<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/08/22/second-thomas-shoal-south-china-sea/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-22T13:32:32.026Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.rfa.org/resizer/v2/T5CDTMTHFFDSVFDFREKJVSBYDM.jpg?auth=20ea987e0ba4db8de58f2fe450b10857157993297d14fe80a0f35b4c82ce13e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1500</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In this photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Public Information Office, Chinese vessels, some mounted with armaments, were observed close to long-grounded Philippine warship BRP Sierra Madre in the vicinity of Second Thomas Shoal at the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday August 20, 2025. (Armed Forces of the Philippines PAO via AP)]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>