Harbin, the capital of China’s Heilongjiang Province, which is also known as the country’s “ice city”, welcomes tourists and the Lunar New Year with rabbit-shaped sculptures made of glassy ice and snow.
Rabbit, which is the fourth animal on the Chinese Zodiac, symbolizes peace, gentleness, skillfulness as well as cautiousness and persistence.
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed 62,895 people and injured 158,927 since October 7, 2023. In the last 24 hours alone, 76 people were killed and 298 injured.
At aid distribution points, deaths have risen to 2,158, with nearly 16,000 wounded. The ministry also said 10 more civilians, including two children, died of starvation, bringing Gaza’s hunger-related death toll to 313.
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