Pupils mourn the victims of the May 12 earthquake last year, during an activity at Daminghu Primary School in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, on May 11, 2009. As the first anniversary of the earthquake approaches, people all over China commemorate the disaster in different ways. [Xinhua]

Students fly lanterns to commemorate the victims of the May 12 earthquake last year, during an activity at Hanshan Middle School in Hanshan, east China's Anhui Province, on May 10, 2009. As the first anniversary of the earthquake approaches, people all over China commemorate the disaster in different ways. [Xinhua]