Firefighters try to put out fire after a blast resulting from the collision between two oil tank trucks in a tunnel on the expressway linking Lanzhou, capital city of Northwest China's Gansu province, and Linzhao county on the morning of April 8. Four people were found dead at the site.
Huang Rufang, who was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, walks through a subway gate on his way to work in Beijing on April 6, 2011.
Collections of photos by Reuters showing the world events on April 7,2011.
The Shanghai Disneyland theme park begins construction work on Friday.The project is scheduled for completion in five years,
Astronomers are puzzling over an extraordinary cosmic blast in a distant galaxy.
Beijing - There are no gridlocked roads in Li Xu's world. Traffic flows smoothly and specially designed intersections keep everyone on the move.
In a sleepy riverside village in South China, 3-year-old Lu Zhihao tears around his home; his belly, arms and legs wobbling with fat as he stuffs a pear into his mouth.
A gunman roamed the halls of an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and killed 12 children.
Chang Liang holds aloft a poster reading "I turn myself in to the Chongqing police" at Chongqing’s Airport on Thursday. Chang and his wife are to face charges in connection with organizing a Mafia-like gang and forcing more than 2,000 women to work as prostitutes.
Indigenous Taiwan goats from Taipei Zoo prepare to travel to the mainland, March 29, 2011.
Concerns about radiation fallout from Japan's nuclear disaster prompted some schools in South Korea to shut on Thursday as rain fell over most of the country, but the nuclear safety agency played down immediate health risks.
US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman rides a Harley motorcycle on a street in Shanghai, East China, April 7, 2011. Huntsman roared through the streets with another 14 Harley owners on Thursday after delivering his final public farewell speech a day earlier. He decided to step down from his post on April 30.