Models present creations at the first Salon du Chocolat (Zurich Chocolate Show) in Zurich March 29, 2012.
25 artists from around Costa Rica participated in creating parade masks.
Wu Xingfen, a 26-year-old female teacher from East China's Jiangsu province, will carry the London Olympic torch on July 14 in Lymington, the United Kingdom.
President Hu Jintao met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, as the leaders pledged to further ties between Asia's two biggest countries.
A long-awaited draft regulation on school bus safety management was passed in principle on Wednesday.
China on Thursday reiterated that it serves the common interests of all parties involved in safeguarding the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia.
Bundles of silk flowers are laid in front of tombs at Songhe Cemetery in Yinchuan, Northwest China’s Ningxia province on March 28.
Hungarian men throw water on a woman as part of Easter celebrations in Holloko, 100 km east of Budapest,on Wednesday.
A Pakistan family rides past a burning bus set on fire by protesters against the killing of Muttahida Qaumi Movement members in Karachi on Tuesday.
Twin polar bear cubs Lele and Jingjing make their debut in a pool in Haichang Polar Ocean World in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Tuesday.
Or demolishing old bonds? These are the questions facing planners and residents who live near Beijing's Drum and Bell towers. Cheng Anqi, Zhang Zixuan and Han Bingbin report in Beijing.
The renminbi's exchange rate is nearing "equilibrium", a central bank researcher said on Wednesday, suggesting that the currency would be more likely to experience two-way fluctuation instead of the unilateral appreciation of previous years.