Under the Shanghai's new policy on keeping pet dogs to be implemented next week, residents may only have one dog per household, must keep dogs in public areas leashed at all times and put muzzles on large dogs to prevent them from biting others.
Workers help remove a road facility near the bank of Liujiang River in Liuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, as water level of the river keeps rising due to heavy rainfall lately, May 13, 2011.
Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (L) and US astronaut Michael E. Fossum take part in an exam on a simulator of the International Space Station in the Russian cosmonaut training centre at Star City outside Moscow May 12, 2011. The three-man team is scheduled to leave for the International Space Station on June 7.
Xiao Xue gave birth to four cubs around midnight on May 1, 2011 and all of them survived. The tiger has given birth to 11 cubs from 2008 to 2011 and earning her the name “Hero tiger mom”.
A train travels the Qinghai-Tibet route on May 13, 2011. The Qinghai-Tibet railway makes its way through a 550-kilometer section of permanently frozen earth, which posed the main threat to its safe operation.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson conducts flight operations while underway in the Arabian Gulf in this US Navy handout photo dated April 4, 2011.
Members of the "Duzhupiao" team practice their boating skills at a lake in Hubei province, on May 12, 2011.
Li Na's recent decision to appoint Denmark Fed Cup captain Michael Mortensen as her new coach was the right move despite the fact it meant ditching her husband Jiang Shan, the world number six said on Monday.
Thousands of Spaniards fled this small agricultural city Thursday, fearing major aftershocks might level it after the country's deadliest earthquakes in 55 years killed nine people and caused extensive damage.
Tribute to fatal victims of Wenchuan quake
Liu Hui (center), 92, visits his birthplace in Shanglu village, Zhangshu city, East China's Jiangxi province, May 11, 2011. It was his first time coming back to the village in 72 years, after joining the Chinese army at the age of 20 and going to Myanmar to fight against the Japanese aggression.
International Nurses Day falls on the anniversary of the quake, May 12. It is also the day Florence Nightingale was born in 1820.