An aerial photo taken on Oct. 2, 2026 shows a view of Le Morne Cultural Landscape in Black River District, Mauritius. Le Morne Cultural Landscape, a rugged mountain that juts into the Indian Ocean in the southwest of Mauritius, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2008. (Xinhua/Chen Wei)
Tourists wearing exoskeleton robots hike in the Qiyun Mountain scenic area of Xiuning County, Huangshan City, east China’s Anhui Province, Oct. 2, 2026.
The Qiyun Mountain scenic area offers exoskeleton robot rentals during the National Day holiday to help visitors hike with less effort. (Photo by Shi Yalei/Xinhua)
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is announced in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 5, 2026. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute announced. (Xinhua/Lyu You)
A Chinese tourist poses with a Chinese high school textbook with cover of the Colosseum in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, Oct. 4, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Children run amid flowers in Longshanhu Village, Baitu Town of Jurong City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Oct. 5, 2026. Large numbers of visitors have flocked to rural areas across China during the National Day holiday. (Photo by Zhong Xueman/Xinhua)
Tourists visit Qilou Old Street in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, presidential candidate of Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party, attends a press conference after the announcement of the first-round results of the presidential election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 4, 2026. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)