Autumn Scenery - China

Autumn Scenery - China

This aerial drone photo shows a villager drying persimmons in Pingle County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, November 1, 2025. Photo by Jiang Keqing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Newly Harvested Cotton - China

Newly Harvested Cotton - China

A villager loads bundles of newly harvested cotton in a field in Xayar County of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 21, 2025. The harvest season of cotton has started in Xayar County. Photo by Xinhua/Gu Yu/ABACAPRESS.COM

Chili Harvest - China

Chili Harvest - China

A villager dries chilies at a field in Liuhetang Village, Kailu County of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, October 19, 2025. Chilies cultivated in Kailu County have recently entered the harvest season. Currently, Kailu has around 600,000 mu (about 40,000 hectares) of chili cultivation area. Photo by Xinhua/Lian Zhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Xinjiang Tekes Wedding - China

Xinjiang Tekes Wedding - China

A villager plays the ethnic musical instrument dombra beside the bride Kumusi Yesdawulti in Karadala Township of Tekes County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 11, 2025. A blue sky, white clouds, vast grassland, horses and automobiles set a poetic and picturesque wedding scene for the newlyweds Kumusi Yesdawulti and Bukehan Yelszi. For the couple, having fallen in love a year ago, a traditional wedding ceremony was at the top of their to-do list. Without a hair out of place, Kumusi, dressed head to toe in traditional costume and adorned in a red veil, married her better half Bukehan, describing the wedding as a dream realized. Throughout the wedding festivities, the couple's loved ones congregated to join in the celebration. Some of them played traditional musical instruments, such as dombra, and performed inspiring festive dances, while others lent their hands to prepare local specialties, including naan bread and baursak. A modern outdoor wedding ensued at dusk in a forest park, wher

China: Deer Leaps Over Villager’s Head in Stunning Cornfield Dash

On September 25, 2025, in Liaoning, China, a Siberian roe deer leaped out of a cornfield, easily clearing a villager’s head before running off. Eyewitnesses suggested the deer may have accidentally wandered into the field while returning to the forest.

Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

Bao Guanjin (L), an inheritor of straw-woven dragon craftsmanship, works with a villager to make a mini straw-woven dragon at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, October 4, 2025. As China's Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, villagers at Shuyuan Village highlights their celebration with the straw-woven dragon performance. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

Bao Guanjin (L), an inheritor of straw-woven dragon craftsmanship, works with a villager to check a finished straw-woven dragon at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, October 4, 2025. As China's Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, villagers at Shuyuan Village highlights their celebration with the straw-woven dragon performance. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

Autumn Harvest - China

Autumn Harvest - China

A villager airs peanuts in Dongxinzhuang Town of Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province, September 11, 2025. Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Autumn Harvest - China

Autumn Harvest - China

An aerial drone photo shows a villager airs corns in Baotai Town, Pingyi County, Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, September 9, 2025. Photo by Wu Jiquan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kabul Kangana Grape Storage - Afghanistan

Kabul Kangana Grape Storage - Afghanistan

A villager uses finished Kangana jars as molds to shape bowls for new ones in the northern outskirts of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2025. The Kangana, an ancient clay jar to preserve grapes, has been widely used in the rural outskirts north of Kabul. This century-old Afghan container enables grapes harvested in the heat of summer to stay fresh until the following spring. A Kangana is an ellipsoid formed by placing two bowl-shaped compoents face to face, with no apparent front or back side. Once sealed with mud around its brim, the jar becomes nearly airtight, functioning as a natural "vacuum storage container." In some Afghan villages, the Kangana was once used to store peppers and apples as well. Today, with these vegetables and fruits available year-round, grapes remain as the main object in its starage. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kabul Kangana Grape Storage - Afghanistan

Kabul Kangana Grape Storage - Afghanistan

A villager, along with his children, shows two fully sealed Kangana jars in the northern outskirts of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2025. The Kangana, an ancient clay jar to preserve grapes, has been widely used in the rural outskirts north of Kabul. This century-old Afghan container enables grapes harvested in the heat of summer to stay fresh until the following spring. A Kangana is an ellipsoid formed by placing two bowl-shaped compoents face to face, with no apparent front or back side. Once sealed with mud around its brim, the jar becomes nearly airtight, functioning as a natural "vacuum storage container." In some Afghan villages, the Kangana was once used to store peppers and apples as well. Today, with these vegetables and fruits available year-round, grapes remain as the main object in its starage. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kabul Kangana Grape Storage - Afghanistan

Kabul Kangana Grape Storage - Afghanistan

A villager loads grapes into Kangana bowls in the northern outskirts of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2025. The Kangana, an ancient clay jar to preserve grapes, has been widely used in the rural outskirts north of Kabul. This century-old Afghan container enables grapes harvested in the heat of summer to stay fresh until the following spring. A Kangana is an ellipsoid formed by placing two bowl-shaped compoents face to face, with no apparent front or back side. Once sealed with mud around its brim, the jar becomes nearly airtight, functioning as a natural "vacuum storage container." In some Afghan villages, the Kangana was once used to store peppers and apples as well. Today, with these vegetables and fruits available year-round, grapes remain as the main object in its starage. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kabul Kangana Grape Storage - Afghanistan

Kabul Kangana Grape Storage - Afghanistan

A villager shows bowls of an extra-large Kangana jar in the northern outskirts of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2025. The Kangana, an ancient clay jar to preserve grapes, has been widely used in the rural outskirts north of Kabul. This century-old Afghan container enables grapes harvested in the heat of summer to stay fresh until the following spring. A Kangana is an ellipsoid formed by placing two bowl-shaped compoents face to face, with no apparent front or back side. Once sealed with mud around its brim, the jar becomes nearly airtight, functioning as a natural "vacuum storage container." In some Afghan villages, the Kangana was once used to store peppers and apples as well. Today, with these vegetables and fruits available year-round, grapes remain as the main object in its starage. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Villager Drying Rice

Villager Drying Rice

CONGJIANG, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - A villager is drying rice in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, China on August 25, 2025.

