Xinhua photos of the day

A man walks his bicycle across the dry bed of a lake at Boklung village near Kathiatoli town in Nagaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, May 3, 2024. (Str/Xinhua)

People take part in a folk event called "daubing face black" in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County of Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 3, 2024. The event is deemed a ritual which can avoid the evil and bring happiness and best wishes. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

People get to know the procedures of traditional Chinese ink making at an ink studio in Shanghai, east China, May 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

Visitors are seen at the Zhanqiao Bridge scenic spot in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, May 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

Ohtani Mei (2nd L) of Japan competes during the women's rugby sevens group match between Japan and the United States at the HSBC Rugby Sevens tournament in Singapore, May 3, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

Tourists drive off-road vehicles in Urho District of Karamay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 2, 2024. During the May Day holiday, Urho District of Karamay City has become a popular travel destination for tourists from all over the country. Various activities such as low-altitude flight, no-man's land crossing, RV camping, and off-road motorcycling have been carried out here to meet the diverse and personalized needs of tourists. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

Russian military vehicles drive along a street to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on May 2, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 spacecraft, blasts off from its launchpad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, May 3, 2024. China on Friday launched the Chang'e-6 spacecraft to collect and return samples from the moon's mysterious far side -- the first endeavor of its kind in the history of human lunar exploration. (China National Space Administration/Handout via Xinhua)