The construction of the Ice and Snow World has been completed and will soon be open to tourists on December 19,2024 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. The 26th Harbin Ice and Snow World will officially open on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Weitao Tian/Getty Images)





A blue observation point contrasts with the orange winter foliage of the metasequoia trees – dawn redwoods – at Huanghai Forest Park on the east coast of China in the second decade of December 2024. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)





China's Snow Town is illuminated with heavy snow covered on December 18, 2024 in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang Province of China. (Photo by Liu Zhihong/VCG via Getty Images)





Aerial view of tourists visiting the 26th Harbin Ice and Snow World on December 21, 2024 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China. The world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, officially opened at 10 a.m. on December 21 in Harbin, the capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Su Yunpeng/VCG via Getty Images)





Giant Panda Ying Ying sniffs at a Christmas tree icicle at the Ocean Park in Hong Kong on December 22, 2024. (Photo by AP Photo)





This photo taken on December 22, 2024 shows a flock of migrating birds flying above the wetlands at Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying, east China's Shandong province. The Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve (YRDNNR) is a protected area in the city of Dongying, China, which covers wetland habitats on the shore of the Bohai Sea. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Aerial view of the Kela photovoltaic power station, the world's largest and highest-altitude hydropower and PV complementary power station, on December 23, 2024 in Yajiang County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province of China. (Photo by Xue Di/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)





Sculptors work on a giant snow sculpture at the 37th Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Expo in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, 23 December 2024. The 37th Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Expo began its trial operation here Monday. (Phoot by Zhang Tao/EPA/Xinhua News Agency)





A woman works at a texile factory in Siyang County of Suqian municipality in east China's Jiangsu province on December 24, 2024. China will raise its deficit in order to boost spending next year, its finance minister said on December 24 according to state media, as Beijing looks to prop up its struggling economy. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Worshippers walk in front of Xishiku Church, also known as the North Church, on Christmas Eve in Beijing, China on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Josh Arslan/Reuters)





Monks participate in a ceremony at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, December 25, 2024. People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Men work on ice sculptures during the 37th Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on December 25, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





People ride a Luna Park's Sledgehammer in front of the International Financial Centre (IFC) tower in Hong Kong on December 26, 2024. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Lanterns for the Year of the Snake are installed under the Ming City Wall in Nanjing City in Jiangsu Province, east China on December 26, 2024. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)





An aerial drone photo shows a train passing through the Yuandang Lake section of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed railway on December 26, 2024. A newly constructed high-speed railway began operations on Thursday, enhancing the rail network connecting major cities in east China's Yangtze River Delta Region, a key economic powerhouse of the country. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations, the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed railway spanning 164 km links Shanghai Hongqiao Station with the city of Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province and Huzhou City in Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Drones form a giant panda pattern over the West Kowloon Cultural District on December 28, 2024 in Hong Kong, China. 1,000 drones illuminated the night sky during the giant panda-inspired fireworks and drone show. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





Fishermen work at a kelp farming area of Ailun Bay Marine Ranch at sunrise on December 29, 2024 in Rongcheng, Shandong Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A multimedia art installation named Envoy of Intelligence in a shopping mall in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province Monday, December 30, 2024. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Avalon)





Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the start of 2025 at Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. (Photo by Chan Long Hei/AP Photo)





Dancers perform during the New Year's countdown celebrations in Beijing on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Adek Berry/AFP Photo)