Xinhua photos of the day

Tourists are ready to ride in a hot air balloon in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 16, 2024. Themed “Hegra Sunrise Sky Tour,” a hot air balloon event took place on Saturday at Hegra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in AlUla. (Xinhua/Luo Chen)

A drone photo taken on Nov. 15, 2024 shows the Laigu glacier in Baxoi County of Qamdo, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Purbu Tsering)

Tashi Wang looks at Xianhu, a string instrument, at home in Batang County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Nov. 5, 2024.
Xianzi dance is a popular art form in Batang County. The 66-year-old Tashi Wang, a master of Xianhu string instrument, is the provincial inheritor of Batang Xianzi dance. In order to protect and inherit Xianzi dance and Xianhu making skills, Tashi Wang built a Xianhu making workshop in his house, and performed in various activities to demonstrate the rhythm of Xianhu and the charm of Xianzi dance. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 16, 2024 shows part of Nujiang River zigzag road on the Sichuan-Xizang highway in Baxoi County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Kelsang Namgyai)

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 16, 2024 shows people skiing at a ski resort in Hulun Buir, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)

Trinity Essence Baptiste (L) of Team Shijiazhuang competes during a match between Team Shijiazhuang and Team Dongguan at the 2024-2025 season Women’s Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) league in Shijiazhuang, north China’s Hebei Province, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Liang Zidong/Xinhua)

A supermoon is seen at the Campidoglio in Rome, Italy, Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

This photo shows the smoke caused by Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 15, 2024. Israeli warplanes raided the Ghobeiry area in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday morning, shortly after the Israeli army spokesman issued a warning to evacuate several buildings in the area. (Str/Xinhua)

An undergraduate puts on an elastic electroencephalogram cap at a laboratory in Tianjin University in Tianjin, north China, Nov. 15, 2024. Tianjin University enrolled the first batch of freshmen majored in brain-machine interface (BMI), with interdisciplinary courses ranging from the basic theory of brain-machine interaction to device system development, transformation and application. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

People choose Christmas products at a Christmas market in downtown Budapest, Hungary on Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)