATES THE VICTORY OF THE ALLIES AND THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IT IS MATERIALIZED BY A SERIES OF KILOMETER MARKERS ALONG THE ROAD NETWORK BETWEEN UTAH BEACH (AND SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE FOR TERMINAL 0) AND BASTOGNE IN THE BELGIAN PROVINCE OF LUXEMBOURG, MARKING THE ROUTE FOLLOWED BY THE 3RD AMERICAN ARMY COMMANDED BY GENERAL PATTON. ON JUNE 6, 1944, IN NORMANDY, AMERICAN FORCES LANDED ON UTAH BEACH, 2.5 KILOMETERS FURTHER SOUTH THAN PLANNED. THIS NAVIGATION ERROR WAS BENEFICIAL, IT PUT THE AMERICAN TROOPS OUT OF RANGE OF THE POWERFUL COASTAL BATTERIES OF CRISBECQ-SAINT-MARCOUF AND AZEVILLE. BRIGADIER GENERAL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, SECOND IN COMMAND OF THE 4TH US INFANTRY DIVISION, TOUCHED NORMANDY SOIL AT 6:40 A.M. WITH THE FIRST ASSAULT WAVE, MADE UP OF ELEMENTS OF THE 8TH INF

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Mass Electrical Outage - Spain

A woman illuminates a map of the Madrid Metro network at a station with her cell phone flashlight on April 28, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. Trains at a standstill, subways closed, road traffic paralyzed, flights canceled, communications partially cut... the Iberian Peninsula suffered an unprecedented blackout shortly after midday on Monday April 28. The causes have not yet been established. Photo by Alejandro Martínez Vélez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli army demolishes industrial facilities and electrical network - West Bank

Israeli military vehicles move along a road near agricultural lands close to the apartheid wall in the village of Ithna, west of Hebron, on February 4, 2025. The Israeli army arrests a young Palestinian during the process of demolishing a number of industrial facilities, leveling lands, and cutting the electrical network in the area. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli army demolishes industrial facilities and electrical network - West Bank

Israeli military vehicles move along a road near agricultural lands close to the apartheid wall in the village of Ithna, west of Hebron, on February 4, 2025. The Israeli army arrests a young Palestinian during the process of demolishing a number of industrial facilities, leveling lands, and cutting the electrical network in the area. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Becomes The World's Largest Food Delivery Market

Food delivery workers wait for business by the side of a road in Chongqing, China, January 4, 2025. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of online food delivery users in China has reached 545 million.

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China Becomes The World's Largest Food Delivery Market

Food delivery workers wait for business by the side of a road in Chongqing, China, January 4, 2025. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of online food delivery users in China has reached 545 million.

