Two birds are perched on an electric wire in Beijing, February 17, 2009. Snow flakes quietly fell in Beijing's downtown areas early Tuesday morning, driving the temperature below zero. [Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Two birds are perched on an electric wire in Beijing, February 17, 2009. Snow flakes quietly fell in Beijing's downtown areas early Tuesday morning, driving the temperature below zero. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090218/000cf1a48b7f0b05e95e20.jpg "Two birds are perched on an electric wire in Beijing, February 17, 2009. Snow flakes quietly fell in Beijing's downtown areas early Tuesday morning, driving the temperature below zero. [Xinhua]")
