Fields Medal awarded to 4 mathematicians in Brazil

The Fields Medal winner Akshay Venkatesh of India walks to the stage during the opening ceremony of the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 1, 2018. Mathematicians from Germany, India, Iran and Italy were awarded the prestigious Fields Medal during the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Ming)