Oil exploration workers engaged in hard work in Taklimakan Desert, Xinjiang

Li Cunzhi makes embroidered insoles in her dormitory after work in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2020. Oil exploration workers of BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation, among whom over 60 are female, are engaged in hard work in the Taklimakan Desert. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)