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Ten most popular photos of 2003 selected by netizens

Following are ten most popular photos in 2003 selected by the netizens of the Xinhuanet.com, a website under the Xinhua News Agency.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd R) and Vice-Premier Wu Yi (3rd R) shake hands with AIDS patients at the Ditan Hospital in Beijing Dec. 1, 2003. (Xinhua Photo)

The World Health Organization (WHO) removed Beijing from its list of SARS-infected areas and lifted its travel advisory against the city on June 24. A man who came from Jilin Province to Beijing for a tour cheers with his son at the Tian'anmen Square on hearing the news.

China's first manned spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu at 9 a.m. October 15, 2003.

The re-entry capsule of Shenzhou-5 has returned to the Earth and landed safely in Inner Mongolia on October 16, with astronaut Yang Liwei in good condition waving to the public.

A medical worker in Guangzhou No.1 military hospital bids farewell to her baby, who is less than ten months old, on May 5, 2003. On the day, 62 medical staff left for Beijing to help combat SARS.

Many Hope schools have been set up over recent years in Xihaigu in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, thanks to the local government's effort and financial aid from all wolks of life. This remote moutainous area, therefore, ends the history of no shools.

Children play with peace doves in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 11. The end of war brings peace to this central Asian country.

Two red-beak seagulls are dancing in a downtown park in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province. The city has become a winter home to thousands of migrant birds from cold Siberian.

On October 1, 2003, Chinese basketball player Yao Ming shoots a basket in the finals at the 22nd Asian men's basketball championship held in Harbin. China defeated S. Korea 106-96 to win the Asian title.

Chinese diver Guo Jingjing wins gold medal at women's three-meter springboard diving at World Swimming Championship held in Barcelona, July 18, 2003.

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Top 10 China, world news stories in 2003 selected

Exploration rover "Spirit" lands safely on Mars ( 9 Messages)

Two major state banks to pilot joint-stock system ( 3 Messages)

China pondering its own "green card" system ( 16 Messages)

Roaring BMW: Was it "road rage" or an accident? ( 2 Messages)

Beijing's traffic no longer a headache by year 2008 ( 5 Messages)