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Construction Site of Ice and Snow World - China

A worker trims a piece of ice at the construction site of Ice and Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 5, 2025. The 27th edition of Ice and Snow World in Harbin has recently kicked off its construction work, which involves more than 10,000 workers and about 1,000 machines. The park area is expected to be extended to 1.2 million square meters, the largest of all editions in history. Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

A staff member trims saplings at a tree cultivation base in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Wildlife Physical Examination in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - A veterinarian trims the toes of an Asian elephant at the Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Nov 21, 2024.

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Wildlife Physical Examination in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - A veterinarian trims the toes of an Asian elephant at the Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Nov 21, 2024.

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Wildlife Physical Examination

A veterinarian trims the toenails of an Asian elephant at Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province, Nov 21, 2024.

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Wildlife Physical Examination

A veterinarian trims the toenails of an Asian elephant at Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province, Nov 21, 2024.

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Nomadic People - Iran

A Qashqai man trims his beard. The Qashqai nomads migrate seasonally across the Zagros Mountains. Iran, November 4, 2024. Photo by Zurvan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-JIANGSU-ZHEJIANG-TAIHU LAKE-GREEN TRANSFORMATION (CN)

(240415) -- BEIJING, April 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ting, a homestay manager, trims pot plants at her homestay near Taihu Lake at Dongshan Town of Wuzhong District in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 11, 2024. Chen started her homestay business after resigning her work as a bank employee in 2018. Located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Taihu Lake is an important water source for 17 million residents in one of China's most densely populated and economically developed areas. The water quality of Taihu Lake, China's third-largest freshwater lake, keeps impoving over the years and reached in 2023 its best level since 2007. The improved ecological environment has also boosted economic development around the lake, with a booming of various industries including sightseeing, outdoor sports, etc. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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Qinhu Smart Agricultural Park digital factory in Taizhou

TAIZHOU, CHINA - APRIL13, 2024 - A worker trims purple anemone at Qinhu Smart Agricultural Park digital factory in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China, April 13, 2024.

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Qinhu Smart Agricultural Park digital factory in Taizhou

TAIZHOU, CHINA - APRIL13, 2024 - A worker trims purple anemone at Qinhu Smart Agricultural Park digital factory in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China, April 13, 2024.

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CHINA-LIAONING-DOUGH SCULPTURE (CN)

(240315) -- YINGKOU, March 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Qunhou trims a dough sculpture work in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 13, 2024. Chen Qunhou, 67, is the fifth-generation inheritor of Chen's dough sculpture, a renowned dough handicraft in Yingkou. Chen has improved the coloring techniques of dough sculpture by integrating artistic elements from wood carving, clay sculpture, jade carving and oil painting into the traditional art form. He also promoted the dough sculpture art at schools and nursing homes, aiming to cultivate a deeper appreciation for it among a wider audience. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-MACAO-SPRING FESTIVAL-BLOOMING MARKET (CN)

(240206) -- MACAO, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member trims peach twigs at "Pui Kei Garden," a peach blossom farm, in south China's Macao, Feb. 5, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Macao welcomes Year of Dragon with blooming market" (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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CHINA-MACAO-SPRING FESTIVAL-BLOOMING MARKET (CN)

(240206) -- MACAO, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member trims peach twigs at "Pui Kei Garden," a peach blossom farm, in south China's Macao, Feb. 5, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Macao welcomes Year of Dragon with blooming market" (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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Xinhua Headlines: Foreign specialty crops thrive amid China's economic vitality

(231120) -- KUNMING, Nov. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Farmer Bi Jiafu trims a macadamia nut tree at his plantation in Xingtang Village of Yongde County, Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 23, 2019. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MEXICO-CILI-PRICKLY PEAR-ECONOMY (CN)

(231111) -- GUIYANG, Nov. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker trims a Cili tree in Chaxiang Village of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Nov. 8, 2023. Cili (Rosa roxburghii), meaning "thorn pear" in Chinese, is a yellowish, spiny fruit renowned for its rich vitamin C content and various nutritional benefits. This distinctive fruit is a hallmark produce of the mountainous regions in southwest China's Guizhou. Currently, the Cili production stands as a key driver in promoting rural revitalization in Longli County, Guizhou Province. The county's Cili cultivation area has expanded to 105,000 mu (7,000 hectares), yielding an annual output of 16,000 tons of fresh fruit. The comprehensive output value exceeds 400 million yuan (approximately 54.87 million U.S. dollars), significantly contributing to the income growth of the over 8,000 local farmers. Meanwhile in the semi-arid parts of Mexico, another kind of throny fruit also brings profits to local farmers. The prickly pear cactus is a plant that bear

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Japan crown prince attends tree-pruning event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (L) trims a branch during a tree-pruning event in Itako in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023. (Pool photo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong (L) trims rose sprays at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 20, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions includ

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Wildlife Physical Examination in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - A veterinarian trims the toenails of an Asian elephant at the Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province, Oct 24, 2023.

