Soldiers attend a parade marking the 81st anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2026. Russia held its annual Victory Day parade on the Red Square on Saturday, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Xinhua/Hao Jianwei)
People enjoy flowers at a botanical garden in Vladivostok, Russia, May 9, 2026. (Photo by Andrey Matveenko/Xinhua)
A Palestinian sits at the site of an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential block inside the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on May 9, 2026. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
An aerial panoramic drone photo taken on May 9, 2026 shows sunset glow at a park in Fujin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)
Zhang Haojia (L, front) of Guangdong Southern Tigers celebrates as he makes the game-winning shot at the buzzer after the playoff second round match between Guangdong Southern Tigers and Beijing Ducks at the 2025-2026 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, May 9, 2026. (Photo by Zheng Jiaxiong/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on May 9, 2026 shows a container ship reaching Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China's foreign trade in yuan-denominated terms grew 14.2 percent year on year in April, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Saturday.
The total value of goods imports and exports reached 4.38 trillion yuan (about 639.4 billion U.S. dollars) last month, the data showed.
In the first four months, total foreign trade reached 16.23 trillion yuan, up 14.9 percent year on year. (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)
Peter Magyar, leader of Hungary's Tisza Party, is pictured after being elected as prime minister of Hungary at the inaugural session of the new parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on May 9, 2026. Peter Magyar, leader of Hungary's Tisza Party, was elected prime minister of Hungary in a vote at the inaugural session of the new parliament on Saturday.
A total of 195 out of the 199 members of parliament cast votes, with 140 in favor, 54 against and 1 abstentions. Magyar secured the required majority to be elected prime minister, marking the start of his four-year term.
In the parliamentary elections held on April 12, the Tisza Party, led by Magyar, defeated the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by Viktor Orban, winning 141 of the 199 seats and securing a two-thirds majority in the new parliament. (Photo by David Balogh/Xinhua)
A girl plays with a kite during an international festival of kites at Park of the Aqueducts in Rome, Italy, May 9, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
A drone photo taken on May 8, 2026 shows an oriental white stork incubating its eggs at a wetland scenic spot in Zhaodong, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. In Heilongjiang, China's northernmost province, migratory birds have currently entered the breeding season. (Photo by Liu Dapeng/Xinhua)
Nurses share cakes during International Nurses Day celebrations at Beijing Massage Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, May 9, 2026. Beijing Massage Hospital held a series of events on Saturday to celebrate the upcoming International Nurses Day, which falls on May 12. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
A drone photo taken on May 9, 2026 shows a China-Europe freight train bound for Hamburg, Germany at Putian Railway Station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. The China-Europe Railway Express has made 130,000 trips by Saturday, marked by the departure of a freight train from Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, bound for Hamburg, Germany, at 10 a.m. local time.
Total cargo value has exceeded 520 billion U.S. dollars, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
Currently, 129 Chinese cities operate China-Europe Railway Express services, connecting 235 cities in 26 European countries and more than 100 cities in 11 Asian nations, covering most of Eurasia. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
Costa Rica's president-elect Laura Fernandez (R) is sworn in as Costa Rica's president during the presidential handover ceremony in San Jose, Costa Rica, May 8, 2026. Laura Fernandez was sworn in on Friday as Costa Rica's president for a four-year term during a ceremony at the National Stadium in San Jose.
Fernandez, 39, received the presidential sash from outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves before a crowd of about 20,000 people, including foreign dignitaries. (Costa Rica's Presidency/Handout via Xinhua)
