Pupils attend an activity commemorating the victims of the May 12 earthquake last year, at Qiantang Primary School in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on May 11, 2009. As the first anniversary of the earthquake approaches, people all over China commemorate the disaster in different ways. [Xinhua]

Soldiers spread flower leaves to the sea in commemoration of the victims of the May 12 earthquake last year, during an activity in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, on May 11, 2009. As the first anniversary of the earthquake approaches, people all over China commemorate the disaster in different ways. [Xinhua]