Moments of the week (05/08-05/14)

08:18, May 14, 2023

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  Moments of the week (05/01-05/07)

  Children show their eggs decorated with colored drawings in Huzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, on Friday. Lixia, or 'Summer begins', is one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar and this year it falls on Saturday. It is a custom in China to paint on eggs on that day. (Photo: CFP)A royal fan wearing a hat covered with Union Jack themed items waits on The Mall, near Buckingham Palace in central London, on Friday, ahead of the coronation weekend. (Photo: CFP)Striking writers take part in a rally in front of Paramount Pictures studio, on Tuesday, in Los Angeles. Television and movie writers launched a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era. (Photo: CFP)Rescue workers survey an area hit by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake in Longyang district of Baoshan, Southwest China's Yunnan Province on Wednesday. The jolt, which occurred late on Tuesday, led to minor injuries for 10 people as of 1 pm on Wednesday. (Photo: Xinhua)Ballet shoes are seen hanging on the fence of the Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday. Police say a 13-year-old who opened fire at his school drew sketches of classrooms and made a list of people he intended to target. He killed eight fellow students and a school guard before being arrested. (Photo: CFP)Colorful carp streamers flutter in the air at the bottom of Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, on Thursday, on the eve of Children's Day national holiday. It is a national tradition in Japan to fly carp streamers on Children's Day. (Photo: CFP)A child has fun during a carnival in Mojiang Hani autonomous county, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)This aerial photo taken on Monday shows tourists and villagers rowing dragon boats in Wangusi village, Zigui county, Central China's Hubei Province. (Photo: Xinhua)People view some of the more than 5 million tulips spanning 27 acres at the Abbotsford...

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  Herdsmen in Gansu seek greener pastures as temperatures rise

  As the season changes, herdsmen in Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, Jiuquan, Northwest China's Gansu Province, have started to relocate their horses. This is a long-standing tradition for nomadic herdsmen who spend their lives looking for plentiful water and green pastures. The migration provides livestock with abundant food and enables the grassland to renew itself. As the season changes, herdsmen in Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, Jiuquan, Northwest China's Gansu Province, have started to relocate their horses. This is a long-standing tradition for nomadic herdsmen who spend their lives looking for plentiful water and green pastures. The migration provides livestock with abundant food and enables the grassland to renew itself. As the season changes, herdsmen in Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, Jiuquan, Northwest China's Gansu Province, have started to relocate their horses. This is a long-standing tradition for nomadic herdsmen who spend their lives looking for plentiful water and green pastures. The migration provides livestock with abundant food and enables the grassland to renew itself. As the season changes, herdsmen in Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, Jiuquan, Northwest China's Gansu Province, have started to relocate their horses. This is a long-standing tradition for nomadic herdsmen who spend their lives looking for plentiful water and green pastures. The migration provides livestock with abundant food and enables the grassland to renew itself.

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  Moments of the week (04/24-04/30)

  This photo taken on Thursday shows giant panda Ya Ya at a quarantine site in East China's Shanghai. Female giant panda Ya Ya arrived in Shanghai from the United States at 4:26 pm (Beijing Time) on Thursday, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. (Photo: Xinhua)People board comprehensive supply ship Weishanhu, on Wednesday. Two Chinese navy vessels have successfully evacuated the first batch of 678 people from Sudan, who arrived at the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah at around 3 pm Thursday Beijing time, according to an official statement. (Photo: Xinhua)Members of South Korean civil group Federation for Environmental Movement gather with Japanese groups in front of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Monday to protest against Japan's planned dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater. (Photo: VCG)Students and a wildlife conservation volunteer release birds rescued by the Natural Resources Bureau during the 42nd Bird Loving Week in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province on Monday. (Photo: VCG)A large number of passengers flocked into Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and Shanghai railway station on Thursday as May Day holidays travel rush approaches. (Photo: Global Times)Visitors look at Chinese shadow puppets at the 87th International Crafts Fair in Florence, Italy, on Tuesday. The fair is held from April 25 to May 1, featuring over 400 exhibitors from all over the world. (Photo: Xinhua)People lay flowers at a monument during a commemorative ceremony of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at the site of the disaster in Ukraine, Wednesday. Ukraine on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with a commemorative ceremony at the site of the disaster. (Photo: Xinhua)Wrestlers compete in the 114th Boli Khela, a traditional wrestling competition, in Chattogram, Bangladesh on Tuesday. (Photo: Xinhua)A butterfly lands on a visitor's hand during a t...

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  Farmers busy tending vegetables in North China

  This aerial photo taken on April 27 shows villagers working at a vegetable farm in Luanping county, North China's Hebei Province. (Photos: Liang Zhiqing/People’s Daily)This photo taken on April 27 shows villagers working at a vegetable farm in Luanping county, North China's Hebei Province.This photo taken on April 27 shows villagers working at a vegetable farm in Luanping county, North China's Hebei Province.This photo taken on April 27 shows a villager working at a vegetable farm in Luanping county, North China's Hebei Province.