Cyclists ride past the Qianmen gate during a group bicycle ride in Beijing, China on September 6, 2022. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, people carry out an injured person evacuated in the aftermath of an earthquake from Mozigou village near Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, September 8, 2022. Heavy rains are complicating earthquake recovery efforts in southwestern China, where the death toll from Monday's disaster has risen. (Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua via AP Photo)





A woman wearing a mask takes shelter from the sun in Beijing, Thursday, September 8, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A security guard wearing mask directs traffic near art decor in Beijing, Thursday, September 8, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Visitors enjoy a lantern show, which symbolize prosperity and good fortune, at the Wong Tai Sin temple during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, China on September 10, 2022. The Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture dating back over 3,000 years. (Photo by Miguel Candela Poblacion/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A man kayaks with a dog along a river in Beijing on September 11, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Pedestrians cross a road past apartment blocks in Hong Kong’s To Kwa Wan area on September 11, 2022. (Photo by Bertha Wang/AFP Photo)





A man takes PCR Coronavirus test in the street medical booth, in Shanghai, China, 12 September 2022. Chinese cities are going under full or partial COVID-19 lockdown to straighten the curve. Over 30 cities and 60 million people are experiencing different variations of lockdown, including Chengdu, Urumqi, Guiyang, and Harbin. In some areas, residents are complaining about unmet medical needs and food shortages, according to local media. Last week, the National Health Commission announced tighter COVID-19 restrictions for domestic travel and group gathering, urging people to locally celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival and the upcoming National Day holiday from 1st to 7th October 2022. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This photo taken on September 12, 2022 shows people visiting a lantern show during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangzhou in China's southern Guangdong province. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)





A child looks at illuminated 'wheat' installations at a shopping complex during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday on September 12, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Yi Haifei/China News Service via Getty Images)





Volunteers unload vegetables from a truck to meet local residents' needs amid the COVID-19 epidemic on September 12, 2022 in Guiyang, Guizhou Province of China. These vegetables are donated by other regions in Guizhou Province. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





The sun sets over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, China, 13 September 2022. Air pollution in some parts of Hong Kong reached 'serious', the highest health risk level, according the air quality health index operated by the Environmental Protection Department across the city. (Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA/EFE)





Security officers on patrol walk past the gates of the Wangfujing Church, a Catholic church in Beijing, Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Chinese President Xi Jinping's first trip overseas since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic will overlap with a visit by Pope Francis to Kazakhstan, although the Vatican says there are no plans for them to meet. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A couple poses for photos in front of the Wangfujing Church, a Catholic church in Beijing, Wednesday, September 14, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A couple poses for photos on the steps of the Wangfujing Church, a Catholic church in Beijing, Wednesday, September 14, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





An aerial view shows vessels moored at a fishing port as Typhoon Muifa approaches, in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China on September 13, 2022. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





People walk with umbrellas on a bridge amid rains and winds brought by Typhoon Muifa, in Shanghai, China on September 14, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A photographer takes pictures of a model during an outdoor photoshoot in a street in Beijing, China on September 13, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers carry sandbags to reinforce a riverbank to prevent the river back flow caused by the approaching typhoon Muifa in Jiashan County of Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Typhoon Meihua has weakened to a severe tropical storm Thursday morning, after bringing heavy rains and strong winds to Shanghai and parts of Jiangsu province overnight, according to China's National Meteorological Center. (Photo by Xu Yu/Xinhua via AP Photo)





A tourist takes photos among fireweed, or kochia scoparia, at an archaeological site park on September 13, 2022 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province of China. (Photo by Zhang Yuan/China News Service via Getty Images)