Tourists enjoy scenery aboard rafts at a national wetland park in Xinghua City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 2, 2026.

People across the country are going outdoors to enjoy the five-day May Day holiday, which began on May 1. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)

Two pairs of twins take a selfie during the 20th Mojiang international twins festival in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan province, May 2, 2026.

Over 1,000 multiple births from around the world took part in a parade during the twins festival in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County. The event runs from May 1 to 5. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Demonstrators holding placards participate in a rally to mark the International Workers' Day in New York, the United States, May 1, 2026.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the United States on Friday to join May Day rallies against the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and defend labor and immigrant rights. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

People work in a citrus packing plant of Magrabi Agriculture in Beheira province, Egypt, April 30, 2026.

On Friday, China expanded its zero-tariff policy to cover all 53 African nations that maintain diplomatic ties with Beijing, a framework that will run through April 2028. The move brings 20 additional African countries, including Egypt, into a preferential trade arrangement that their competitors elsewhere do not enjoy. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)

Guo Muye of China performs during the men's solo free final at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2026-Stop 3 in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 2, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

A blue-tailed bee-eater is pictured at a nature reserve in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 2, 2026.

A batch of blue-tailed bee-eaters started building their nests after arrival at the nature reserve recently. These second-class state-protected wildlife migrate to the north during late March and early May every year from the Southeast Asia, and some of them find their destination in Xiamen. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

People visit the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, May 2, 2026.

Sprawling across 380,000 square meters and with 1,451 vehicles on display, this year's Beijing International Automotive Exhibition is bigger in scale and arguably more electric in nature. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)

The Italian Frecce Tricolori aerobatic squad performs during an airshow at Rivolto Air Force Base in Italy, May 1, 2026. (Photo by Diego Petrussi/Xinhua)