 | A couple work with explosive powder in their home where a child is sleeping at a stone quarry in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, Tuesday, July 24, 2007. China's high death rate from industrial accidents is partly due to improper use and storage of dangerous materials like explosives and toxic chemicals. click to open  |
 | A boy jumps into the Yangtze River to cool down in hot weather in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, July 3, 2006. The local temperature hit 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, China Daily reported. click to open |
 | Local residents jump from a pier into the Hanjiang River to cool themselves amid hot weather in Wuhan, in China's Hubei province Tuesday June 20, 2006. Temperatures in Wuhan reached a record of 37.4 degrees. Many people swim in the river to cool off as the hot season arrives in Wuhan, which is known as one of the 'Three Furnaces' of China for its extreme summer temperatures. click to open |
 | Fireworks are displayed at the centre of the Chinese city of Shanghai January 1, 2006 to welcome the New Year. click to open |
 | A local resident looks for decorations for the forthcoming New Year's Day at a market in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province, on Saturday December 31, 2005, in this photo released by the Chinese news agency Xinhua. click to open |
 | A Chinese couple kiss as passers-by watch during a kissing contest in Wuhan, in central China's Henan province, August 11, 2005. The competition is held to celebrate the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, known as the Chinese 'Valentine's Day', on Thursday. According to a 2,000-year-old Chinese legend, a Chinese cowherd and a weaver maid fell in love with each other, but was split by the Queen of Heaven. The couple can only meet once a year on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way on the evening of the day. click to open |
 | A swimming pool in Wuhan is filled with people as heat wave brings temperature reaching into the 38 degree click to open |
 | A swimming pool in Wuhan is filled with people as heat wave brings temperature reaching into the 38 degree click to open |
 | A swimming pool in Wuhan is filled with people as heat wave brings temperature reaching into the 38 degree click to open |
 | A farmer sprays disinfectant at his chicken farm in Wuhan, the capital of China's central province of Hubei, January 28, 2004. The 10 Asian countries hit by the rapid spread of bird flu which has killed at least eight people and threatens to develop into an epidemic worse than SARS. click to open |
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