CHINA-SICHUAN-PANDA-COURTSHIP (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-PANDA-COURTSHIP (CN)

(230306) -- GUANGYUAN, March 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 3, 2023 shows two wild giant pandas in search of mates in the Tangjiahe area of the Giant Panda National Park in Qingchuan County of Guangyuan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. TO GO WITH "Courtship of wild giant pandas spotted in SW China" (Photo by Ma Wenhu/Xinhua)

Japan's relief team recovers 2 bodies in quake-hit area in China

Japan's relief team recovers 2 bodies in quake-hit area in China

QINGCHUAN, China - Relief workers of Japan's emergency disaster relief team carry the bodies of Song Xuemei, 28, and her 70-day-old daughter after they were recovered from the debris of a completely collapsed building in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan on May 17. (Kyodo)

Japan's relief team recovers 2 bodies in quake-hit area in China

Japan's relief team recovers 2 bodies in quake-hit area in China

QINGCHUAN, China - Relief workers of Japan's emergency disaster relief team carry the bodies of Song Xuemei, 28, and her 70-day-old daughter after they were recovered from the debris of a completely collapsed building in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan on May 17. (Kyodo)

Japan's relief team recovers 2 bodies in quake-hit area in China

Japan's relief team recovers 2 bodies in quake-hit area in China

QINGCHUAN, China - Relief workers of Japan's emergency disaster relief team offer silent prayers to the bodies of Song Xuemei, 28, and her 70-day-old daughter after they were recovered from the debris of a completely collapsed building in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan on May 17. (Kyodo)

(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed hospital staff dormitory in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed hospital staff dormitory in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed hospital staff dormitory in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

(CORRECTED) Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed hospital staff dormitory in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area in China

Japanese team begins relief work in quake-hit area in China

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team begins rescue and recovery operations May 16 at a collapsed apartment in Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan, hit by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

1st batch of Japan's relief team arrives in disaster area

1st batch of Japan's relief team arrives in disaster area

QINGCHUAN, China - The first group of Japan's emergency disaster relief team reaches Qingchuan County in the western Chinese province of Sichuan on May 16 to begin rescue and recovery operations after a devastating earthquake on May 12. The group of 31 workers, the first foreign rescue team to arrive in China, reached Guanzhuang Town in Qingchuan at around 10 a.m. on May 16, traveling by land after arrival at the airport in Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu early in the day. Qingchuan is located 250 kilometers northeast of the epicenter and 400 km from Chengdu. (Kyodo)