Fireworks brighten the sky over the bridge during the opening ceremony of the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge in Male, the Maldives, on Aug. 30, 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/Du Cailiang)