Hundreds cool off on a late summer day in a waterpark in Suining, Sichuan province. Even as this year saw a landmark agreement between China and the U.S., the world’s two top energy consumers, signs of climate change on the Tibetan Plateau and elsewhere around China are troubling.
A devotee prays at the government sanctioned Xishiku Catholic Church in Beijing. Recently relations between the Chinese Communist Party and the Vatican have seemed to thaw. Catholics in China have two avenues of worship: the state-sanctioned church known as the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association that answers to the Communist Party, and underground churches where worshippers are loyal to the Pope.
Asked about U.S. requests for help from China to punish North Korea for cyberattacks, a spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry, said the United States and North Korea needed to communicate directly.
A candlelight vigil in Victoria Park commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre.
A relative of a Chinese passenger aboard flight MH370 reacts after Malaysian PM Razak said a new analysis of satellite data showed the plane had ended its journey in remote seas southwest of Australia.
Chinese relatives of the passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 wait for the latest information at Lido Hotel in Beijing. The plane went down carrying 239 passengers and crew on route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. On several occasions authorities received information that gave many hope that the aircraft would be found, but many months later its disappearance remains a mystery.
Young Chinese soccer players eat lunch in the canteen of the Evergrande International Football School near Qingyuan in Guangdong province. The sprawling 167-acre campus was the brainchild of property tycoon Xu Jiayin, who aims to train a generation of young athletes to establish China as a football powerhouse. China, though a world leader in many respects, once again failed to qualify for the World Cup this year.
Women sew CT1SL428 suits, protective clothing used by healthcare workers treating people infected with the Ebola virus, in a sewing room of Lakeland Industries Inc. in Anqiu, Shandong province, October 23, 2014.
Uighurs wait at a bus stop in old city of Kashgar in Xinjiang.
High-rise buildings penetrate the early morning fog that spreads over Dazu district in the southwestern city of Chongqing.
