The 31st Chinese - Qinhuai Lantern Fair lights up Nanjing
The 31st Chinese - Qinhuai Lantern Fair lights up in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province on January 23, 2017, where thousands of lanterns are on display to celebrate ...
Russians pump iron in glacial outdoor gym
With the temperature sitting at -20 C, citizens exercise on homemade fitness machines in the open air at Timiryazevsky Park in Moscow, Russia on January 21.
Displaced Afghans spend chilly winter at temporary shelter in Kabul
These Afghans who were forced to flee during the war now call a refugee camp home, staying
at a temporary shelter in Kabul, Afghanistan set up for displaced families from ...
Migrants race against the clock as Trump's border wall looms
Hundreds of Central American and Mexican migrants look for a shot at the American dream every day by passing through a narrow passageway from Mexico into the US. As the ...
White cranes migrate to China's Poyang Lake
A large number of White cranes migrate to China's Poyang Lake region in Nanchang, capital of East China's Jiangxi Province on January 21, 2017. White cranes are protected animals in ...
New-type guided missile destroyer Xining joins Chinese navy fleet
The new-type guided missile destroyer Xining was officially commissioned to the Chinese Navy on January 22, 2017. The warship, hull number 117, was commissioned to the PLA Navy at a ...
Super-cute panda twins make debut in Chongqing
A pair of giant panda twins made their debut at Southwest China’s Chongqing Zoo on January 22, 2017. The 6-month-old boy and girl twins have become A-list celebs at the ...
Welcome the Year of the Rooster
To welcome the Year of the Rooster, hundreds of chickens of different breeds were exhibited at Zhengzhou Zoo in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province on January 19, 2017.
More than 30 trapped after avalanche buries hotel in Central Italy
More than 30 people are feared dead after an avalanche engulfed a mountain hotel in Central Italy’s Farindola following a 5.7-magnitude earthquake on January 19, 2017. Italy's Civil Protection agency ...
Fantastic frozen grasslands of Inner Mongolia
The grasslands in Chifeng, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are a spectacle of snow and ice as cold weather continues on January 12, 2017.
King of the jungle
Two lions take down a large buffalo in the Serengeti, Africa on October 19, 2016. The African buffalo was regarded as very dangerous animals and responsible for more human deaths ...
Lion vs hyena: Old rivals fight in Kenya’s wilds
A German photographer captured one of the oldest rivalries in the animal kingdom as a pair of lions went head to head with a pack of hungry hyenas in the ...
Basi, the world’s oldest panda in captivity
Basi, world’s oldest panda in captivity, turns 37 on January 18. Born in 1980 in Baoxing, Sichuan Province, Basi was the inspiration for Panpan, the mascot of the 1990 Beijing ...
Russian girls experience crowded Chinese Spring Festival rush
Three Russian girls, who study in Dalian, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, chose to take the train home for the holidays this year.
Spectacular frosty scenes reward hardy Jilin tourists
The bitter temperatures of Sanjiu, the third of the nine days following the Winter Solstice that represent the coldest stretch of winter, create the first rime scenes of 2017 at ...
Safety over family at Spring Festival for veteran railway worker
Cao Youfeng is a veteran railway maintenance worker on Jiangsu's Xuzhou Railway, where he
has been faithfully carrying out essential safety inspections for 36 years.
He is one of thousands of ...
India’s Shimla sees heavy snowfall
Snow blankets the ground as cold weather continues in Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh, India on January 16, 2017. The snowfall offered an amazing sight for tourists in ...
Baby swans on parade
See baby black swans take their first steps as their proud mother looks on.