Cartoon: War and fortune

21:50, April 14, 2022

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  Love season for mandarin ducks

  Photos: CFP About 130 of mandarin ducks have arrived at the Zhaolin Park of Harbin City, northeast Chinas Heilongjiang Province. As it is the breeding season for the birds, they are more active than before. The number of female mandarin ducks is less than that of the males, hence its common to see one female has five chasers. To win a females heart, the male ducks need to display their feathers and strength.

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  Moments of the week (04/11-04/17)

  Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu are out of the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 spaceship on Saturday, all in good physical condition. (Photo: Xinhua)The return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship lands successfully at the Dongfeng landing site in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Saturday. (Photo: Xinhua)Painters work on their artworks at National Museum in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Wednesday. Celebrations to mark the World Art Day were held in Yaounde from April 12 to April 14. (Photo: Xinhua)Du Shun (R), deputy manager of a Hema Fresh store in Wuhan, helps Liu Zengyu, a delivery man from Jiangxi Province, start his electric bicycle to deliver goods in Shanghai, East China, on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)The famous portrait of Marylin Monroe was framed by a smartphone, in the exhibition dedicated to Andy Warhol in Naples, entitled Andy is Back, during the preview for the press. (Photo: CFP)A judge checks a pet cat during the 2022 Spring Canadian Pet Expo in Mississauga, the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)The cupola of Buda Palace is seen behind a flowering Japanese cherry tree, on the western walkway of the Buda's Castle Hill in Budapest on Thursday. (Photo: CFP)Magnolia flowers, also known as Xinyi in Chinese, are in blossom in picturesque Zangwangzhai village of Jiangyou, Sichuan Province on Wednesday. (Photo: People's Daily) Photo taken on Wednesday shows the sunset scenery of Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo: Xinhua)A farmer transports flower seedlings at a vegetable and flower planting base in Nantong township of Minhou county, East China's Fujian Province, on Tuesday. (Photo: Xinhua)

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  View of Rongdong district in Xiong'an New Area

  Aerial photo taken on April 2022 shows a view of Rongdong District in Xiong'an New Area, North China's Hebei Province. Dubbed China's youngest city and a city of the future, Xiong'an New Area marks its fifth anniversary this year. (Photos: ARCHINA)China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area on April 1, 2017, to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Aerial photo taken on April 2022 shows a view of Rongdong District in Xiong'an New Area, North China's Hebei Province.By the end of 2021, construction has begun on 177 key projects in Xiong'an, with a total investment of 618.4 billion yuan (97.2 billion U.S. dollars). Sixty of them have been completed. Aerial photo taken on April 2022 shows a night scene of Rongdong District in Xiong'an New Area, North China's Hebei Province.So far, the major roads to the city, the main streets in the city, the Ecological Corridor, and the urban water system have taken shape. Aerial photo taken on March 2021 shows a constrcuction view of Rongdong District in Xiong'an New Area, North China's Hebei Province.

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  Residents pick tea leaves in Medog County, China's Tibet

  Residents pick tea leaves at Hezha Village of Dexing Township in Medog County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 16, 2022. Medog's moderate humidity and altitude makes it suitable for tea farming. Since the first experimental tea plantation was built here in 2012, 102 more plantations have been set up. Now, over 10,000 people of 39 villages engage in tea planting and have realized a large increase in their incomings. (Photos: Xinhua)Residents pick tea leaves at Hezha Village of Dexing Township in Medog County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 16, 2022. Medog's moderate humidity and altitude makes it suitable for tea farming. Since the first experimental tea plantation was built here in 2012, 102 more plantations have been set up. Now, over 10,000 people of 39 villages engage in tea planting and have realized a large increase in their incomings.Resident Gongsang Lamu picks tea leaves at Hezha Village of Dexing Township in Medog County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 16, 2022. Medog's moderate humidity and altitude makes it suitable for tea farming. Since the first experimental tea plantation was built here in 2012, 102 more plantations have been set up. Now, over 10,000 people of 39 villages engage in tea planting and have realized a large increase in their incomings.Resident Gongsang Lamu picks tea leaves at Hezha Village of Dexing Township in Medog County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 16, 2022. Medog's moderate humidity and altitude makes it suitable for tea farming. Since the first experimental tea plantation was built here in 2012, 102 more plantations have been set up. Now, over 10,000 people of 39 villages engage in tea planting and have realized a large increase in their incomings.A resident picks tea leaves at Hezha Village of Dexing Township in Medog County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 16, 2022. Medog's moderate humidity and altitude makes it suitable for tea farming. S...