Actresses perform in ice ballet play "The Nutcracker" in celebration of the upcoming New Year in Vladivostok, Russia, Dec. 22, 2024. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)
People are pictured in front of a residential house adorned with Christmas lights and decorations on a street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Dec. 22, 2024. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Dec. 23, 2024 shows a Honda dealer in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese automakers Honda Motor and Nissan Motor announced Monday they have agreed to begin talks on a merger that would establish a new holding company by around August 2026, as the global auto industry's competition in electrification and software integration intensifies. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)
Empoli's goalkeeper Devis Vasquez (1st R) fails to save the goal by Atalanta's Charles De Ketelaere during a Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and Empoli in Bergamo, Italy, Dec. 22, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
A man dressed as Santa Claus rappels down from the roof of a hospital to deliver gifts to children in Zagreb, Croatia, Dec. 23, 2024. (Luka Stanzl/PIXSELL via Xinhua)
An apprentice of Li Chunke, a national-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor of ivory carving, makes an antler carving artwork at Li Chunke's studio in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 17, 2024. Ivory Carving, an ancient craft in China, was famous for its elegance due to its pure white material -- ivory. The earliest ivory carving artwork was found in a cultural relic in China during the Neolithic Age, dating back to 7,000 years ago. Beijing Ivory Carving, featuring elegant and luxuriant styles inherited from the imperial art, goes through several main procedures before completion such as designing, hewing, shoveling, face shaping and grinding. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Tourists visit the 37th Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Expo in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 23, 2024. The 37th Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Expo began its trial operation here Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 18, 2024 shows kids playing at Longteng Hamlet, Na'an Village in Tongmu Town of Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Nestled in central Guangxi, Longteng Hamlet boosts 49 ancient buildings in the style of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. From the end of the Ming dynasty to the present, for more than 400 years, the Liang clan has thrived here, which has been 17 generations so far.
As living standards improved in recent years, the cultural life of the villagers has become increasingly rich, with various activities injecting vitality into the hamlet. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
Children try to receive food relief at a food distribution center in Gaza City, Dec. 23, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
People take a cable car at the Popova Sapka Ski Center, some 60 kilometers west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Dec. 22, 2024. (Photo by Tomislav Georgiev/Xinhua)
