A makeshift hand-stove is placed along a student's desk at a school in Chaping township, Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County in central China's Hunan Province, Jan 6, 2011. Without a heating system at school, students have to take along their makeshift hand-stoves to keep warm. The stoves are made from different materials, such as metal bucket and washbowl. The Xinhuang county, located in western-most Hunan, has been hit by severe freeze brought by cold snap from the north recently. [Xinhua]

Holding makeshift hand-stoves, students walk to school on an iced mountain road in Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County in western-most Hunan Province, Jan 6, 2011. [Xinhua]