People pose for photos at the Senado Square in Macao Special Administrative Region, on Dec 20, 2024. The day marks the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. [Photo/Xinhua]
The colorful Harbin Ice and Snow World in the capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province opens to the public on Dec 21, 2024. The theme park, built with 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow and covering an overall area of around 1 million square meters, will welcome visitors until late February. YUAN YONG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Runners wearing costumes participate in a marathon event in Huangpu district of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Dec 22, 2024. Around 20,000 runners competed in the event, which featured a marathon, a half-marathon and a 5-kilometer run. CHEN CHUHONG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE
Seagulls are seen foraging on a beach in Haigang district of Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on Dec 23, 2024. Recently, a large influx of migratory seagulls has landed on the beach, where they can be observed foraging and playing by the sea, drawing numerous tourists who come to engage with them. CAO JIANXIONG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Tourists visit the Hukou Waterfall Scenic Area in Jixian county, Shanxi province, on Dec 24, 2024. The waterfall, located on the Yellow River, offers a spectacular view during spring and autumn. The river and the waterfall have frozen due to recent plummeting temperatures, offering a unique scene that has attracted a large number of visitors. LYU GUIMING/FOR CHINA DAILY
A drone photo taken on Dec 25, 2024 shows migrant birds at the Lixiahe National Wetland Park in Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Test-takers enter an examination site for the 2025 postgraduate entrance exam in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, on Dec 21, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
A visitor poses in front of a work by photographer Guo Bo at the exhibition Shanghai: Capital of Photography 1910s-2020s at the Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum on Dec 24, 2024. The show, which will run through May 5 next year, features 268 works by 35 photographers and artists who have lived in Shanghai.
The photo taken on Dec 23, 2024 shows a worker takes care of flowers at a market in Linyi city, East China's Shandong province. As the Chinese New Year approaches, flower markets around the country are becoming increasingly popular, where people buy flowers to decorate their rooms to welcome the traditional holiday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Fish leap out of water as fishermen tighten the net during fishing at a reservoir in Zigui county, Hubei province, on Dec 24, 2024. WANG GANG/FOR CHINA DAILY
