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Rescuers saved a dog trapped on the roof of a car that was submerged by deep floodwater in central China. A video went viral online, showing Lu Ning, the rescuer from Jianggsu Province, approaching the dog stranded on top of the vehicle by boat and then jumping into the floodwater to place it onto a paddleboard. The dog was rescued and taken home by its appreciative owner, who reportedly left the dog on the top of a car temporarily during evacuation. #cgtn #rescue #china #loveanimal #dog

August 02, 2021

Snow-capped mountains and azure lakes were pictured last Friday in Ashburton Lakes District, South Island, New Zealand. Sitting between two major rivers, the Rakaia and Rangitata rivers, the town serves the surrounding farming district. #cgtn #seetheworld #newzealand #snowmountain #nature

August 02, 2021

Photos taken last Sunday show pregnant female giant panda Huan Huan sleeping inside her enclosure before giving birth at Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, central France. According to the zoo, Huan Huan, the female panda loaned by China to Beauval Zoo Parc (Loir-et-Cher) in France gave birth to twin cubs early Monday morning. The twins are Huan Huan and her partner Yuan Zi's third cubs after the first panda Yuan Meng ever born in France in 2017. #cgtn #seetheworld #panda #china #france

August 02, 2021

Chinese athletes won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal in four events in the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. China's Gong Lijiao exhibited dominance in the women's shot put at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, clinching her first Olympic gold medal, which is also the first gold for China in field events in Tokyo. The four-time Olympian set her personal best twice in the final, with a throw of 20.53 meters in the fifth attempt and 20.58 meters in the sixth. China's Shi Tingmao won the gold medal during the women's 3m springboard final. Shi's teammate Wang Han had the silver, followed by Krysta Palmer of the U.S. Chinese athletes have not missed the Olympic gold medal of women's 3m springboard since 1988 in Seoul. This was the ninth straight time for them to win its title. China's Chen Yufei, a two-time bronze medalist at the world championships, claimed the gold medal in the badminton women's singles final on Sunday. She defeated Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei 2-0 (21-18, 19-21 and 21-18), harvesting her first Olympic gold in her Olympic debut. Also on Sunday, Xiao Ruoteng, who had won a bronze in the men's team all-around and silver in individual all-around, took bronze in the men's floor exercise final with 14.766 points. #cgtn #chinatrends #Olympics #Tokyo2020 #TeamChina

August 02, 2021

Elephants played in a pond and interacted with visitors at a park for circus elephants in a village in Sochi, Russia. The park is the joint project of a circus company and a local safari park to help elephants get relaxed in nature. #cgtn #seetheworld

August 02, 2021

The world's heaviest captive panda cub🐼 was born at the Hetaoping Wolong Panda Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday. The cub weighed 249 grams at birth. #cgtn #panda

August 02, 2021

China's Gong Lijiao exhibited dominance in the women's shot put at the Tokyo2020 Olympics on Sunday, clinching her first Olympic gold medal, which is also the first gold for China in field events in Tokyo. The 32-year-old set her personal best twice in the final, with a throw of 20.53 meters in the fifth attempt and 20.58 meters in the sixth. Having landed 19.95 meters on her first try, which outcasts the best of her closest rival at the event, at 19.79 meters, any more successful attempts that followed could win her the gold. The four-time Olympian, who won bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012, has been eager to complete her career with a gold medal that has eluded her for over a decade. She once said that nothing is more worth holding on to than a dream, and now, her dream has finally come true. #Tokyo2020 #Olympics #TeamChina #sports #thefaces #cgtn

August 02, 2021

Candidates took part in a bamboo drifting competition on Friday in Maoping Village, Jinping County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Originating from the Chishui River in Guizhou, bamboo drifting is an ancient folk tradition. In 2011, it was included in China's Ethnic Minority Traditional Sports Games for the first time. #cgtn #chinatrends

August 02, 2021

China's Zhurong Mars rover has started traversing complex terrain on Mars riddled with rocks, impact craters and sand dunes, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Friday. As of Friday, Zhurong has been working on the Martian surface for 75 Martian days, traveling a total of 708 meters. A Martian day is approximately 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth. The rover completed a scientific detection of a second sand dune last week and arrived in the complex terrain area earlier this week. Ground flight control personnel will next conduct visual positioning and movement path planning for the rover based on navigation terrain images they obtain every day, so as to ensure the rover's safety. Zhurong, China's first rover to land on another planet, is part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars conducted by the CNSA. #cgtn #china #mars #zhurong #spacechina

August 01, 2021

The Atlantic puffin was pictured taking fish back to its burrow to feed the chicks after being ambushed by a seagull in waters off the East Coast of Iceland. Although the Iceland gull stole some fish, the puffin managed to escape with enough to feed its young. Amateur photographer James Bian, a Wall Street IT worker from Maryland, U.S., who took the photos said that the pictures were taken in an area where there is a puffin colony. #cgtn #seetheworld #nature #animal #Iceland

August 01, 2021

Colorful cloths are pictured hung out to dry by local workers in Surakarta in Central Java, Indonesia. The dyed fabrics are said to be used to make clothes that would be sold to tourists at beachside markets in Bali and Yogyakarta in the country. Professional photographer Andika Oky Arisandi, 30, who took the photos said the whole village produces these fabrics that will then be turned into beachside clothing and that he found this really interesting as it is rare for an entire village to be involved in the same manufacturing business. #cgtn #seetheworld #indonesia #fabricsdying

August 01, 2021

Chinese weightlifter Lyu Xiaojun clinched the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics men's 81-kilogram final on Saturday. 🥇🏋🏻‍♂️ He set new Olympic records for snatch (170kg), clean and jerk (204) and total (374kg). Nine years ago, he won the men's 77kg gold medal in London with a new world record. Five years ago in Rio de Janeiro, Lyu lifted 177kg in snatch and 202 in clean and jerk, but lost the gold to Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan who was 0.64kg lighter than him. This time, the 37-year-old legend challenged himself and won the Olympic gold back after nine years. Let's review some of Lyu's astonishing moments at the Olympics! #weighlifting #crossfit #luxiaojun #olympics #Tokyo2020 #TeamChina #cgtn #thefaces

August 01, 2021