Day in pictures
A pair of lovers squat in the 'hearts' shaped by candles during an activity for the upcoming Valentine's Day in Enoshima Island of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Feb. 12, 2009.
Day in pictures: Feb. 13
Afghan medics carry a wounded man from the Justice Ministry after suicide bombers attacked the building in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Feb. 11, 2009. A series of terrorism attacks targeting several government buildings Wednesday morning killed at least 19 people and wounded 54 others, according to Public Health Ministry spokesman Abdul Fahim. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Day in pictures: Feb. 12
Smoke billows into the sky off the coast of Dubai after two ships collided causing a fire Feb.10, 2009.
Day in pictures: Feb. 11
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Hu Jintao (C) talks with delegates from the intelligentsia during a get-together marking the traditional Lantern Festival at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2009. The CPC Central Committee hosted a get-together here on Monday to mark the Lantern Festival.
Day in pictures: Feb. 10
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (Front) waters wheat at Donggao Village of Hongchang Township in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 7, 2009. Premier Wen inspected the anti-drought work in Henan, one of China's key wheat producing regions, on Feb. 7-8.
Day in pictures: Feb. 9
A Tibetan man prays during the Buddha Unveiling Festival in Labrang Lamasery in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 7, 2009.
Day in pictures: Feb. 8
A documentary of Palestinian children is shown during a charity event aimed to help Palestinian children and women, in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Feb. 5, 2009. The money donated in the event will be used to buy medicine and medical equipments for the Palestinians. [Yue Yuewei/Xinhua]
Day in pictures: Feb. 7
Girls of an old branch of the Miao ethnic group, dressed in traditional costumes with unique hair style like ox's horn, from southwest China's Guizhou Province dance in south China's Hong Kong, Feb. 5, 2009.
Day in pictures: Feb. 6
A family eat spring pancakes at a restaurant in Beijing, capital of China, on Feb. 4, 2009, the Spring Begins, first of the 24 solar terms in China's lunar calendar. People in north China have the tradition to eat spring pancakes on the day.
Day in pictures: Feb. 5
People enjoy the red lantern wall in Yongji city, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 2, 2009. Various lanterns are geared up for the impending Chinese Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 9 this year.
Day in pictures: Feb. 4
The picture taken on Feb. 2, 2009 shows a golden tea ceremony room and a golden tea set on display at a gold exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
Day in pictures: Feb. 3
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C, front) makes dumplings with staff members of the Chinese Embassy to Britain, Chinese students studying in Britain, and overseas Chinese in Britain as he visits the Chinese Embassy to Britain in London, Britain, Feb. 1, 2009. Wen is on a three-day official visit to Britain, the last leg of his week-long European tour.
Day in pictures: Feb. 2
Jobseekers attend a job fair held in Fanchang, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 31, 2009. There were lots of job fairs held, providing job opportunities to migrant workers at the end of the Spring Festival holidays, in different places of Anhui Province, one of the main sources of migrant workers in China.
Day in pictures: Feb. 1
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Li Changchun (C front), who is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), poses for photos with the performers and producers of China Central Television's Lunar New Year gala in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 23, 2009.
Day in pictures: Jan. 24
Workers make huamo, a kind of steamed bread eaten during festivals, at a workshop in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 21, 2009. As the Spring Festival, or Chinese lunar New Year, draws near, huamo becomes popular here.
Day in pictures: Jan. 23
Hu Xuzhe (R), an instructor of local communication station of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Headquarters, present a paper cut work to Chinese President Hu Jintao (C, front), who is also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 21, 2009.
Day in pictures: Jan. 22
Actors in costumes of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) have rehearsal of the rite of worshipping the Heaven at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, Jan. 20, 2009. The Temple of Heaven Park will hold heaven worshipping ceremony during the Chinese lunar New Year holidays, which begins on Jan. 26 this year.
Day in pictures: Jan. 21
Two New Zealand students display Chinese knots in Shandong Normal University in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 19, 2009.
Day in pictures: Jan. 20
People enter the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2009. Tens of millions of Chinese are traveling to their home towns or vacation spots for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 26 this year.
Day in pictures: Jan. 19
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