This photo taken on July 2, 2025 shows Chinese farmer Zhang Shengwu posing in his homemade submarine in a river in Hanshan county, in China's eastern Anhui province. A 60-year-old farmer in China has built his own “Big Black Fish” – a homemade submarine that can accommodate two people, dive eight metres and stay underwater for 30 minutes at a time. Zhang recently launched his five-ton sub into the river near his rural home, state broadcaster CCTV reported on July 17. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Aerial view of over a thousand enthusiasts performing in a cheongsam (qipao) show in a lotus garden at Jiulongkou National Wetland Park on July 6, 2025 in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Sun Jialu/VCG via Getty Images)





Employees work on a production line of electric car charging station at a factory in Ruichang, in central China's Jiangxi province on July 9, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





K1 robots from Booster Robotics operate before leaving for the Brazil Robocup at a pre-competition exploration camp in Beijing, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A K1 robot from Booster Robotics operates before leaving for the Brazil Robocup at a pre-competition exploration camp in Beijing, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A K1 robot from Booster Robotics operates before leaving for the Brazil Robocup at a pre-competition exploration camp in Beijing, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A person crosses a wire bridge at an athletic playground in Shanghai, China on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Reuters)





Tourists and locals dance around a bonfire in Yue Opera Town at night on July 12, 2025 in Shengzhou, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Pan Weifeng/VCG via Getty Images)





Aerial view of tourists enjoying the coolness at Dapu Tsunami World water park in summer on July 12, 2025 in Wuhu, Anhui Province of China. (Photo by Xiao Benxiang/VCG via Getty Images)





Residents enjoy the cool in an air-raid shelter on a hot summer day on July 15, 2025 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province of China. As heat wave sweeps multiple regions across China in recent days, many people in big cities have found that air raid shelters are an ideal place to escape from the scorching heat. (Photo by Zhang Yuan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)





The Long March-7 Y10 carrier rocket carrying Tianzhou-9 blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on July 15, 2025 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China. China launched the cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-9 in the early morning of July 15 to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station. (Photo by Luo Yunfei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)





A child takes photos on a tram in Western district of Hong Kong on July 15, 2025. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)





A view of Taikoo Cave on July 15, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo by Qiu Hongbin/VCG via Getty Images)





Aerial view of villagers rowing buckets to harvest water chestnuts on July 17, 2025 in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Wang Xuchao/VCG via Getty Images)





Tourists and local residents hold burning torches to celebrate the Torch Festival at Yunnan Nationalities Village on July 19, 2025 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Liu Ranyang/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)





Aerial view of a high-rise “tea garden” spanning the rooftops of 16 office buildings on July 19, 2025 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. This “rooftop tea garden”, covering an area of approximately 10 mu, is planted with three tea varieties. Its annual tea output can reach up to 75 kilograms. (Photo by Zuo Dongchen/VCG via Getty Images)





People dressed in imperial-style costumes wait outside the Forbidden City in Beijing on July 20, 2025. (Photo by Greg Baker/AFP Photo)





A woman crosses an empty street in the Central district as Typhoon Wipha moves towards Hong Kong on July 20, 2025. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)





Farmers harvest lotus loots in a pond on July 21, 2025 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Lotus root harvest season is in full swing in Nantong as farmers work to harvest and transport fresh lotus roots to meet market demand. (Photo by Zhai Huiyong/VCG via Getty Images)





A bus driver takes a rest inside a luggage compartment, on a sweltering day, in Beijing, Tuesday July 22, 2025. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)