Students from martial arts schools perform kung fu at the welcome ceremony of the 10th International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Shaolin Temple, Dengfeng, Central China's Henan province, Oct 19, 2014.
Lassana Gabana, a 35-year-old Ebola survivor turned social worker who talks to patients and provides comfort. The World Health Organization says that more than 4,500 people have died due to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa with a 70 percent mortality rate for those infected with the virus.
Two leading business organizations signed a cooperation agreement in Sao Paulo on Oct 18 to work together to enhance communication between the entrepreneurs of both China and Brazil.
The Beijing International Marathon concluded Sunday in heavy smog with Ethiopian Fatuma Sado Dergo finishing first in the 42.195-kilometer run.
Models present creations by designers from home and abroad during Shanghai Fashion Week in Shanghai October 18, 2014.
China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Boston on Saturday for the second day on his US visit.
Huawei, the Chinese networking and telecom equipment and services company, displayed its mobile devices at the 2014 Futurecom.
Photo taken on Oct 17, 2014 shows the scenery of the Lake Namtso surrounded by snow in southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
Lu Xun, one of the leading figures of modern Chinese literature, was honored in New York with performances by the Beijing Dance Theater at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Rich Rogel, president of investment firm Tomay Inc, and his wife Susan Rogel, Ken Lieberthal, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at Brookings Institution, and his wife Jane Lieberthal, celebrate the renaming of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese at the University of Michigan on Thursday.
In a year in which Chinese spending and investments have dominated the headlines, a number of significant achievements by people in Asia have received little notice.