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Loach Breeding Base

Villagers set up greenhouses at a loach breeding base to ensure the normal growth of loaches in winter. Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China on December 2, 2025.

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Loach Breeding Base

Villagers set up greenhouses at a loach breeding base to ensure the normal growth of loaches in winter. Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China on December 2, 2025.

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Loach Breeding Base

Villagers set up greenhouses at a loach breeding base to ensure the normal growth of loaches in winter. Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China on December 2, 2025.

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Loach Breeding Base

Villagers set up greenhouses at a loach breeding base to ensure the normal growth of loaches in winter. Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China on December 2, 2025.

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Loach Breeding Base

Villagers set up greenhouses at a loach breeding base to ensure the normal growth of loaches in winter. Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China on December 2, 2025.

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Deadly Floods and Landslides in North and West Sumatra - Indonesia

Villagers and rescuers search for victims after floods and landslides hit Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on November 29, 2025. A total of 303 people died and 279 remain missing after flash floods and landslides struck three provinces in Indonesia's Sumatra region, the country's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Saturday. Photo by Andri Mardiansyah/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods and Landslides in North and West Sumatra - Indonesia

Rescue team and villagers work together to clean mud after floods and landslides in North Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, November 28, 2025. The number of fatalities from floods and landslides that struck Indonesia's Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra has risen to 164, with 79 people still missing and 12 others injured, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Friday. Photo by Gatha Ginting/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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At Least 61 People Killed in Indonesia Floods

A health worker distributes medicine to villagers after heavy rain and landslides in North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Nov. 27, 2025. Sri Wahyuni Pancasilawati, head of emergency handling, equipment and logistics at the Provincial Disaster Management Agency of North Sumatra, told Xinhua by phone on Thursday that 29 people have been killed after flash floods and landslides struck multiple regencies and cities across Indonesia's North Sumatra province. Photo by Gatha Ginting/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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At Least 61 People Killed in Indonesia Floods

A health worker distributes medicine to villagers after heavy rain and landslides in North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Nov. 27, 2025. Sri Wahyuni Pancasilawati, head of emergency handling, equipment and logistics at the Provincial Disaster Management Agency of North Sumatra, told Xinhua by phone on Thursday that 29 people have been killed after flash floods and landslides struck multiple regencies and cities across Indonesia's North Sumatra province. Photo by Gatha Ginting/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chive Industry - China

An aerial drone photo taken on November 11, 2025 shows villagers taking care of chives in Jueshan Village of Sandu Town in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Sandu Town has in recent years promoted the standardized and industrialized production of chives, and developed an integrated business system that ranges from planting and processing to sales and service. To date, the planting area of chives in Sandu Town has topped 43,000 mu (about 2,867 hectares, multiple cropping included), with an annual output of approximately 100,000 metric tons. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chive Industry - China

Villagers transfer chive bundles for sale in Jueshan Village of Sandu Town in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 28, 2025. Sandu Town has in recent years promoted the standardized and industrialized production of chives, and developed an integrated business system that ranges from planting and processing to sales and service. To date, the planting area of chives in Sandu Town has topped 43,000 mu (about 2,867 hectares, multiple cropping included), with an annual output of approximately 100,000 metric tons. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chive Industry - China

An aerial drone photo taken on November 11, 2025 shows villagers planting chives in Longxing Village of Sandu Town in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Sandu Town has in recent years promoted the standardized and industrialized production of chives, and developed an integrated business system that ranges from planting and processing to sales and service. To date, the planting area of chives in Sandu Town has topped 43,000 mu (about 2,867 hectares, multiple cropping included), with an annual output of approximately 100,000 metric tons. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chive Industry - China

Villagers clean harvested chives in Jueshan Village of Sandu Town in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 28, 2025. Sandu Town has in recent years promoted the standardized and industrialized production of chives, and developed an integrated business system that ranges from planting and processing to sales and service. To date, the planting area of chives in Sandu Town has topped 43,000 mu (about 2,867 hectares, multiple cropping included), with an annual output of approximately 100,000 metric tons. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chive Industry - China

Villagers sort harvested chives in Jueshan Village of Sandu Town in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 28, 2025. Sandu Town has in recent years promoted the standardized and industrialized production of chives, and developed an integrated business system that ranges from planting and processing to sales and service. To date, the planting area of chives in Sandu Town has topped 43,000 mu (about 2,867 hectares, multiple cropping included), with an annual output of approximately 100,000 metric tons. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chive Industry - China

