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(240503) -- BEIJING, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 2, 2024 shows the site of an expressway collapse on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. At about 2:10 a.m. on May 1, a landslide occurred in the Chayang section of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Wang Ruiping)

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(240502) -- BEIJING, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 25, 2024 shows a construction site on the high-speed railway linking east China's Shanghai, southwest China's Chongqing and Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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(240502) -- MEIZHOU, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 2, 2024 shows rescuers working at the site of an expressway collapse on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. At about 2:10 a.m. on May 1, a landslide occurred in the Chayang section of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. As of 3:30 p.m. on May 2, the disaster had caused 48 deaths and 30 injuries. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

CHINA-YANGTZE RIVER DELTA-CONSTRUCTION SITE (CN)

(240502) -- BEIJING, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows a construction site on the expressway linking east China's Shanghai and northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

CHINA-YANGTZE RIVER DELTA-CONSTRUCTION SITE (CN)

(240502) -- BEIJING, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows a construction site on the expressway linking east China's Shanghai and northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI-CULTURAL RELIC RESTORER (CN)

(240501) -- CHENGDU, May 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in March 2022 shows Guo Hanzhong cleaning a bronze vessel at Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Guo Hanzhong is the vice head of the cultural relics storage department of the Sanxingdui Museum in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The 56-year-old man is skilled in the craft of restoring cultural relics. In the past 40 years, he has restored more than 6,000 cultural relic items and was deeply involved in the excavation of all the eight "sacrificial pits" found at Sanxingdui Ruins site. After the completion of the field work in the Sanxingdui Ruins site, sorting, protection and restoration of newly unearthed cultural relics have become the most important work in the current research. "There are probably tens of thousands of relics waiting to be restored, and I can't finish the job in my generation. It needs to be done from generation to generation," Guo Hanzhong said, "Repairing cultural relics needs e

CHINA-HAINAN-VISA-FREE-TOURISTS (CN)

(240502) -- HAIKOU, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Inbound passengers go through border control at Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 1, 2024. According to statistics, more than 940,000 foreign tourists have entered China's southern island province of Hainan visa-free since May 1, 2018. (Photo by Zhu Chenpeng/Xinhua)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-EXPRESSWAY-COLLAPSE-RESCUE (CN)

(240502) -- GUANGZHOU, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 2, 2024 shows rescuers and excavators working at the site of an expressway collapse on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. At about 2:10 a.m. on May 1, a landslide occurred in the Chayang section of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. The death toll rose up to 48 after the road collapse as of press time. (Xinhua/Wang Ruiping)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-EXPRESSWAY-COLLAPSE-RESCUE (CN)

(240502) -- MEIZHOU, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 2, 2024 shows rescuers and excavators working at the site of an expressway collapse on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. At about 2:10 a.m. on May 1, a landslide occurred in the Chayang section of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. As of 3:30 p.m. on May 2, the disaster had caused 48 deaths and 30 injuries. (Xinhua/Wang Ruiping)

CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI-CULTURAL RELIC RESTORER (CN)

(240501) -- CHENGDU, May 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in 1990 shows Guo Hanzhong restoring a bronze sacred tree. Guo Hanzhong is the vice head of the cultural relics storage department of the Sanxingdui Museum in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The 56-year-old man is skilled in the craft of restoring cultural relics. In the past 40 years, he has restored more than 6,000 cultural relic items and was deeply involved in the excavation of all the eight "sacrificial pits" found at Sanxingdui Ruins site. After the completion of the field work in the Sanxingdui Ruins site, sorting, protection and restoration of newly unearthed cultural relics have become the most important work in the current research. "There are probably tens of thousands of relics waiting to be restored, and I can't finish the job in my generation. It needs to be done from generation to generation," Guo Hanzhong said, "Repairing cultural relics needs experience. And I will try my best to pass on what I have learned to younge

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-SAFFRON-PICKING

(231114) -- HERAT, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Afghan workers harvest saffron flowers in Herat Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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