Firefighters battle to contain a forest fire on a mountain amid hot temperatures on August 22, 2022 in Luxian County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province of China. The wildfire that broke out last Sunday afternoon has been brought under control by firefighters in Luzhou city. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A woman sells balloons on a bridge near the Bund amid a heatwave warning, as Shanghai switches off lights along a popular waterfront to conserve energy in Shanghai, China on August 22, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





In this aerial photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, water flows through chanels in the lake bed of Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, in eastern China's Jiangxi Province, Monday, August 22, 2022. With China's biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops. (Photo by Wan Xiang/Xinhua via AP Photo)





A woman gets her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Tuesday, August 23, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Villagers and volunteers irrigate rice fields in Xin'an Township, Deqing County, Huzhou City of east China's Zhejiang Province on August 23, 2022. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua/Alamy Live News)





This photo released by Qinling Giant Panda Research Center, shows newly born twin Panda cubs, male at left and female at right, at the center in Xi'an, in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. The male cub weighed 176.4 grams while the female cub weighed 151.2 grams when they were born at the on Tuesday morning, according to the Qinling Panda Research Center. (Photo by Qinling Giant Panda Research Center via AP Photo)





A picture taken with a drone shows Luoxingdun stone island in Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China, 24 August 2022. Severe drought exposed ancient Luoxingdun stone island in the middle of dried Poyang Lake in East China. It's the first time in 71 years that the historic island can be fully seen. East China Jiangxi Province has been experiencing severe drought since July 15. About 655,000 people have been mobilized to participate in the drought relief campaign in the province that is suffering economic losses of 147 million euros. China's long-running and severe heatwave caused a record-breaking drought across the country, causing some rivers to dry up, including parts of the Yangtze river. Lately, Sichuan province rationed public electricity usage or suspended the power supply to thousands of factories due to the power shortage. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People dressed in costume stand in front of a replica of the first generation Peak Tram in Hong Kong on August 24, 2022, during a media tour to unveil the newly renovated sixth generation Peak Tram at a cost of 799 million HKD (102 million USD). (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)





The Peak Tram is seen in front of the Hong Kong skyline on August 24, 2022, during a media tour to unveil the newly renovated sixth generation Peak Tram at a cost of 799 million HKD (102 million USD). (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)





Dong Zhiyi of China compete in the all round of the rhythmic gymnastics on day two of the National Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship at Huanglong Sports Center on August 24, 2022 in Hangzhou, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)





People wearing face masks walk through a shopping and office complex in Beijing, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to students and others more than two years ago at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A person walks on the embankment of Poyang Lake which exhibits low water levels because of a regional drought in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China on August 24, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a worker installs a waterproof gate at a store in Macao, China, Thursday, August 24, 2022. A tropical storm was forecast to make landfall in southern China later Thursday after bringing rain and stiff winds to Hong Kong overnight as it passed to the south of the Asian financial center. (Photo by Cheong Kam Ka/Xinhua via AP Photo)





People brave strong wind on the promenade of Victoria Habour as tropical cyclone Ma-on approaches Hong Kong, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. Tropical Storm Ma-on was gaining strength as it headed for Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China on Wednesday after displacing thousands in the Philippines. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/AP Photo)





People stand at a railing overlooking Victoria Harbor as tropical cyclone Ma-on approaches Hong Kong, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/AP Photo)





People walks on the promenade of Victoria Habour as tropical cyclone Ma-on approaches Hong Kong, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/AP Photo)





People brave strong wind on the promenade of Victoria Habour as tropical cyclone Ma-on approaches Hong Kong, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/AP Photo)





A general view shows the dried-up riverbed of the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze River in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on August 25, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





A villager attempts to put out a brush fire with a mop during a drought in Xinyao village, Nanchang city, Jiangxi province, China on August 25, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





People are seen at the dried-up riverbed of the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze River in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on August 25, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)