He had dropped a clay sculpture he had almost completed, and that accident changed his artistic direction forever.
Obama honored the nation's top police officers for their sacrifice at a ceremony held at the White House.
One is a veteran stage performer, and the other a ceramics artist. And, when they finally meet, they create enough kinetics to spark the creation of a brand-new art genre.
Zhu Rongchang and his wife, Ma Dairong, lost their only daughter during the devastating earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan province, May 12, 2008, but now the family has regained hope and prosperity since Ma gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
A 29-year-old middle school teacher in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province was run over and lost both of her legs after pushing two students out of the way of an oncoming bus on Tuesday.
Afghan teenager Malek Mohammad balances on his hands, readies his stumps, then dives perilously into the water. The 18-year-old, whose legs were blown off by a Soviet land mine, dreams of swimming for Afghanistan in the London Paralympics.
Nurses from Taicang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine play with marine police officers in a matchmaking event in Jiangsu province on Friday.
This year's Mother's Day is a special one for 40 female prisoners in the women's prison in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, who for the first time since their confinement were able to hug their mothers and see them face to face.
Sichuan province rehearsed dealing with disaster on Friday with a mock magnitude-8 earthquake along the Longmenshan fault zone at 1 pm.
The South Korean boat is trapped due to a malfunctioning engine.
Seokjeon is a biannual ritual to consecrate Chinese philosopher Confucius and his disciples as supreme teachers.
The Havana Biennial, a major event for contemporary art, runs from May 11 to June 11 and attracts artists and curators from all over the world.
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