You are looking at the HTML representation of the XML format.
HTML is good for debugging, but is unsuitable for application use.
Specify the format parameter to change the output format.
To see the non HTML representation of the XML format, set format=xml.
See the complete documentation, or API help for more information. 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <recentchanges rccontinue="20210531123400|2411" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <recentchanges>
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Начинающим" pageid="846" revid="2246" old_revid="2243" rcid="2421" timestamp="2024-01-22T10:34:52Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="10" title="Шаблон:Копирайт" pageid="820" revid="2245" old_revid="2244" rcid="2420" timestamp="2024-01-17T10:29:42Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="10" title="Шаблон:Копирайт" pageid="820" revid="2244" old_revid="2240" rcid="2419" timestamp="2023-02-18T18:22:02Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Начинающим" pageid="846" revid="2243" old_revid="2239" rcid="2418" timestamp="2022-10-19T10:12:51Z" />
      <rc type="log" ns="6" title="Файл:Wlp 2022 03.jpg" pageid="1064" revid="0" old_revid="0" rcid="2417" timestamp="2022-03-02T18:37:45Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Новое" pageid="769" revid="2241" old_revid="2236" rcid="2416" timestamp="2022-03-02T18:37:33Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="10" title="Шаблон:Копирайт" pageid="820" revid="2240" old_revid="2234" rcid="2415" timestamp="2022-03-02T17:53:30Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Начинающим" pageid="846" revid="2239" old_revid="2235" rcid="2414" timestamp="2022-03-02T17:50:36Z" />
      <rc type="new" ns="0" title="Ступени в небо" pageid="1063" revid="2238" old_revid="0" rcid="2413" timestamp="2021-05-31T12:54:58Z" />
      <rc type="log" ns="6" title="Файл:Wlp 2021 05.jpg" pageid="1062" revid="0" old_revid="0" rcid="2412" timestamp="2021-05-31T12:35:34Z" />
    </recentchanges>
  </query>
</api>