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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas, (from top L, clockwise) Rauhin, Yuihin, Fuhin and Saihin, are pictured at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 11, 2025, Sept. 18, 2022, Dec. 24, 2024 and Aug. 14, 2024, respectively. All four giant pandas on loan to the western Japan zoo are set to leave on June 28, 2025, to return to China.

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-ART CENTER (CN)

(240428) -- GUANGZHOU, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the Bai'etan Greater Bay Area Art Center under construction in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, on July 21, 2022 (above) and on Dec. 27, 2023 (photo taken by Xinhua photographer Liu Dawei) respectively. Housing the Guangdong Museum of Art, the Guangdong Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Center, and the Guangdong Literature Hall, the art center will open to the public on May 1, 2024. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-ART CENTER (CN)

(240428) -- GUANGZHOU, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the Bai'etan Greater Bay Area Art Center under construction in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, on Oct. 12, 2022 (above) and on Dec. 27, 2023 respectively. Housing the Guangdong Museum of Art, the Guangdong Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Center, and the Guangdong Literature Hall, the art center will open to the public on May 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students display the travel cards for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Teachers and students take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces the route schematic map of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line to students in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A passenger takes selfies while taking a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Teachers and students take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People exit from the Marina Station after getting off a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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CHINA-PLA NAVY-ESCORT MISSION-15 YEARS (CN)

(231228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members aboard an escorted Chinese deep-sea fishing boat fly banners to express their affection for motherland China and appreciation for Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on June 4, 2022. Since December 2008, China has been dispatching naval ships to carry out vessel protection operations in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. Over the past 15 years, 45 consecutive fleets, 150 vessels and 35,000 personnel of the PLA Navy have joined the efforts, escorting more than 7,200 Chinese and foreign vessels, including 12 World Food Program ships. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Chinese navy's 15-year quest for peace in Gulf of Aden, waters off Somalia" (Photo by Yang Jie/Xinhua)

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CHINA-PLA NAVY-ESCORT MISSION-15 YEARS (CN)

(231228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Special-operation soldiers aboard the missile frigate Yueyang of the 40th escort mission fleet dispatched by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy are on vigilance during an escort mission on April 2, 2022. Since December 2008, China has been dispatching naval ships to carry out vessel protection operations in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. Over the past 15 years, 45 consecutive fleets, 150 vessels and 35,000 personnel of the PLA Navy have joined the efforts, escorting more than 7,200 Chinese and foreign vessels, including 12 World Food Program ships. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Chinese navy's 15-year quest for peace in Gulf of Aden, waters off Somalia" (Photo by Tang Wen/Xinhua)

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CHINA-PLA NAVY-ESCORT MISSION-15 YEARS (CN)

(231228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff aboard an escorted ship wave to greet the 42nd escort mission fleet dispatched by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Nov. 5, 2022. Since December 2008, China has been dispatching naval ships to carry out vessel protection operations in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. Over the past 15 years, 45 consecutive fleets, 150 vessels and 35,000 personnel of the PLA Navy have joined the efforts, escorting more than 7,200 Chinese and foreign vessels, including 12 World Food Program ships. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Chinese navy's 15-year quest for peace in Gulf of Aden, waters off Somalia" (Photo by Ma Yubin/Xinhua)

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Livestreaming e-commerce helps increase rural incomes in China's Xizang

STORY: Livestreaming e-commerce helps increase rural incomes in China's Xizang SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 31, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the county 2. various of the studio 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BUMO, Live-streaming host STORYLINE: A livestreaming studio in Baqen County in China's Xizang has helped sell local products to other parts of China via e-commerce. The studio was established in March 2022 in the region with an average altitude of 4,500 meters, and has since helped boost incomes for farmers and herders. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BUMO, Live-streaming host "I started to be engaged in the livestreams in August last year, and has since promoted specialties from Baqen County, such as cordyceps and dried yak meat. In one livestream, the sales revenue is at least 2,000 yuan (about 280 U.S. dollars), and sometimes could even reach 4,000 to 5,000 yuan." As of July this year, the studio had generated sales revenue exceeding 500,000

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German Ambassador to Japan Clemens von Goetze

German Ambassador to Japan Clemens von Goetze gives an interview at the embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2022.

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German Ambassador to Japan Clemens von Goetze

German Ambassador to Japan Clemens von Goetze gives an interview at the embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2022.

