INDIA A health worker collects a swab sample of a traveler for COVID-19 testing outside a train station in Bangalore on June 23. The emergence of the Delta plus COVID-19 variant has paused the relaxa
A health worker collects a swab sample of a traveler for COVID-19 testing outside a train station in Bangalore on June 23. The emergence of the Delta plus COVID-19 variant has paused the relaxation of lockdown restrictions in the nation
NEW ZEALAND
A police officer patrols at Fieldays， the biggest agribusiness event in New Zealand， at Mystery Creek of Hamilton on June 17
IRAN
President-elect Ebrahim Raisi attends his first press conference after winning the election in Tehran on June 21. He called on the U.S. to lift “all unjust sanctions” on Iran
UNITED NATIONS
António Guterres （right） takes the oath of office for his second term as UN secretary general， starting on January 1， 2022， at the UN headquarters in New York on June 18
GREECE
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis （right） and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend the presentation of Greece’s pandemic recovery spending plan in Athens on June 17. The EU has earmarked 30.5 billion euros （$36.4 billion） for Greece’s recovery fund between 2021 and 2026
UNITED STATES
People take part in a celebration of Juneteenth， a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S.， in Dallas， Texas， on June 19
The fire ant， a creature measuring only 3 to 6 mm， recently caused a big stir in China. It has prompted a joint prevention and control drive by nine ministries as it has already caused a lot of harm t
Recently， the Chinese have started to boycott several foreign companies that are refusing to use cotton from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. These companies alleged that Xinjiang cotton is a product
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I once asked Dr. Henry Kissinger whether he had seen any Marxist classics in late Chairman Mao Zedong’s personal library， since Mao had received him there multiple times. His answer was probably not.
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A group of photographers made an art odyssey to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region last year， exploring its natural beauty and the colorful lives of the people there. Fifty-six ethnic groups， including
For the past 35 years， Liu Ying， 41， a designer and embroiderer of the Miao ethnic group， has been tirelessly promoting her subtle but vividly unique art. The Miao people mainly live in the southwest
