Highlights of fashion and photography festival in Minsk, Belarus

16:38, June 10, 2021

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  Little egrets' new paradise in South China's Guangxi

  In recent years, Yizhou district, Hechi city, in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has stepped up efforts to protect the ecological environment. Local mountains and forests, reservoirs, as well as wetlands and fields in the countryside have become a new paradise for birds including little egrets. (Photos: People's Daily Online)In the Liupo Reservoir and Luoxi Reservoir in Yizhou district, flocks of little egrets fly around.Little egrets take flight.Little egrets have long been celebrated in Chinese poetry and art. Little egrets like to build nests in groups and always enjoy playing in the water. Little egrets are sociable birds and are often seen in small flocks.

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  Qinghai Lake: pearl on plateau

  Qinghai Lake, the largest saline and alkaline lake in China, is an important body of water that maintains the eco-environmental security of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the ecological balance of western China. It is a natural barrier against the eastward spread of desertification from the west, ensuring the safety of the eastern agricultural area. The characteristics and evolution of the ecological environment of Qinghai Lake reflect changes in the overall ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.An aerial view of the Erlangjian scenic spot along the coast of Qinghai Lake on May 27, 2017 (Photos: Xinhua)An aerial view of the Erlangjian scenic spot along the coast of Qinghai Lake on June 4.A view of the north shore of Qinghai Lake in the Fairy Bay Wetland in Gangcha County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province on June 5. A view of the north shore of Qinghai Lake in the Fairy Bay Wetland in Gangcha County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province on June 5. Tourists visit the Erlangjian scenic spot along the coast of Qinghai Lake on June 4.An aerial view of Shadao Island in Qinghai Lake on July 28, 2020. An aerial view of Shadao Island in Qinghai Lake on July 28, 2020. Ice in Qinghai Lake melts in spring on March 30, 2020. The north shore of Qinghai Lake in the Fairy Bay Wetland in Gangcha County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province on January 17, 2019. (Translated by An Zhan)

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  Underwater world of Wuzhizhou in South China

  A photographer swims by coral in the Wuzhizhou Island marine ranch of Sanya, South China’s Hainan Province. The marine ranch is the first national demonstration area for marine ranching in Hainan. The fish here have multiplied more than 10 times in a decade. This protected area with artificial reefs offers a biosphere to fish, shrimp and shellfish, demonstrating progress made in marine ecological restoration and fishery resource conservation. Christmas tree worms A clownfish hides in sea anemones.An anemone shrimpA diver shoots in a shipwreck.A shoal roams the wreck.A ghost shrimpA sea slugA lobsterA shoal and shipwreck reef (Photos: Xinhua)

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  Yunwu Bridge in SW China's Guizhou undergoes 840-ton load test

  Trucks undergo a load test on the 1,720 meters Yunwu Bridge of Duyun-Anshun Expressway in Yunwu Town, Guiding County, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, June 8, 2021.