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EGYPT-MATROUH-PET CARNIVAL

(230821) -- MATROUH , Aug. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man trims a dog during a pet carnival in Matrouh Governorate, Egypt, Aug. 19, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pet carnival held in Egypt to raise animal protection awareness" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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CHINA-AFRICA-CROSS BORDER TRADE-FLOWER

(230720) -- NAIROBI, July 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A vendor trims flowers to be sold at a market in Nairobi, Kenya, July 10, 2023. China has held the position of Africa's largest trading partner for 14 consecutive years. Along the way, China and Africa collaboratively advance the development under the Belt and Road Initiative, opening up new avenues for cooperation. In recent years, the export of Kenyan flowers to China has experienced a consistent upward trend, propelled by factors including the establishment of direct flights between China and Africa and the optimizing of customs procedures. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

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CHINA-AFRICA-CROSS BORDER TRADE-FLOWER

(230720) -- NAIROBI, July 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A vendor trims flowers to be sold at a market in Nairobi, Kenya, July 10, 2023. China has held the position of Africa's largest trading partner for 14 consecutive years. Along the way, China and Africa collaboratively advance the development under the Belt and Road Initiative, opening up new avenues for cooperation. In recent years, the export of Kenyan flowers to China has experienced a consistent upward trend, propelled by factors including the establishment of direct flights between China and Africa and the optimizing of customs procedures. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

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CHINA-AFRICA-CROSS BORDER TRADE-FLOWER

(230720) -- NAIROBI, July 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A vendor trims flowers to be sold at a market in Nairobi, Kenya, July 10, 2023. China has held the position of Africa's largest trading partner for 14 consecutive years. Along the way, China and Africa collaboratively advance the development under the Belt and Road Initiative, opening up new avenues for cooperation. In recent years, the export of Kenyan flowers to China has experienced a consistent upward trend, propelled by factors including the establishment of direct flights between China and Africa and the optimizing of customs procedures. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

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CHINA-AFRICA-CROSS BORDER TRADE-FLOWER

(230720) -- NAIROBI, July 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A vendor trims flowers to be sold at a market in Nairobi, Kenya, July 10, 2023. China has held the position of Africa's largest trading partner for 14 consecutive years. Along the way, China and Africa collaboratively advance the development under the Belt and Road Initiative, opening up new avenues for cooperation. In recent years, the export of Kenyan flowers to China has experienced a consistent upward trend, propelled by factors including the establishment of direct flights between China and Africa and the optimizing of customs procedures. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-FLOWER VENDOR

(230704) -- NAIROBI, July 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A vendor trims flowers at a flower shop in Nairobi, Kenya on July 4, 2023. Kenya is one of the world's leading exporters of cut flowers. Its flower exports are among the top foreign exchange sources alongside tea, diaspora remittances and tourism. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-YICHUN-ECOLOGY (CN)

(230524) -- YICHUN, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member trims blueberry branches at a planting base in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 20, 2023. After banning commercial logging in 2013 for ecosystem restoration, Yichun, a city known as China's "forest capital" in Heilongjiang Province, has developed characteristic ecological industry while protecting the environment. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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U.S.-NEW YORK-DONALD TRUMP-CRIMINAL CHARGE

(230404) -- NEW YORK, April 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker trims branches blocking the view of a monitoring camera outside the complex of Manhattan Criminal Court and Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York, the United States, April 3, 2023. New York City further reinforced its security measures ahead of the scheduled arraignment of former U.S. President Donald Trump at a criminal court in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Liu Yanan)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-WUYUAN-TRADITIONAL OIL PAPER UMBRELLA (CN)

(230324) -- NANCHANG, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villager Zhang Shunnyu trims the edges of an oil-paper umbrella at a factory making Jialu oil-paper umbrella, a traditional Chinese handicraft with a history of over 800 years, in Wuyuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 1, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Traditional oil-paper umbrellas unfurl with flying colors" (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-INT'L WOMEN'S DAY-FLOWERS

(230308) -- VLADIVOSTOK, March 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A stall owner trims tulip flowers on a street in Vladivostok, Russia, March 8, 2023. Vladivostok, a city in the Russian Far East, is dotted with tulip stalls on the occasion of the International Women's Day. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinnua)

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Artificial eyelash factory in Indonesia

PURBALINGGA, Indonesia - A worker trims artificial eyelashes at a factory in Purbalingga in September 2010. The town in the Central Java province is considered the capital of fake eyelashes in Indonesia, as the products made there adorn the eyes of millions of people in Japan and other parts of the world.

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Toyota posts 2nd qtr profit, trims annual loss outlook on cost cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Executive Vice President Yoichiro Ichimaru speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2009, announcing that the auto company returned to the black in the July to September quarter for the first time in four quarters.

