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Playful wild giant pandas caught on camera in Sichuan

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Playful wild giant pandas caught on camera in Sichuan

2026-08-16 17:26 Last Updated At:23:12

Wild giant pandas in Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, have been caught on infrared cameras recently going about their daily lives.

One panda peeks around a tree, while another sniffs a rock before rubbing its furry body against it to leave a scent mark.

The Mianyang section of the Giant Panda National Park is home to 418 wild giant pandas, accounting for 22.4 percent of China's wild population of the lovely animal — the highest number nationwide.

Playful wild giant pandas caught on camera in Sichuan

Playful wild giant pandas caught on camera in Sichuan

All residents of the two hardest-hit villages in the earthquake-stricken Baqen County of Nagqu City in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region have been properly resettled, with hot meals and heating available at their shelters.

At one resettlement site, more than 200 residents from a village in Maru Town have been housed.

The village that sits closest to the epicenter has seen many one- and two-story buildings suffering severe internal damages and becoming unsafe to live in.

A food supply point set up by the Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers has been providing fresh hot meals and drinking water to affected residents at the resettlement site since Friday.

Many restaurant owners from nearby towns also came to the site early Saturday morning to provide breakfast for the affected residents.

In addition, firefighters went deep into the disaster area on Saturday morning to search for and retrieve valuables for the villagers.

In another hardest-hit village, relocation and resettlement have also been fully completed, with meals, quilts and other heating supplies provided at their shelters.

Since the quake, more than 5,000 personnel have been deployed to the front lines of the disaster relief operation, working in teams for search and rescue, medical treatment, temporary shelter and essential supplies.

After three rounds of comprehensive door-to-door checks, no missing persons had been reported as of 18:00 Friday, according to the emergency command headquarters.

The quake was strong, shallow and widely felt. In the epicenter's core area, some houses collapsed and power and communication facilities were damaged.

Local authorities have launched round-the-clock monitoring and emergency repairs at key sites including mountains, reservoirs, power stations, river channels, dilapidated buildings and communication base stations.

Communication services in Baqen County have now returned to pre-quake levels.

According to a geological hazard risk assessment of the quake zone by the China Aero Geophysical Survey and Remote Sensing Center for Natural Resources, preliminary findings suggest a relatively low risk of large-scale collapses and landslides in the area.

Worst-hit villagers in Xizang earthquake properly resettled

Worst-hit villagers in Xizang earthquake properly resettled

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