Chinese Daily Photos...2025!!

A therapy dog performs in response to the instructions of a guide during a community event in Beijing on Dec 22. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY

In recent years, everyone knows about police dogs and guide dogs. But now there are also therapy dogs, which have undergone careful training to help people with mental illnesses or autism, or an elderly person who may have cognitive impairments.

Paw for Heal, or PFH, is a volunteer therapy dog program founded by pet behavior expert Wu Qi in 2012. It aims to harness the social value of companion animals by training family pets to be capable of providing physical and emotional assistance to people.



A dog from Paw for Heal works during a therapy interactive activity at an international school in Beijing on Dec 19. [Photo provided to China Daily]



A therapy dog interacts with elderly people and a child during the event. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY



A woman pets a therapy dog during a community event in Beijing on Dec 22. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY



Doctor Song Dan from Peking Union Medical College Hospital holds one of the therapy dogs at a free clinic during Elderly Health Week in Beijing in July 2023. [Photo provided to China Daily]



A guide gives instructions to a therapy dog at an international school in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Rescuers help residents move furniture in Qulho Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2025. The disaster relief work in quake-hit Dingri County including makeshift houses construction, supply transportation and debris removal work have been accelerated to better meet the needs and improve the living conditions of the residents. (Photo by Benba Toinzhub/Xinhua)



A woman cleans her room in a makeshift house in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2025. (All of the following photos by Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)



An aerial drone photo shows disaster relief support team members loading supplies onto a vehicle at a warehouse in Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2025.



A vehicle loaded with supplies moves to Gurum Village in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2025.



A staff member distributes a SIM card to a resident in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2025.



Staff members install a makeshift house in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2025.

Staff members fix supplies to be delivered to quake-hit people on a vehicle at a square in Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2025. The disaster relief work in quake-hit Dingri County including makeshift houses construction, supply transportation and debris removal work have been accelerated to better meet the needs and improve the living conditions of the residents. (All photos by Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)



A shower truck (R) sent by Xizang fire brigade that could allow residents to take warm showers is pictured in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2025.



Chefs from a restaurant make meals for residents at a resettlement site in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2025.



Children watch the TV series of Journey to the West in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2025.



A boy wearing a cap of police salutes at Gabo Village in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2025.



An aerial drone photo shows yaks grazing in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2025.



An aerial drone photo shows the construction of makeshift houses in Chamco Township, Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2025.

Hong Jianhua reads books on bamboo carvings at Huizhou Sculpture Museum in Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 7, 2025. Hong Jianhua, an inheritor of Huizhou bamboo carving listed in China's national intangible cultural heritages, has been dedicated to the craft since the age of 16. The art has received a new lease on life thanks to the efforts made by Hong to innovate technical methods, especially in high relief. To better pass on the craft, Hong launched a studio and a museum to make the beauty of this ancient Chinese art widely known among the public.

The skills of bamboo carving, brick carving, wood carving and stone carving are the top four traditional carving arts in Huizhou. Taking the phyllostachys edulis, which is abundant in Huizhou area, as the raw material, bamboo carvers use knives to carve historical allusions, landscapes and other patterns on the phyllostachys edulis. (Xinhua/Lu Peng)



Hong Jianhua (2nd, R) guides a craftsman to carve bamboo art work at Huizhou Sculpture Museum in Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Lu Peng)



Hong Jianhua works on a bamboo carving at Huizhou Sculpture Museum in Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)



This combined photo taken on Jan. 7, 2025 shows bamboo carvings created by Hong Jianhua at Huizhou Sculpture Museum in Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Lu Peng)



An apprentice of Hong Jianhua works on a bamboo carving at Huizhou Sculpture Museum in Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)



Hong Jianhua and his wife Zhang Hongyun work on bamboo carvings at Huizhou Sculpture Museum in Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)