Children wearing green scarves clear up litter on April 20 from a river bank in Hanshan County, central Anhui Province. The purpose of this activity by the "Green Scarf Group," of 100 or more students from the local Huanfeng No. 2 Primary School, in addition to beautifying their environment, was to raise environmental protection awareness. The "Green Generation" is the global theme of this year's 40th World Earth Day on April 22. [CNS]

Children draw pictures of their image of an ideal earth on April 20 during a World Earth Day-themed activity at a kindergarten in Kaifeng, Henan Province. [CNS]