A shed is surrounded by a sandy plain near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Yin Yuzhen, a sand-control worker, holds up a plant that did not survive because it was not planted deep enough while at a desertification control site at the Engebei Ecological Area near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Men stand on top of a sand dune covered by a grass checkerboard that is part of desertification control efforts at the Engebei Ecological Area near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Electric pylons are seen in the horizon along sand dunes near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Visitors walk past a grass checkerboard on a sand dune that is part of desertification control efforts at the Engebei Ecological Area near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Desert control worker Yin Yuzhen visits a desertification control site of the Engebei Ecological Area near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

The American flag flies at half staff at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2026, after the sudden death of Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

England head coach Thomas Tuchel reacts ahead of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Mexico and England in Mexico City, Sunday, July 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)