Some 5000 nursing students hold candles during a ceremony celebrating the International Nurses Day in Yichun, East China's Jiangxi Province, May 11,2007.

Nurses holding candles take oaths during a ceremony to celebrate the upcoming International Nurses Day in Lanzhou, Southwest China's Gansu Province,May 11, 2007.International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, which is the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.

(Xinhua News Agency, China.org.cn May 12, 2007)