A worker carries jute at a jute market in Manikganj, Bangladesh on Aug. 20, 2025. (Photo by Habibur Rahman/Xinhua)
Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe is arrested in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 22, 2025.
Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over alleged misuse of state funds, state media reported. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 22, 2025 shows the Baotu Spring in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)
This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2025 shows the site of a bridge construction accident on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
Twelve people have been confirmed dead and four remain missing as of 6 p.m. Friday after a steel cable snapped during bridge construction in Qinghai Province, according to the emergency command headquarters handling the accident. (Xinhua/Wang Yan)
Palestinians fleeing to south Gaza Strip are seen on a road in Gaza City, Aug. 22, 2025.
Israeli forces have been besieging the densely populated Gaza City for about two weeks from several directions. Israeli officials said that evacuation notices would be issued to Palestinians there before the army moves in, according to Palestinian security sources. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Giant pandas Leni (Top) and Lotti (L, Bottom), known in Chinese as Meng Hao and Meng Tian, and their mother Meng Meng are seen at Zoo Berlin in Berlin, Germany, Aug. 22, 2025.
Giant panda twins Leni and Lotti marked their very first birthday here on Friday. (Xinhua/Du Zheyu)
This photo taken on Aug. 20, 2025 shows a scene at the smart workshop of SinceTech, a shoe material textile company, in Jinjiang, southeast China's Fujian Province.
Cities of southeast China's Fujian Province have been taking good use of digital and intelligent technologies to upgrade its traditional industries in recent years. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Members of the National Guard patrol inside Union Station in Washington, D.C., the United States, Aug. 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Yousong)
