As the weather gets warmer in China's Year of the Snake, more people are choosing snakes, which are gradually waking up from hibernation, as their pets.
China has a reputation for helping African countries, but this school, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, has reversed the trend.
Foreign students from Jordan (L) and Kyrghyzstan (R) learn to draw Peking Opera face masks to mark the upcoming World Theatre Day at Liaocheng University, East China’s Shandong province, on March 26, 2013. As an annual event, World Theatre Day was established in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute and falls on March 27.
Continuing drought has affected more than 8.7 million people in Yunnan province, causing direct economic losses of more than $981 million.
A gaucho rides an unbroken horse during the annual celebration of Criolla Week in Montevideo, March 25, 2013.
While some Chinese scholars propose abolishing traditional Chinese medicine, foreign pharmaceutical institutions and industries are pursuing them.
China would like to forge relations with South Africa based on the model of cooperation between major developing economies, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday during a state visit to South Africa.
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Visitors view flowers and plants during the Macy's Flower Show 2013 at Macy's Herald Square Broadway Plaza in New York City, March 25, 2013.
US President Barack Obama on Monday used the moment of a naturalization ceremony at the White House to push Congress to put forward the immigration reform legislation.
Two giant pandas left Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, for Canada on Monday.
Pupils take part in emergency drill on Monday, which marked the National Student Safety Education Day.
Premier Li Keqiang on Monday met with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, calling for more people to become involved in China-US relations.