Taoli Cup competition held in Beijing

Contestants from Macao perform during the final of the Chinese classical dance in the 8th Taoli Cup Dance Competition in Beijing, capital of China Aug. 13, 2006.

Winners of HK Golden Bauhinia Film Awards

Hong Kong actress Isabella Leong holds her Best New Performer award after the Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Film Awards August 13, 2006.

Extensive blackout hits Tokyo, nearby Chiba

Station staff uses a bullhorn to explain commuters and tourists the Yurikamome monorail is not in service, following a blackout in Metropolitan area in Tokyo, Monday morning, Aug. 14, 2006.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Heavy downpours hit Beijing

Residents cycle through a flooded street caused by heavy downpours in Beijing August 13, 2006. Downpours hit Beijing on Sunday, leaving streets water-logged.

Coal mine accident kills nine in Xinjiang

Rescuers check equipment at Guangyuan coal mine in Fukang, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2006. The roof of the mine collapsed on Sunday, leaving 9 miners killed, one badly injured and another four still missing.

Premier Wen tours Daqing oil field

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L Front) shakes hands and talks with Ma Deren, former head of a drilling team of the Daqing Oilfield in Daqing City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Aug. 10, 2006. Wen Jiabao made an inspection tour in Heilongjiang on Aug. 10-12.

Sichuan Province suffers heavy drought

Two children play in a dried-up pool at Xiniushi Village in Daying County of Suining City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 13, 2006. Most areas of Sichuan Province have been suffering from month-long drought and searing heat. Local governments have allocated funds to help residents fight against drought by tapping ground water and improving water conservation facilities.

Yao-Wang not save China from 88-78 lose to Brazil

China's Yao Ming (R) vies with players of Brazil during the last round match of Group B at the 2006 Stankovic Continental Champions Cup in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 13, 2006.Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi teamed up for the first time in five years, but failed to save China from a 88-78 lose to Brazil on Sunday at the Stankovic Cup.

Israel pounds Lebanon before planned truce

Smoke billows following Israeli bombardment on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006. Israel pounded targets across Lebanon on Sunday, a day before a U.N. cease-fire resolution was to go into effect. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Encephalitis B in Yuncheng put under control

A patient infected with encephalitis B is under care of his relatives at the People's Hospital in Linyi County of Yuncheng, a city in north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 13, 2006. The outbreak of encephalitis B that has claimed 19 lives since the first case of encephalitis B was reported on July 13 in Yuncheng City has been put under control, a local health official said on Sunday.

Tigers enjoy coolness in high temperature

Two tigers paddle in a pool to enjoy coolness at the Hongshan Forest Zoo in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 13, 2006. The highest temperature reached 37 degrees centigrade in Nanjing on Aug. 13.

Israeli evacuees' life

An Israeli child looks around from his small tent on the Nitzanim beach in southern Israel, Aug. 12, 2006. The tent city at Nitzanim beach, which has a capacity of 5,000 people, is the largest settlement in southern Israel for evacuees from the north.