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CHINA-GUIYANG-RURAL ROADS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- GUIYANG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 25, 2024 shows a rural road in Chaole Township of Meitan County in Zunyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In the past ten years, the rural road network in Guizhou Province has been significantly improved. By the end of 2023, the total mileage of rural roads in Guizhou has reached 185,000 kilometers. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-GUIYANG-RURAL ROADS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- GUIYANG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 25, 2024 shows a rural road in Yongxing Township of Meitan County in Zunyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In the past ten years, the rural road network in Guizhou Province has been significantly improved. By the end of 2023, the total mileage of rural roads in Guizhou has reached 185,000 kilometers. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-GUIYANG-RURAL ROADS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- GUIYANG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 26, 2023 shows a rural road in Jiaona Township of Wangmo County, Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qianxinan, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In the past ten years, the rural road network in Guizhou Province has been significantly improved. By the end of 2023, the total mileage of rural roads in Guizhou has reached 185,000 kilometers. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-GUIYANG-RURAL ROADS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- GUIYANG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 16, 2024 shows a vehicle running in Xiaoqikong Township of Libo County, Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In the past ten years, the rural road network in Guizhou Province has been significantly improved. By the end of 2023, the total mileage of rural roads in Guizhou has reached 185,000 kilometers. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-GUIYANG-RURAL ROADS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- GUIYANG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 25, 2024 shows a vehicle running on a rural road in Longfeng Village of Xinglong Township in Meitan County of Zunyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In the past ten years, the rural road network in Guizhou Province has been significantly improved. By the end of 2023, the total mileage of rural roads in Guizhou has reached 185,000 kilometers. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-GUIYANG-RURAL ROADS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- GUIYANG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 24, 2023 shows a rural road in a township of Liupanshui City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In the past ten years, the rural road network in Guizhou Province has been significantly improved. By the end of 2023, the total mileage of rural roads in Guizhou has reached 185,000 kilometers. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-GUIYANG-RURAL ROADS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- GUIYANG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 26, 2024 shows a rural road in Huamao Village of Fengxiang Township, Zunyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In the past ten years, the rural road network in Guizhou Province has been significantly improved. By the end of 2023, the total mileage of rural roads in Guizhou has reached 185,000 kilometers. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-GUIYANG-RURAL ROADS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- GUIYANG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows a rural road in a township of Panzhou City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In the past ten years, the rural road network in Guizhou Province has been significantly improved. By the end of 2023, the total mileage of rural roads in Guizhou has reached 185,000 kilometers. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A vehicle is seen at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A participant inspects a vehicle before departure at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A vehicle waits for departure at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A vehicle enters a smoggy area at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A referee communicates with a participant at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Vehicles wait for departure at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A vehicle goes through a simulated pedestrian avoidance test at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Vehicles wait for departure at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Vehicles go through a simulated pedestrian avoidance test at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle is seen at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A participant inspects a vehicle before departure at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle enters a smoggy area at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A referee communicates with a participant at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Vehicles go through a simulated pedestrian avoidance test at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle waits for departure at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle goes through a simulated pedestrian avoidance test at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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"East Meets West" concert showcases Chinese traditional music in Malta

STORY: "East Meets West" concert showcases Chinese traditional music in Malta SHOOTING TIME: May 22, 2024 DATELINE: May 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: MSIDA, Malta CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the concert STORYLINE: A concert titled "East Meets West: A Glimpse of the Silk Road" was staged Wednesday night at the University of Malta, enchanting an audience of some 400 with a fusion of traditional Chinese musical instruments and the cello. The Network of International Culturalink Entities and the China Cultural Center in Malta jointly hosted the concert. The concert opened with a Chinese classic "Spring Blossoms on a Moonlit River," performed by the Chinese Orchestra of the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater. It concluded with an encore performance of the traditional Maltese piece "Sun," with the audience dancing to the music. The remarkable concert marks a new chapter in cultural exchanges between China and Malta, said Yuan Yuan, director of the China Cultural Center

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AUTONOMOUS DRIVING-MINIBUS (CN)

(240522) -- HANGZHOU, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A supervisor is pictured at the driver's seat on an autonomous driving minibus in Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. The autonomous driving bus route in Yuhang District is the first one of its kind powered by vehicle-road coordination technology in Hangzhou. This 5-kilometer bus line winds through schools, industrial parks, residential compounds and subway stations, free of charge for all citizens. Autonomous driving buses achieve holographic sensing of the road network through smart sensing devices such as high-definition cameras and radars along the roads. The vehicle-road coordination technology also effectively improves operational safety for the vehicles. That said, each of these buses still has a human supervisor, who would immediately take over the vehicle in case of emergency to further ensure passenger safety. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AUTONOMOUS DRIVING-MINIBUS (CN)

(240522) -- HANGZHOU, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A screen displays real-time road surface situation and operational information inside an autonomous driving minibus that runs on a road in Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. The autonomous driving bus route in Yuhang District is the first one of its kind powered by vehicle-road coordination technology in Hangzhou. This 5-kilometer bus line winds through schools, industrial parks, residential compounds and subway stations, free of charge for all citizens. Autonomous driving buses achieve holographic sensing of the road network through smart sensing devices such as high-definition cameras and radars along the roads. The vehicle-road coordination technology also effectively improves operational safety for the vehicles. That said, each of these buses still has a human supervisor, who would immediately take over the vehicle in case of emergency to further ensure passenger safety. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)