Mine owners tried to cover up an accident that left four people dead and five injured, a local work safety watchdog confirmed on Thursday.
The suspect in a hostage incident (center, with face covered) is taken away by a group of plainclothes police officers in Fengtai district, Beijing, on Thursday, following the release of the hostage.
A senior official in charge of education and sport in Guangshan county, Henan province, has been suspended from his post.
An electrical worker scrapes ice off power lines in a remote mountainous area in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Wednesday. Regional meteorological authorities have issued a warning on an upcoming cold front.
A sculptor from the Amur Oblast region of Russia carves an ice sculpture of a motorcyclist in the Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Tuesday.
China's religious affairs authorities will register all clergy members by the end of the year, in a move to help the public identify fake religious staff members.
A fleet of four Chinese marine surveillance ships continued to patrol territorial waters off China's Diaoyu Islands on Monday, according to a statement from the State Oceanic Administration.
Frost forms on the branches of a tree in Jilin city, Jilin province, on Monday.
Xi Jinping, the new leader of the ruling Communist Party of China, on Saturday urged continued efforts to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics while warning Party members of potential dangers and risks.
Students scheduled to graduate this year look for employment opportunities at a job fair at China International Exhibition Center in Beijing on Sunday.
President Hu Jintao has expressed his "sympathy and compassion" to his Cote d'Ivoire counterpart, Alassane Ouattara, after a stampede left 63 people dead and 50 others injured on New Year's Eve.
Serving their pets with specially made food is an increasingly popular trend among young owners.