A man wearing a costume dives into a partly frozen lake in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province on February 19, 2019. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

This photo taken on December 2, 2023 shows pandas eating inside their enclosure at a zoo in China's southwestern Chongqing municipality. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

This photo taken on October 30, 2022 shows people in costumes walking on the street during a celebration ahead of Halloween in Guangzhou in China's southern Guangdong province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

The aerial view shows terraced hills at Helin village in Anqing, in eastern China's Anhui province on January 12, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

A woman dries chili peppers in the sun at a village in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi province, China July 21, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)

Two sheep fight in a competition in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China on August 1, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)

A sandstorm hits the city of Zhangye in Gansu province, China on November 27, 2018. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)

A resident (unseen) uses a belt to get vegetables in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 13, 2020. China reported just eight cases of the coronavirus on March 13, with no new domestic infections outside the epicentre of Hubei province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)