VIENTIANE, Feb. 8, 2022 (UNI/Xinhua) -- A villager pans for gold along the Mekong River during its dry season, in Sangthong district, over 60 kilometers northwest of Lao capital Vientiane.

. PUL-E-KHUMRI, Feb. 8, 2022 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Afghans work at a coal mine in Chinarak area of Nahrin district of Baghlan province Feb. 7, 2022. Ten workers of a coalmine were dead and three others injured as the mine caved in in Nahrin district of northern Afgan.

LONDON, Feb. 8, 2022 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Members of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a gun salute to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne at Green Park in London, Britain, on Feb. 7, 2022.