Tourists have fun during the Water Splashing Festival on Saturday in Nanning, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The festival is the traditional New Year celebration of the Dai ethnic group. Zhang Hua / for China Daily

Police officer Jia Chenxiang finds a stray lamb on Saturday in the Beiji township of Mohe county, Heilongjiang province, after a snowstorm hit the township over the weekend. Like Jia, police officers from the Mohe frontier brigade under the provincial public security frontier corps have stepped up patrolling to ensure the safety of residents. Qiu Qiaoshi / for China Daily