Hu Jianguo, a porter known locally as "stick man," helps carry luggage in Chongqing, Southwest China, Jan 27, 2011. Carrying bamboo poles used for lugging loads up the hilly streets of Chongqing, local "stick men" are part of the scenery. Hu, 54, earns about 3,000 yuan a month and works almost every day of the year in Chaotianmen, the largest wholesale market in the municipality. He eats only two meals a day and carries about 50 kilograms of luggage 40 times a day. [Photo/Xinhua]

Ducks look for food in a dried-up riverbed in Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong province, Jan 27, 2011. Shandong province has been hit by the most severe drought in 60 years. And according to local meteorological center, no rain or snow is forecast during the Spring Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]