A flooded street following heavy rains is seen in Changsha, in central China's Hunan province on June 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A man rides a scooter as cars drive through a flooded street following heavy rains in Changsha, in central China's Hunan province on June 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





People paddled past a flooded pavilion the flooded on July 2, 2024 in Wuhan, China.According to Xinhua News Agency, prolonged rainfall has led to flooding in multiple provinces in the Yangtze River Basin. The Ministry of Water Resources maintains a Level IV emergency response for flood prevention in 9 southern provinces of China. (Photo by Getty Images)





Employees clean up garbage on the water surface in the flooded Jiangtan park damaged by heavy rains along the Yangtze river on July 2, 2024 in Wuhan, China.According to Xinhua News Agency, prolonged rainfall has led to flooding in multiple provinces in the Yangtze River Basin. The Ministry of Water Resources maintains a Level IV emergency response for flood prevention in 9 southern provinces of China. (Photo by Getty Images)





A man with boy plays during flooded Jiangtan park damaged by heavy rains along the Yangtze river on July 2, 2024 in Wuhan, China.According to Xinhua News Agency, prolonged rainfall has led to flooding in multiple provinces in the Yangtze River Basin. The Ministry of Water Resources maintains a Level IV emergency response for flood prevention in 9 southern provinces of China. (Photo by Getty Images)





The photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows local residents looking at submerged buildings after a flood peak in Jiujiang, in central China's Jiangxi province. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Rescue workers evacuate flood-affected residents onto an inflatable boat at a residential development following heavy rains in Yueyang, in central China's Hunan province on July 2, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A drone view shows partially submerged temple and pagoda atop Luoxingdun island, as water levels at Poyang lake are nearing historic high following heavy rainfall in the region, in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Josh Arslan/Reuters)





A resident holds a child as she sits at a shop after a flood following heavy rainfall in Pingjiang county of Yueyang, Hunan province, China on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





A resident crosses a makeshift bridge after heavy rainfall and waters from the upstream Yangtze River flooded a town in Hukou county of Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





Fishermen pull a huge fishing net on the Qiandao Lake during harvest season on July 5, 2024 in Chun'an County, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Xie Hangkai/VCG via Getty Images)





A tourist riding a yak poses for a photo by the Yamdrok Lake in the summer on July 5, 2024 in Lhoka, Xizang Autonomous Region of China. Due to the high altitude, the temperature in Yamdrok Lake is low in July, and Yamdrok Lake becomes a summer resort for tourists. (Photo by Gongga Laisong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)





This photo taken on July 6, 2024 shows people cooling off at a water park in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A large number of citizens are watching a fireworks show at a water park during high temperatures in Nanjing, China, on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man and his kid walk through the flooded Hankou Riverbank Park of the Yangtze River on July 7, 2024. Water levels in sections of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River – China's longest river – below the estuary of Dongting Lake, have exceeded the warning mark, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. (Photo by Ren Yong/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Guanghua No 1 humanoid robot is seen among the Humanoid Robot Vanguard Matrix during the 2024 World AI Conference & High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on July 6, 2024 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





Humanoid Robot Vanguard Matrix is on display during the 2024 World AI Conference & High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on July 6, 2024 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





Children dressed in traditional costumes hold an umbrella and cool themselves with portable electric fan outside the Forbidden City on a sweltering day in Beijing, Monday, July 8, 2024. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A 5G intelligent robot and operation and maintenance personnel are carrying out a special inspection of the power supply equipment in a 500-kilovolt substation in Chuzhou, China, on July 9, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhot/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Tourists are visiting Pingyao Ancient City in Shanxi Province, China, on July 9, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)