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Toyota posts 2nd qtr profit, trims annual loss outlook on cost cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Executive Vice President Yoichiro Ichimaru speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2009, announcing that the auto company returned to the black in the July to September quarter for the first time in four quarters.

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Sony in red for April-September, trims annual loss forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp.'s Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2009, at which the major electronics company announced it booked a group net loss of 63.4 billion yen in the April-September first half of fiscal 2009.

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Toyota trims annual loss forecasts on Prius, stays deep in red

TOKYO, Japan - Takahiko Ijichi (L), Toyota Motor Corp.'s senior managing director, discusses the company's business results at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 4. Toyota trimmed its full-year loss forecasts for the current business year as domestic sales began to pick up on booming demand for its best-selling Prius hybrid on the back of government stimulus measures for fuel-efficient cars.

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Nikkei trims early gains on bomb threat reports

TOKYO, Japan - A panel at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho displays a chart of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closing prices Sept. 18. The key Nikkei Stock Average closed the day higher, but lost about 100 points of early gains in the last three minutes of trading on reports that bomb threats were made against office building and hotels in the capital.

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Japanese crown prince

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito trims a branch during a tree pruning event in Bungoono in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2022.

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CHINA-BEIJING-ZOO-CHIMPANZEES BREEDER (CN)

(220730) -- BEIJING, July 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Zheng trims nails for Nan Nan at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, capital of China, July 14, 2022. Wang Zheng has worked at the Gorilla House of Beijing Zoo for 17 years. He takes care of all aspects about the animals living here. As a breeder, Wang needs to learn and understand the animals' psychological activities, temper, and their behavioral patterns for better breeding. The most unforgettable moment for Wang over the years was when Nan Nan, an artificially-raised chimpanzee, gave birth to a female cub in 2021. It was the second time Nan Nan had given birth to a cub. When Nan Nan gave birth to her first cub, she had no awareness of nursing. Wang and his colleagues then showed her videos of chimpanzee nursing and even demonstrated it by themselves with a doll. After giving birth for the second time, Nan Nan finally learned how to nurse with breeders' assistance. "As breeders, the happiest thing is that the animals we raise thrive in our zoo healthily, and

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-POLLUTION FIGHTER-PENCILS

(220315) -- GABORONE, March 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wada Kealotswe, founder of Eco Zera Pencils, trims a pencil using a pencil cutting machine bought from China in Gaborone, Botswana, March 6, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Botswana youth fights pollution by turning newspapers into pencils" (Photo by Sharon Tshipa/Xinhua)

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Takata trims net profit outlook for FY 2015 amid air bag fiasco

Takata Corp. executives attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2015, to announce earnings results for the six months ended Sept. 30. The company cut its group net profit outlook for fiscal 2015 after being hit by ballooning recall-related costs over its potentially faulty air bag inflators. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Artificial eyelash factory in Indonesia

PURBALINGGA, Indonesia - A worker trims artificial eyelashes at a factory in Purbalingga in September 2010. The town in the Central Java province is considered the capital of fake eyelashes in Indonesia, as the products made there adorn the eyes of millions of people in Japan and other parts of the world. (Kyodo)

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Intelligent Plant Factory

An employee trims tomato trees in an intelligent integrated double film greenhouse in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, December 9, 2020.

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Intelligent Plant Factory

An employee trims tomato trees in an intelligent integrated double film greenhouse in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, December 9, 2020.

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Toyota posts 2nd qtr profit, trims annual loss outlook on cost cu

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Executive Vice President Yoichiro Ichimaru speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2009, announcing that the auto company returned to the black in the July to September quarter for the first time in four quarters. (Kyodo)

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Toyota posts 2nd qtr profit, trims annual loss outlook on cost cu

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Executive Vice President Yoichiro Ichimaru speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2009, announcing that the auto company returned to the black in the July to September quarter for the first time in four quarters. (Kyodo)

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Sony in red for April-September, trims annual loss forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp.'s Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2009, at which the major electronics company announced it booked a group net loss of 63.4 billion yen in the April-September first half of fiscal 2009. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei trims early gains on bomb threat reports

TOKYO, Japan - A panel at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho displays a chart of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closing prices Sept. 18. The key Nikkei Stock Average closed the day higher, but lost about 100 points of early gains in the last three minutes of trading on reports that bomb threats were made against office building and hotels in the capital.

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Troussier to make Nakata decision 'on my own'

NARAHA, Japan - Japan coach Philippe Troussier speaks to reporters at the J-Village training facility in Fukushima Prefecture on Jan. 28, one day before the Frenchman trims the squad from 31 to 22 for the four-nation tournament in Hong Kong and the Asian Cup qualifiers in Macao. Troussier said that calling up AS Roma midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata for next month's Carlsberg Cup is ''something I would decide on my own.''