People visit a shopping mall in Beijing on September 13, 2026. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - In this photo taken on September 7, 2026, Annalyn Pangandaman prays inside her house at a temporary resettlement area in Marawi, Lanao del sur province on southern island of Mindanao. Mother of six Annalyn Pangandaman, 47, said there is no tap water and the community endures intermittent power cuts at the temporary resettlement site for displaced families. From May to October of 2017, Islamic State-linked gunmen and the Philippine military fought brutal house-to-house battles that turned Marawi's 400-hectare business district into a ghost town. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story Philippines-vote-unrest-missing, FOCUS by Cecil MORELLA, Chad WILLIAMS

TOPSHOT - Resident Niki So (L1) and her family stand behind the gate of their village house as Hong Kong government officers carry out a land resumption operation against them in the Kwu Tung area of Hong Kong's northern New Territories, on June 23, 2026. An area roughly a third of Hong Kong including villages, natural wetlands and farmland are being converted into the "Northern Metropolis", an ambitious project aimed at deepening integration with the mainland, diversifying the economy and providing new homes. (Photo by Leung Man Hei / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Hong Kong-economy-technology-development, FOCUS by Catherine LAI

TOPSHOT - Officers from Hong Kong's Lands Department, accompanied by police and other security personnel, enter resident Niki So's village house during a land resumption operation in the Kwu Tung area of Hong Kong's northern New Territories, on June 23, 2026. An area roughly a third of Hong Kong including villages, natural wetlands and farmland are being converted into the "Northern Metropolis", an ambitious project aimed at deepening integration with the mainland, diversifying the economy and providing new homes. (Photo by Leung Man Hei / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Hong Kong-economy-technology-development, FOCUS by Catherine LAI

An aerial view shows the home of Kwu Tung resident Niki So in the foreground, as surrounding land is transformed into construction sites under Hong Kong's Northern Metropolis development plan, in Hong Kong, on June 17, 2026. An area roughly a third of Hong Kong including villages, natural wetlands and farmland are being converted into the "Northern Metropolis", an ambitious project aimed at deepening integration with the mainland, diversifying the economy and providing new homes. (Photo by Leung Man Hei / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Hong Kong-economy-technology-development, FOCUS by Catherine LAI

A plainclothes police officer asks Kwu Tung resident Niki So to leave the premises during a land resumption operation carried out by Hong Kong government officers at her village house in the Kwu Tung area of Hong Kong's northern New Territories, on June 23, 2026. An area roughly a third of Hong Kong including villages, natural wetlands and farmland are being converted into the "Northern Metropolis", an ambitious project aimed at deepening integration with the mainland, diversifying the economy and providing new homes. (Photo by Leung Man Hei / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Hong Kong-economy-technology-development, FOCUS by Catherine LAI

Photo taken on June 15, 2026 shows Chan Yuk-tong, a 71 year-old retiree standing outside his family home in Tin Sam village close to the border to China in northern Hong Kong. An area roughly a third of Hong Kong including villages, natural wetlands and farmland are being converted into the "Northern Metropolis", an ambitious project aimed at deepening integration with the mainland, diversifying the economy and providing new homes. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Hong Kong-economy-technology-development, FOCUS by Catherine LAI

Kwu Tung resident Niki So stands in the backyard of her home, with new residential developments under construction immediately beside her property, in Hong Kong, on June 17, 2026. An area roughly a third of Hong Kong including villages, natural wetlands and farmland are being converted into the "Northern Metropolis", an ambitious project aimed at deepening integration with the mainland, diversifying the economy and providing new homes. (Photo by Leung Man Hei / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Hong Kong-economy-technology-development, FOCUS by Catherine LAI