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We present some of the most dramatic photographs clicked across the globe in the last 24 hours.

More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in order to let the public vent frustration.

The "new" Director of the State Bureau of Letters and Calls warmly welcomes petitioners to his office.

Upset about plans for a petrochemical plant near her hometown in China, a woman turned to a new method that Chinese are using to air their complaints: she posted a petition on the White House's website.

London based studio, Marques&Jordy , have been announced as the winners of an invitation only competition to develop the design of a new kind of car expo and showroom centres across China, the Oasis Expo Centres.

Residents in cities across the mainland, and including Hong Kong, reacted with alarm on Monday when they saw this apparition high in the skies above Sichuan, as seen in this image taken by a Hong Kong resident.

One state media report says the Pengzhou plant will pass stricter pollution tests than its European and US counterparts.

The epicentre of the magnitude-7.9 quake was located near the city of Dujiangyan, about 50 miles west-northwest of Chengdu , the provincial capital, at a depth of 11.8 miles below the surface.

The wife of Li Yiqian, Yang Liming, sits in their house, which is plastered with pictures of China's leaders, an attempt to help prevent local authorities from demolishing it.

The short film "Savor Every Moment" aims to "capture what we love about our pets," writes filmmaker Keith Hopkin on his website.

Beijing, the administrative, cultural and educational hub of China, is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, gardens, tombs, walls and gates.

We spent four weeks traveling around China, Mongolia and Tibet in September. We snapped this picture of a 2-year-old panda at the Giant Panda Breeding Center in Chengdu, China.

Medical workers give treatment to people wounded during a gas accident in Taozigou coal mine in Luzhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 11, 2013.

Wang Mengqiang's worries always have something to do with his pigs. Falling hog prices after the dumping of dead pigs into Shanghai's Huangpu River has hit his business hard.

Forty-five giant pandas have been born at the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in the five years since an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck a panda habitat in Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan province.

A 36-YEAR-OLD man went to the home of a female colleague three times just to watch her sleep.

Actors from Shanxi Province perform during the contest for the 26th Plum Blossom Prize, in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 8, 2013.

Taipei city councilors lashed out at the city government on Tuesday for spending NT$15 million of taxpayers' money to apply for a designation given by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - an honor the city may not even qualify for.