A flower-laying ceremony is held during a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War at Serafimov cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2025. The Serafimov cemetery is where victims died in the Siege of Leningrad were buried during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on May 8, 2025 shows the construction site of the Hebei section of Xiong'an-Xinzhou high-speed railway in north China's Hebei Province. The Xiong'an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is an important section of Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
People watch their mobile phones in a room during a blackout enforced by authorities in Srinagar city, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on May 9, 2025. Tensions have remained as flare-ups between Pakistan and India have entered the third day. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
Technical staff conduct inspection inside "Qihang," a tunnel boring machine deployed for the construction of a Yellow River tunnel in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, May 9, 2025. A shield machine of the south line of the Yellow River tunnel started boring in Jinan on Friday, with an excavation diameter of 15.06 meters.
The Yellow River tunnel has a total length of 3,888 meters, with 3,252 meters to be excavated using a shield machine. It is designed as a six-lane, bidirectional highway with a speed limit of 60 km/h. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)
The Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) attend a grand parade marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)
Soldiers march during a grand parade marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Lai Xiangdong)
Zhao Jinhong of China reacts during the awarding ceremony for the women's 45kg competition at 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jiangshan, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Hou Zhaokang)