Villager Drying Rice

Villager Drying Rice

CONGJIANG, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - A villager is drying rice in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, China on August 25, 2025.

Villager Drying Rice

Villager Drying Rice

CONGJIANG, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - A villager is drying rice in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, China on August 25, 2025.

Villager Drying Rice

Villager Drying Rice

CONGJIANG, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - A villager is drying rice in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, China on August 25, 2025.

Villager Drying Rice

Villager Drying Rice

CONGJIANG, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - A villager is drying rice in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, China on August 25, 2025.

Villager Drying Rice

Villager Drying Rice

CONGJIANG, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - A villager is drying rice in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, China on August 25, 2025.

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

A villager is pouring marigolds into a fermentation pool in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

A villager is pouring marigolds into a fermentation pool in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

A villager is pouring marigolds into a fermentation pool in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

A villager is harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

A villager is pouring marigolds into a fermentation pool in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

A villager is harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

A villager is harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

A villager is harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

A villager is harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

Earthquake Reconstruction Efforts in Dingri - Tibet

Earthquake Reconstruction Efforts in Dingri - Tibet

People gather to drink tea at the new house of a villager at Zimgag Village of Dingri County, Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 15, 2025. A ceremony was held at Zimgag Village on Friday as a total of 2,578 households, 12,139 residents, affected by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in January, move to their news houses. Photo by Jiang Fan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Yuzhong Mountain Torrents Rescue Efforts - China

Yuzhong Mountain Torrents Rescue Efforts - China

Members of the People's Armed Police Force Gansu Corps search for villager's missing materials in Xinglongshan Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China's Gansu Province, on August 10, 2025. The People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) Gansu Corps mobilized over 400 officers and soldiers on Sunday, deploying them to several villages in Yuzhong County, including Xinglongshan, Maliantan, Xiaokangying, and Jiuzhuanggou. The forces will conduct disaster relief work, which includes searching for missing individuals, roadway clearing, transferring materials, and disinfecting affected areas. Photo by Hou Conghui /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm.Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cutting off more than 130 rural villages and leading to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes. A villager cleans up silt in Liudaogou Village in Liudaohe Town, Xinglong County of north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 1, 2025. Affected by heavy rainfall, some roads and houses were damaged in several villages in Liudaohe Town. In recent days, local authorities have organized efforts to carry out relief operations to restore roads, power supply and communication facilities, along with environmental disinfection measures. Photo by Wang Xiao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Peatland Fire - Indonesia

Peatland Fire - Indonesia

This photo taken on July 20, 2025 shows a villager riding his motorbike near a peatland fire at Palen Raya village in Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra province, Indonesia. Photo by M. Hatta/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Promoting Matcha Tea In Guizhou - China

Promoting Matcha Tea In Guizhou - China

Wei Yong R) demonstrates the technique of drying tea leaves to a villager at a tea processing factory in Jiangkou County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, China, on May 15, 2025. Located at the foot of Mount Fanjing, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jiangkou County is a powerhouse in the world's matcha industry. As a native of Jiangkou and a specialist of tea industry, Wei Yong works at the research and development department of Guizhou Gui Tea Group Co. Wei, who originally majored in chemical engineering, never imagined that his technical experience in product testing could contribute to the research and development of matcha industry in his hometown. He not only offers professional suggestions in various processes of matcha production, but also conducts tests and provides feedback on matcha products. Wei believes that matcha has brought not only technological breakthroughs but also reshaped the industrial structure of the tea industry in Guizhou. Matcha helps tea farmers increase their income while promotin

Terraced fields in China

Terraced fields in China

A villager walks in the terraced fields in Congjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on April 28, 2025. Photo by Yang Wenbin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

A villager arranges a drip irrigation pipe at a desert-control model zone in Yutian County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 8, 2025. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-locking e

Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

A villager plants coix at a sand industry experimental base in Yutian County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on April 8, 2025. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-locking efforts to ac

Incense Sticks Traditional Making - Vietnam

Incense Sticks Traditional Making - Vietnam

A villager arranges incense sticks in Quang Phu Cau Village, Vietnam, March 24, 2025. Quang Phu Cau Village, 35 kilometers south of Hanoi, has a long tradition of making incense sticks. These incense sticks need to go through a dozens of processes, such as bamboo splitting, dyeing, powder wrapping and drying, to be made. When bundles of incense sticks are spread out in courtyards and fields for drying, its various colors like vermilion, bright yellow, indigo, emerald green and others form a spectacular scene, attracting many tourists and photographers. Photo by Zhu Wei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM