
A Maldivian couple attend a mass wedding ceremony on the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge in Male, the Maldives on Aug. 31, 2018. The China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, the first cross-sea bridge in the Maldives, opened to traffic on Thursday evening. The bridge is an iconic project of the Maldives and China in co-building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)