Xinhua photos of the day

A visitor takes photos of specimens of Yao ethnic medicinal herbs at a Yao ethnic medicine museum in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)

A delivery ceremony of two MA60 firefighting aircraft is held in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Aug. 26, 2024.
The first batch of China’s independently-developed MA60 firefighting airplanes was delivered to the Ministry of Emergency Management on Monday, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) said.
The two MA60 firefighting airplanes were delivered in Xi’an. They will play roles in the country’s emergency air-rescue sector, according to the AVIC, the country’s leading aircraft manufacturer. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

Ferrari’s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc competes during the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix Race at Zandvoort Circuit, the Netherlands, Aug. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 26, 2024 shows villagers drying agricultural products in Lutian Village of Tonggu County, Yichun City, east China’s Jiangxi Province. (Photo by Zhou Liang/Xinhua)

An ambulance wades through a waterlogged expressway in the rain in north China’s Tianjin, Aug. 26, 2024.
Tianjin Municipality upgraded its rainstorm alert on Monday morning after experiencing the heaviest rainfall of this year’s flood season. From 7 a.m. on Sunday to 2 p.m. Monday, the city’s average rainfall reached 85.6 mm, with a peak of 280.9 mm. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

A performer participates in Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain, Aug. 26, 2024.
Originated in the 1960s, the carnival is a way for Afro-Caribbean communities to celebrate their cultures and traditions. (Xinhua)

A farmer carries boxes to load tobacco leaves in a field in Pelagonia, North Macedonia’s agricultural area, between the cities of Bitola and Prilep, Aug. 25, 2024. (Photo by Tomislav Georgiev/Xinhua)

Children prepare for an opera performance during a rural youth art festival in Youyujing Village, Shuishi Township of Ningyuan County, central China’s Hunan Province, Aug. 25, 2024.
A rural youth art festival was held at an art and culture exchange center in Ningyuan County on Sunday, where over 30 children from Youyujing Village and Duoshan Village of the county enjoyed various activities such as singing songs of Yao ethnic group and performing plays in costumes designed and made by themselves.
In 2016, Zhou Yan, who graduated from an academy of fine arts, established the art and culture exchange center in her husband Liu Xiu’s hometown, Dayuan hamlet of Youyujing Village, hoping to help rural left-behind children through art education.
In recent years, the art and culture exchange center has gained social attention. In addition to daily art classes, the center also invite volunteers from many colleges and universities during winter and summer vacations to provide children with dance, vocal music, and literary creation classes. (Xinhua/Zhao Zhongzhi)

Dog owners get their wiener dogs ready before the Wiener Dog race at Huntington Beach in Orange County, California, the United States, Aug. 25, 2024. (Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua)