An employee produces crispy sausages at a workshop in Suining, Sichuan province, China, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A local resident releases water lanterns to honor ancestors and pray for blessings during the Zhongyuan Festival, the Hungry Ghost Festival, on August 18, 2024 in Qionghai, Hainan Province of China. (Photo by Meng Zhongde/VCG via Getty Images)





Farmers use hydrogen balloons to lift spray pipes aloft to spray gibberellic acid (920) at Hongze Lake Farm on August 18, 2024 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province of China. Gibberellic acid will help promote rice growth. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A man is walking inside a high-rise glass window shopping mall in Shanghai, China, on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Footage taken in Nanning, China, on August 20, 2024, shows the roots of trees deep into the brick cracks of the ancient city wall. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This photo taken on August 20, 2024 shows Tibetan performers dancing to welcome tourists in Yushu, in northwestern China's Qinghai province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A child watches as a Shurui surgical robot, operated by a staff member (not pictured) from a console, performs “surgery” on a dummy at the World Robot Conference in Beijing, China on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Florence Lo/Reuters)





A boy looks at a robotic dog during the World Robot Conference in Beijing on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Adek Berry/AFP Photo)





This photo shows an aerial view of abandoned vehicles waiting to be scrapped in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province on August 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Workers use a wooden rake to turn sauces at the old soy sauce natural drying sauce shop in Yanhe Village, Rucheng Street, Rugao city, East China's Jiangsu province, on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Villagers row buckets to pick water chestnuts in Hai'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, in Huai'an, China, on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A fireworks and light show at the West Tour Park in Huai’an, in Jiangsu province, China, attracts tourists on August 25, 2024. (Photo by CFOTO/Avalon.red)





The first migratory anti-billed Snipes are seen at the Tiaozini wetland in Yancheng, China, on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Children dressed in traditional costumes play with toy swords as their family members take souvenir photo outside the Forbidden City during the summer holiday in Beijing, Sunday, August 25, 2024. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Aerial view of sunbeam shining through mountain cave at Yueyan National Forest Park on August 27, 2024 in Yongzhou, Hunan Province of China. (Photo by Jiang Keqing/VCG via Getty Images)





The sun sets against the White Dagoba or Bai Ta, as seen from the Jingshan hill in Beijing on August 27, 2024. (Photo by Adek Berry/AFP Photo)





A worker dries chilli peppers at a factory in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality on August 27, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A cat visitor prepares to have its photo taken in front of a statue depicting the cat goddess Bastet at Shanghai Museum's “Meow Night”, in Shanghai, China, on August 31, 2024. (Photo by Casey Hall/Reuters)





Feline and human visitors interact at the entrance hall of Shanghai Museum's “Meow Night”, in Shanghai, China, on August 31, 2024. (Photo by Casey Hall/Reuters)





A cat visitor poses with its owner in the entrance hall of Shanghai Museum's “Meow Night”, in Shanghai, China, on August 31, 2024. (Photo by Casey Hall/Reuters)