XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024: WORLD NEWS (Part 1)

Fireworks illuminate the sky over the Arc de Triomphe during the New Year's celebrations on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, on Jan. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Firefighters conduct rescue works after earthquakes in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 3, 2024. On Jan. 1, 2024, a series of strong quakes of up to 7.6 magnitude rattled the Noto region and its vicinity and triggered a tsunami. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

This photo taken on Jan. 4, 2024 shows a view of the frozen Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. Temperature in St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, dropped to minus 25.3 degrees Celsius on Jan. 4, 2024, a frost that the city has not seen in over 70 years. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

Palestinian artist Amal Abu Al-Sabah paints on the rubble in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 5, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Pan Chunxi, head of the 15th Chinese medical team to the Comoros, examines a patient at the El-Maarouf Hospital in Moroni, capital of the Comoros, on Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

People walk past the logo of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 14, 2024. The WEF Annual Meeting 2024 was held in Davos, Switzerland, from Jan. 15 to 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

People visit the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland, on Jan. 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

People watch a tea art performance during a cultural event marking the Chinese Spring Festival in Rabat, Morocco, on Jan. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Huo Jing)

Visitors watch a dragon dance performance during a Lunar New Year celebration event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, on Feb. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

A sign showing support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is erected in a protest outside the United Kingdom High Court in London, Britain, on Feb. 21, 2024. The court on Feb. 21, 2024 concluded its two-day hearing on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against his extradition to the United States on espionage charges, but the judges said they would give their decision at a later date. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

This photo taken on Feb. 24, 2024 shows a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

People visit the TECNO booth during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 26, 2024. The 2024 edition of MWC featured around 2,400 exhibitors, including Chinese companies such as China Mobile, China Telecom, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Xiaomi and iFlytek. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Israeli troops conduct military operations in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis, on Feb. 28, 2024. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on March 6, 2024 shows a train running on a railroad bridge spanning the Sava River along the Belgrade-Novi Sad section of the Belgrade-Budapest railway in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo by Ren Weiyun/Xinhua)

This photo taken on March 8, 2024 shows giant panda cub Katyusha at Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia. Katyusha made its public debut on March 8, 2024 at Moscow Zoo. It was born here in August 2023. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)

An injured girl is treated at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza Strip city of Deir el-Balah, on March 8, 2024. (Xinhua)

This photo taken on March 12, 2024 in Ontario, Canada, shows Niagara Falls at sunrise. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

Smoke from fire rises above the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a shooting incident in the northwest of Moscow, Russia, on March 22, 2024. A terrorist attack on March 22, 2024 at Moscow's Crocus City Hall concert venue resulted in over 140 deaths and more than 500 injuries. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)

This photo taken on March 24, 2024 shows a view of the Fox Glacier on the west coast of the South Island, New Zealand. A snowline survey revealed "continued shrinkage" of glaciers in New Zealand. (Photo by Yang Liu/Xinhua)

Representatives vote on a draft resolution during a UN Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 25, 2024. The Security Council on March 25, 2024 adopted a resolution that demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan. (Xinhua/Xie E)

Then President of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd L, rear) and others bow at a press conference after health issues were reported by individuals who have consumed the drugmaker's dietary supplements with red yeast rice, or beni-koji, in Osaka, Japan, on March 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Rescuers work at the site of a bus crash near Mamatlakala in Limpopo province, South Africa, on March 29, 2024. A total of 45 people were killed and one seriously injured in a bus crash that occurred on March 28, 2024 in South Africa's northeastern province of Limpopo. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)

Rescuers work at the site of an Israeli missile attack targeting the consulate building of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria, on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

Workers are pictured at a construction site at the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park in Mbale, Uganda, on April 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

A total solar eclipse is seen from Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada, on April 8, 2024. The total solar eclipse swept across North America on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on April 14, 2024 shows tulip fields in Lisse, the Netherlands. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

An aerial drone photo taken on April 17, 2024 shows an electrical multiple unit (EMU) train running along the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Indonesia. The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway marked its six months of operation on April 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

Returned Chinese cultural objects are presented at a handover ceremony at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States, on April 17, 2024. The U.S. side returned 38 pieces of Chinese cultural objects to the Chinese side on April 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

A screenshot captured from a video released on April 27, 2024 shows the wreckage of what the Houthi group said was a "U.S. MQ9 spy drone" in a mountain in Saada, northern Yemen. Yemen's Houthi group on April 27, 2024 posted a video showing the downing of what it said was a "U.S. MQ9 spy drone" over the northern Yemeni province of Saada. (Xinhua)

Humanitarian aid packages dropped by a plane land over the Gaza Strip on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Rahman Salama/Xinhua)

A pro-Palestinian protester kneels down in front of police officers outside an encampment of tents in support of Palestinians near Royce Hall of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on May 1, 2024. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have spread at colleges and universities across the United States amid the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. (Xinhua)

Vladimir Putin gives a speech during an inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2024. Putin was officially sworn in on May 7, 2024 as President of the Russian Federation for a six-year term. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)

People stay at the balcony of a waterlogged building in Sao Leopoldo, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on May 7, 2024. Since April 29, 2024, rains and floods have caused the worst climate tragedy in the history of Rio Grande do Sul. Recovery work started after the flooding began to subside in mid-June of 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Su-25 attack aircraft fly over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade, which marks the 79th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War, in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)

People attend a funeral ceremony held for Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi and others in Tabriz, Iran, on May 21, 2024. Raisi, along with his entourage, died when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous area in East Azarbaijan province of Iran on May 19, 2024. (Xinhua)

Then British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak returns to 10 Downing Street after delivering a speech in London, Britain, on May 22, 2024. Sunak announced on May 22, 2024 that the country would hold a general election in July. The British Conservative Party lost heavily in the July election, allowing the Labour Party to return to power after 14 years. (Xinhua)

Jens Stoltenberg (front), then secretary general of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), attends a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary, on June 12, 2024. Hungary would not participate in NATO efforts in Ukraine, Orban said here on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

People hold posters as Dave Calhoun, then Boeing CEO, testifies during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing titled "Boeing's Broken Safety Culture" in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

Attendees prepare for a group photo before a European Council summit in Brussels, Belgium, on June 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)

This long-exposure photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows the eruption of the active volcano Mount Yasur on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

A firefighter works to put out a fire in Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, on July 7, 2024. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)

Donald Trump (2nd L, front) and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (2nd R, front) gesture during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the United States, on July 18, 2024. Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination for president on July 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)