Premier Li Keqiang and other leaders attend a photo session during the Prime Ministers' Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, on Tuesday. Wu Zhiyi / China Daily
Premiers meet
Premier Li Keqiang toasts leaders attending the prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, at a welcoming dinner on Monday. The two-day gathering is expected to focus on combating terrorism. See more >P3 Wu Zhiyi / China Daily
Massacre remembered
Students stage a candlelight vigil in Nanjing on Sunday as part of an official memorial held in the capital city of Jiangsu province to commemorate the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre killed by invading Japanese troops in 1937. See more> p3. Cui Xiao / For China Daily
St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai, in the city's Xujiahui area, is undergoing a lengthy renovation. The inside of the church (below) features stone columns and Gothic ceilings. Photos by Gao Erqiang / China Daily
Tu Youyou (second right), joins fellow Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine (from left) William C.Campbell from Ireland, Satoshi Omura from Japan and Nobel Literature laureate Svetlana Alexievitch from Belarus at the prize award ceremony in Stockholm on Thursday. Soren Andersson / AFP
Children receive aerosol therapy on Wednesday at Beijing Children's Hospital, which has seen an increase in respiratory system diseases among youngsters since smog hit the capital this week. Photos by Feng Yongbin / China Daily
Yang Shuqin, a 59-year-old tai chi practitioner in Beijing, holds an iPad at the Temple of Heaven on Tuesday as the city was shrouded in heavy smog. The iPad picture shows the landmark structure during good weather. Zou Hong / China Daily
US Muslims march to the White House to protest against Islamic State in Washington, DC, on Sunday. James Lawler Duggan / Reuters
First lady Peng Liyuan speaks during an anti-AIDS event on Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa. She said China will consistently support African countries in fighting AIDS. Xie Huanchi / Xinhua
President Xi Jinping greets Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (right) while South Africa's President Jacob Zuma looks on during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit in Johannesburg on Friday.
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Police carry out a manhunt after Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Attackers opened fire on a holiday party at a social services agency, killing 14 people and wounding 17 others, before fleeing the scene. Mike Blake / Reuters
President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive in the South African capital Pretoria on Wednesday for a state visit to the country before he co-chairs the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua