Sheep graze on snow-covered Qilian Mountain in Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province, March 24, 2017.
Aerial photo taken on March 24, 2017 shows vessels sailing nearby an island, which looks like a big fish surrounded by small fish, on the Hongze Lake in Huai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province.
Several exquisite jadeite carvings by Zou Wantong, a master of the craft, were exhibited on March 22 in Kunming, Yunnan province.
Aerial photo taken on March 20, 2017 shows the colorful salt lake in Yuncheng city, north China's Shanxi Province.
Spotted seals rest on the coastal mudflat of the Liaodong Bay in Jinzhou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 21, 2017. Some 300 spotted seals rested here and will head back to the Pacific regions in late May.
A dolphinfish, also known as Mahi-mahi, is photographed aboard the U.S. drilling ship JOIDES Resolution during an expedition to the South China Sea, March 19, 2017. Dozens of scientists from different countries are on the third expedition to the South China Sea, to explore the formation of the sea as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).
Aerial view taken on March 18, 2017 shows a tea plantation in Meijiawu Village of Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. West Lake Longjing Tea planters in Hangzhou are busy with their harvest work ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea, which are made of the very first tea sprouts in spring and considered to be of high quality.