China’s 2024 in Photos

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China’s 2024 in PhotosA selection of the year’s best photos by Sixth Tone’s visual editors.

The year 2024 began with a rare blizzard that disrupted Spring Festival travel plans across China and ended with a major consumption push. In the interim, Zheng Qinwen’s underdog run to gold at the Olympics ignited a tennis craze, the success of “Black Myth: Wukong” rocked the gaming industry, and the country’s new energy vehicle industry went into overdrive.

Here are 30 photos that capture the moments that defined China’s 2024, as selected by Sixth Tone’s photo editors.