New semester begins in mudslide-hit Zhouqu

A girl reads from a textbook on the first day of the new semester at the No 2 Primary School in Zhouqu county, Northwest China's Gansu province, Aug 25, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

A teacher gives a lesson about gratitude in her first class of the new semester at the No 2 Primary School in Zhouqu county, Northwest China's Gansu province, Aug 25, 2010. The words on the blackboard read: "A grateful heart." [Photo/Xinhua]