A groom wipes the tears off his bride's face during a mass wedding ceremony organised by the local government for survivors of last year's Sichuan earthquake in Beichuan County, Sichuan province April 26, 2009. China will mark the one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake on May 12. Picture taken April 26, 2009.
Twenty couples walk on a bridge during a mass wedding ceremony organised by the local government for survivors of last year's Sichuan earthquake in Beichuan County, Sichuan province April 26, 2009. China will mark the one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake on May 12. Picture taken April 26, 2009
A worker paints a lion dance statue, a form of traditional Chinese art, in the business district in Beijing April 27, 2009.
A worker paints on a lion dance statue, a form of traditional Chinese art, in the business district in Beijing April 27, 2009.
People work at the construction site of a traditional Chinese folk dance theatre in the business district in Beijing, April 27, 2009.
Samat Hasan, a 24-year-old stuntman from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, walks on a tightrope in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province April 25, 2009. Walking on a 700-metre-long (2,300 ft) rope with a 3.1-centimetre (1.2 inches) diameter and set at a 39-degree gradient, Hasan successfully broke the Guinness World Record for aerial tightrope walking after failing in a previous attempt in October last year, local media reported
Firemen watch Samat Hasan, a 24-year-old stuntman from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, walk on a tightrope in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province April 25, 2009. Walking on a 700-metre-long (2,300 ft) rope with a 3.1-centimetre (1.2 inches) diameter and set at a 39-degree gradient, Hasan successfully broke the Guinness World Record for aerial tightrope walking after failing in a previous attempt in October last year, local media reported.
Samat Hasan, a 24-year-old stuntman from Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, walks on a tightrope in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province April 25, 2009. Walking on a 700-metre-long (2,300 ft) rope with a 3.1-centimetre (1.2 inches) diameter and set at a 39-degree gradient, Hasan successfully broke the Guinness World Record for aerial tightrope walking after failing in a previous attempt in October last year, local media reported
Samat Hasan, a 24-year-old stuntman from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, walks on a tightrope in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province April 25, 2009. Walking on a 700-metre-long (2,300 ft) rope with a 3.1-centimetre (1.2 inches) diameter and set at a 39-degree gradient, Hasan successfully broke the Guinness World Record for aerial tightrope walking after failing in a previous attempt in October last year, local media reported.
A pupil does his homework at the ruins of the earthquake-hit Shifang, Sichuan province April 24, 2009. China will mark the one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2009. Picture taken April 24, 2009.
A Mexican navy warship visits Shanghai after attending an international fleet review in Qingdao to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy April 26, 2009
