Picturing the Times

Journalists take a selfie with Bing DwenDwen， the mascot of the 2022 Winter Olympics， at the Main Media Center in Beijing， on February 12， 2022. （XINHUA）

Kids skating at

Qingcheng Park

in Hohhot， Inner

Mongolia， on February

11， 2022. （VCG）

A golden dragon winds through flying sparks of molten iron shot into the air to celebrate the Lantern Festival on February 15， 2022. The Fire Dragon Dance is an intangible cultural heritage of Chengdu， capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province. （VCG）

Couples take part in a mass wedding ceremony a day before Valentine’s Day on February 13， 2022 in Quezon， Metro Manila， Philippines. The Philippines eased restrictions that month when daily cases of COVID-19 dropped. （EZRA ACAYAN）

A farmer with his bulls in the annual bull race to mark the end of the rice harvest season in Sumatra， Indonesia， on February 12， 2022. （WAWAN KURNIAWAN）

Buddhist monks carry candles during MakhaBucha celebrations at Wat Dhammakaya Temple in Pathum Thani Province， Thailand， on February 16， 2022. （JACK TAYLOR）

Workers tend rows of bright yellow chrysanthemum bushes in a village in Dong Da ward， Quy Nhon， Vietnam. The flowers are popular for decorating homes in Vietnam. （NGUYEN PHUOC HOAI）