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Lebanon: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Near Sidon

Israel carried out 2 airstrikes targeting alleged Hezbollah weapons warehouse locations near Sidon on Monday, February 19. Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that "Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Ghaziyeh". The Israeli army said that the attack was in "response to to the explosion of an enemy drone, the wreckage of which was found near the Tiberias area this afternoon." This live footage shows smoke billowing as seen from Sidon.

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Exhibition on works of Chinese Australian artists held in Sydney

STORY: Exhibition on works of Chinese Australian artists held in Sydney DATELINE: May 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: A painting exhibition opened in Sydney, Australia on Thursday, featuring over 60 artworks created by Chinese Australian artists to boost dialogue between Eastern and Western cultures. Held at the China Cultural Center in Sydney, the exhibition was divided into two sections with the paintings of three artists and also siblings. The first section includes more than 40 ink paintings by Ren Jianguo, who once learned from famous Chinese painter Li Keran, while the second presents the works of Ren Guozhong and Ren Lihong with acrylic and color hand-painting as a medium. Like being immersed in an artistic journey from past to present, visitors can not only sense the beauty of China's mountains and water scenery and street views in traditional Chinese painting styles, but also enjoy innovative combinati

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR(CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors learn about a baby carriage product at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR(CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors learn about porcelain products at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR(CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors learn about remote-control toy cars at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR(CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors learn about glass products at the Glass Artware exhibition section of the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR(CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors learn about maternity and baby related products at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors are seen at the Maternity, Baby and Children Products exhibition section of the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors and exhibitors negotiate business deals at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor tries a massage chair at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views glasses at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor and an exhibitor negotiate business deals at the Clocks, Watches & Optical Instruments exhibition section of the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors learn about baby carriage products at the second phase of 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor checks gardening products at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors learn about the performance of drone products at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors and exhibitors negotiate business deals at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors and exhibitors negotiate business deals at the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 23, 2023. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR (CN)

(230423) -- GUANGZHOU, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows an interior view of the venue of the second phase of the 133rd session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. The second phase of the 133rd session of the Canton Fair kicked off Sunday with 18 exhibition sections and 24,000 booths, attracting approximately 12,000 enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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OTC market to have 2 sections

TOKYO, Japan - Jnobuo Kurakazu, the appointed president of Jasdaq Market Inc., operator of the over-the-counter (OTC) stock market, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on June 1. He said Jasdaq plans to divide the market into first and second sections early in 2002 in a bid to lure more companies and investors.

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Water level of Danube River in Romania drops to multi-year lows

STORY: Water level of Danube River in Romania drops to multi-year lows DATELINE: Aug. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Bucharest CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the dried-up Danube River bed 2. SOUNDBITE (Romanian): Local resident STORYLINE: Months of drought has led to dramatic reduction in the flow of the Danube, with water level in several sections dropping to multi-year lows. The Danube river is the second longest river in Europe. Near the southern Romania's town of Zimnicea, which is separated from Bulgaria by the river, the Romanian side of the Danube has completely dried up, while the Bulgarian side is barely passable. The exposed riverbed of the Danube has become a wide sandy beach, which has begun to attract local residents to pay a visit. SOUNDBITE (Romanian): Local resident "The drought this year is too severe and the river has receded to that part. This has never happened. This is the first time I've encountered since I was born." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reportin

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[GRAPHICS]CHINA-XINJIANG-DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY

(220630) -- URUMQI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was put into operation on Thursday. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. (Xinhua/Ma Zegang)

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[GRAPHICS]CHINA-XINJIANG-DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY

(220630) -- URUMQI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was put into operation on Thursday. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. (Xinhua/Ma Zegang)

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[GRAPHICS]CHINA-XINJIANG-DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY

(220630) -- URUMQI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was put into operation on Thursday. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. (Xinhua/Ma Zegang)

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[GRAPHICS]CHINA-XINJIANG-DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY

(220630) -- URUMQI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was put into operation on Thursday. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. (Xinhua/Ma Zegang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 23, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on July 5, 2018 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 24, 2022 (photo taken by Li Xiang), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on July 5, 2018 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 27, 2022 (photo taken by Gu Yu), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on May 16, 2020 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 25, 2022 (photo taken by Li Xiang), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 25, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The opening ceremony of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert is held in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Ma Zegang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on July 5, 2018 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 26, 2022 (photo taken by Li Xiang), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 26, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows sand barriers along a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 27, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Gu Yu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a construction site of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert on July 5, 2018 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same site where a toll station and service area have been set up on June 27, 2022 (photo taken by Su Chuanyi), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 26, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on May 17, 2020 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 24, 2022 (photo taken by Li Xiang), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo taken by satellite shows the same area of the Taklimakan Desert before the construction (L) and after the construction of a a new highway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Gu Yu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 23, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Gu Yu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 25, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers lay grass grids along a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 10, 2018. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers work at the construction site of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 5, 2018. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows cars running on a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers lay grass grids along a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 13, 2018. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 26, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a section of a new desert highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert over the Tarim River in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 22, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 25, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 26, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 25, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Su Chuanyi)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows a section of a new desert highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert over the Tarim River in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 22, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)