Villagers sort harvested chives in Jueshan Village of Sandu Town in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 28, 2025. Sandu Town has in recent years promoted the standardized and industrialized production of chives, and developed an integrated business system that ranges from planting and processing to sales and service. To date, the planting area of chives in Sandu Town has topped 43,000 mu (about 2,867 hectares, multiple cropping included), with an annual output of approximately 100,000 metric tons. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Xi Jinping Visits A Pomelo - China

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with local villagers and farmers while visiting a pomelo growing base in Meizhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 7, 2025. Xi on Friday inspected the city of Meizhou in south China's Guangdong Province. Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Iranian villagers stir 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

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Chili Harvest - China

An aerial drone photo taken on October 19, 2025 shows villagers sorting chilies in Liuhetang Village, Kailu County of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 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

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Chili Harvest - China

An aerial drone photo taken on October 19, 2025 shows harvested chilies stacked at villagers' yards in Liuhetang Village, Kailu County of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 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

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Chili Harvest - China

Villagers sort chilies 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

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Chili Harvest - China

An aerial drone photo taken on October 19, 2025 shows villagers sorting chilies in Liuhetang Village, Kailu County of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 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

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Chili Harvest - China

An aerial drone photo taken on October 19, 2025 shows villagers sorting chilies in Liuhetang Village, Kailu County of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 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

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Chili Harvest - China

A drone photo taken on October 19, 2025 shows villagers harvesting chilies at a field in Liuhetang Village, Kailu County of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 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

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Temple Fair in Huzhou

HUZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 16, 2025 - Villagers perform traditional folk dances at a temple fair in Erdu Village, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China on October 16, 2025.

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Temple Fair in Huzhou

HUZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 16, 2025 - Villagers perform traditional folk dances at a temple fair in Erdu Village, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China on October 16, 2025.

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Xinjiang Tekes Wedding - China

Villagers welcome Kumusi Yesdawulti, the bride in a wedding procession, at the groom Bukehan Yelszi's home 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

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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

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

An aerial drone photo taken on October 4, 2025 shows a straw-woven dragon performance at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. 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

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

A drone photo taken on October 4, 2025 shows a scene during a straw-woven dragon performance at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. 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

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

Bao Guanjin (L), an inheritor of straw-woven dragon craftsmanship, makes 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

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

People dance with a 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

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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

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

People dance with a 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

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Autumn Harvest - China

An aerial drone photo shows villagers airing walnuts at a yard in Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province, September 8, 2025. Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Villagers are harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

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Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Villagers are harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

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Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Villagers are harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

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Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Villagers are harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

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Marigold Planting Base in Bijie

Villagers are harvesting marigolds in Gaopu Village, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China on August 24, 2025.

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Illustration - Pays-Basque

SPAIN, NAVARRA, BASQUE COUNTRY, LANTZ, THE CARNIVAL OF THE SMALL VILLAGE OF LANTZ IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS BASQUE CARNIVALS. THE VILLAGERS WEAR A SCARF ADORNED WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY. FEBRUARY 21, 2023 Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

A worker uses a tool to scrape salt from a drying pond in Garmian, southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

A worker uses a tool to scrape salt from a drying pond in Garmian, southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

Men work around salt ponds in Garmian, southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

A worker uses a tool to scrape salt from a drying pond in Garmian, southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

A worker uses a tool to scrape salt from a drying pond in Garmian, southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

A salt pond lies in front of mud-brick homes in Garmian, southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

Bags of refined salt are stacked beside the ponds in Garmian, Iraqi Kurdistan, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

A worker uses a tool to scrape salt from a drying pond in Garmian, southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

A worker carries a sack of salt across the ponds in Garmian, southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Salt Harvest Declines Sharply - Iraq

Men work around salt ponds in Garmian, southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on August 15, 2025. In the plains of Garmian, hundreds of residents continue an ancient salt-harvesting trade once known as "white gold." Production has sharply declined, with ponds now yielding less than a third of their former output, leaving villagers struggling against harsh natural conditions and poor infrastructure. Local harvester Peshkewt Saadoun explains that they collect two types of salt—coarse and fine—and notes that annual production has fallen from 800–900 tons in the past to about 250 tons today. Photo by Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM