Kids put their hands on a drawing with the date of the May 12 earthquake in commemoration of the victims of the earthquake last year, during an activity in a kindergarten in Xingtai, north China's Hebei Province, on May 11, 2009. As the first anniversary of the earthquake approaches, people all over China commemorate the disaster in different ways. [Xinhua]

Flowers are presented in commemoration of the victims of the May 12 earthquake last year, outside Beichuan City, which was seriously damaged in the earthquake, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 10, 2009. As the first anniversary of the earthquake approaches, people all over China commemorate the disaster in different ways. [Xinhua]