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CHINA-HAINAN-TOURISM-CONSUMPTION (CN)

(230111) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists arrive at the Tongguling scenic area by motorcycles in Wenchang City, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 28, 2022. Since the second half of 2022, Hainan has issued tourism consumption coupons, held tourism promotion activities, and taken many other measures to stimulate tourism consumption. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-AERIAL PHOTO

(230110) -- BEIJING, Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 28, 2022 shows the snow scenery of Dangjiu Village in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Xinhua Headlines: China enters new phase of COVID response

(230108) -- BEIJING, Jan. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Medical workers and a volunteer send medicines to a villager at Xingnong Village of Chishui, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 28, 2022. (Photo by Wang Changyu/Xinhua)

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Closure of ex-Japan PM Abe's offices in his constituency

Akie Abe, widow of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, helps to take down a signboard at his office in Shimonoseki, his Yamaguchi Prefecture constituency, on Dec. 28, 2022, as the office was closed the same day. Another office in Nagato, also in his constituency, was closed the previous day.

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Scene in Kyiv

People visit an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER-COVID-19 (CN)

(230105) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A community volunteer (L) delivers medicine to Wei Yuanfen's home in the Nanxiyuan Community in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 28, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Community volunteers join fight against COVID-19" (Xinhua/Li Fan)

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CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-GRASSROOTS-MEDICAL SUPPLIES (CN)

(230105) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Village doctor Zhang Xuefeng sends medicines to villagers in Nantai Village of Baoding, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 28, 2022. TO GO WITH "China Focus: China in grassroots mobilization to ensure medical supplies" (Xinhua)

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Japan PM Kishida gives interview

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gives an interview at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2022.

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-PALEOLITHIC STONEWARE-DISCOVERY (CN)

(230104) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 28, 2022 shows stoneware items discoverd in the city of Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Paleolithic stoneware items unearthed in north China's Inner Mongolia" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-PALEOLITHIC STONEWARE-DISCOVERY (CN)

(230104) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 28, 2022 shows stoneware items discoverd in the city of Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Paleolithic stoneware items unearthed in north China's Inner Mongolia" (Xinhua)

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MALAYSIA-TRANSPORTATION-ECRL-INTERVIEW

(221231) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 28, 2022. TO GO WITH "ECRL helps maintain economic momentum: Malaysian official" (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

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CHINA-INTERNET HOSPITAL-MEDICAL TREATMENT (CN)

(221230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Doctor Kong Shujun works from home to provide medical consultations through online fever clinics of the internet hospital in east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 28, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Internet hospitals facilitate medical treatment" (Xinhua)

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Scene in Kyiv

Children ride on a carrousel at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2022, shows Tsukuba Center Building in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The 2019 Pritzker laureate died on Dec. 28, aged 91.

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Scene in Kyiv

Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2022, shows a hot wine shop at an amusement park in Kyiv as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

A Ukrainian soldier (C) spends time with family members in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

People visit an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

Children buy confectionery at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

People pose at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

People skate at a rink at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

People skate at a rink at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Xinhua Headlines: China's global cooperation in fighting COVID-19 bears fruits

(221230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese medical experts visit a quarantine in Sihanoukville city in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia, March 28, 2020. (Photo by Chen Duncai/Xinhua)

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CHINA-TIBET-GYIRONG PORT-TWO-WAY TRADE-RESUMPTION (CN)

(221230) -- LHASA, Dec. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A truck loaded with goods from Nepal enters the Gyirong port in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 28, 2022. The Gyirong port, the largest land border crossing between China and Nepal, has resumed two-way trade. (Photo by Shen Shuwen/Xinhua)

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Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

File photo taken in July 2009 shows Art Tower Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The 2019 Pritzker laureate died on Dec. 28, 2022, aged 91.

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Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2022, shows Art Plaza (the former Oita Prefectural Library) in Oita, southwestern Japan, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The 2019 Pritzker laureate died on Dec. 28, aged 91.

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Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

File photo shows Japanese architect Arata Isozaki at his 88th birthday party in September 2019, at Hara Museum Arc in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The 2019 Pritzker laureate died on Dec. 28, 2022, aged 91.

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

An elderly patient looks tired at a hospital in Wuhan on Dec. 28, 2022, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

A commercial district in Wuhan is crowded with people wearing masks on Dec. 28, 2022, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

Elderly patients lie on emergency department beds at a hospital in Wuhan on Dec. 28, 2022, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

People line up for fever outpatient services at a hospital in Wuhan on Dec. 28, 2022, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-DINOSAUR FOSSILS-DISCOVER (CN)

(221229) -- CHUXIONG, Dec. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers work at a locality where dinosaur fossils have been discovered in Lufeng City of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 28, 2022. Dinosaur fossils have been discovered in nine localities in southwest China's Yunnan Province since the end of 2020, the information office of the Yunnan government said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Dinosaur fossils discovered in China's Yunnan" (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-DINOSAUR FOSSILS-DISCOVER (CN)

(221229) -- CHUXIONG, Dec. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers work at a locality where dinosaur fossils have been discovered in Lufeng City of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 28, 2022. Dinosaur fossils have been discovered in nine localities in southwest China's Yunnan Province since the end of 2020, the information office of the Yunnan government said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Dinosaur fossils discovered in China's Yunnan" (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)