2021, we looked at these photos again and again

2021

From the beginning of the year to the end of the year

Warm sun at this time

Shine on you quietly

With all our gratitude

On January 1, a mother and her son greeted the New Year's sunrise in the observation deck on the 100th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center.

Let there be light, let there be love

It is the common expectation of the people

This year, journalists from all over the world

Captured a series of simple yet powerful images of ordinary people

The brilliance of humanity shines everywhere

They are ordinary

The deepest touch

In a Square Meter

See hope, see warmth, see progress

Zhang Shangbao waved goodbye to the villagers after his medical consultation in Xiatietou Village, Tietou Village, Shilou County, Shanxi Province. Zhang Shangbao lost his right hand in an accident, but he gritted his teeth and persevered. For 45 years, he has traveled through the mountains day after day to deliver medical care and medicine to the scattered villagers.

One hand can embrace the whole world

One person can warm thousands of people

On January 12, Guo Zhenzhong, an employee of the Luoyang Power Supply Section and the Engineering Section of China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau, was clearing icicles from the tunnel wall.

Like a spark

His face is full of frost and he has a heroic spirit

On July 26, affected by heavy rainfall for several days, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College in Weihui City, Henan Province was besieged by floods. Rescuers, medical staff, and volunteers raced against time to rescue the trapped patients.

Every ordinary person

Everyone can be a hero

On November 6, in front of a medium-risk community in Xingqing District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, medical staff who came to provide support were waiting for their assignments in the wind and snow.

They are fighting on the front line of the epidemic

“I don’t believe there is a task that cannot be accomplished.

I don’t believe there are difficulties that cannot be overcome.

I don’t believe there is an enemy that cannot be defeated.”

Yan Mingyou, a 90-year-old man, is organizing his handwritten song scores in the music classroom.

Life is a song

He is an ordinary teacher and also a member of the Communist Party

With an original heart full of selfless love

Walking in the countryside and shuttling between campuses

Holding a red candle that never goes out, lighting up youth and the future

A child hugs medical staff in the Oncology Surgery ward of Beijing Children's Hospital.

Sunshine on shoulders

There is a rainbow at the corner of the mouth

Let me hug you gently

Return to the innocence and laughter that children should have

A simple face

Laughed and cried

Life is so beautiful

The left picture shows Bamuyubumu rushing to catch a train at Nanchang Railway Station on January 30, 2010, carrying a large bag and holding a child; the right picture shows Bamuyubumu wearing Yi costumes, photographed in Taoyuan Village, Wayan Township, Yuexi County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province on January 22, 2021.

From poor households to poverty-stricken households

She bravely moves forward and holds up half the sky

Smile

The left picture shows Huang Wenxiu's father Huang Zhongjie at the commendation meeting; the right picture shows a work photo of Huang Wenxiu before her death.

We can't forget the tears of this moment

We must not forget all the efforts made to help alleviate poverty

Ordinary yet great Chinese people

Salute! Heroes in the fight against poverty!

On February 16, Zhao Shuhua, deputy director and grid leader of the Cultural Community Residential Committee of Tuanjie Street, Dongchang District, Tonghua City, Jilin Province, had a video call with her son and daughter-in-law in Changchun. On that day, her grandson was born. After a busy morning in the community, she finally had time to see her grandson through video at noon.

There is always a kind of touching

Let us understand the value of life

There is always a kind of warmth

Let us understand the meaning of protection

Jiang Zhang Ziyi (left) and her classmates in the school corridor. Jiang Zhang Ziyi, 16, is a freshman at Shangrao High School in Jiangxi Province. In 2010, a car accident took away her legs. Now she can only rely on a skateboard to move around, using her hands to move forward. For this reason, everyone calls her "skateboard girl."

She truly became the sunshine herself

Instead of waiting to be illuminated

Zhang Guimei comforts Yang Limei, a Naxi girl who has just enrolled in Huaping Girls' Senior High School in Lijiang, Yunnan.

Some people have the power to illuminate the times

Like a towering tree

Shelter from the wind and rain

Rooted in everyone's heart

Ma Weishuai (front), who is nearly 70 years old, stays on campus and protects the childhood of left-behind children.

As innocent as him, as pure as him, as determined as him

Not parents but better than parents

In northern Tibet, which is mainly a pastoral area, villagers are harvesting barley in the fields.

A boat with plenty of food and clothing

Will take me far away

Chusovitina, 46, greets the crowd after the match.

She stood there, a beam of glory

Win everyone's applause

On April 3, Mai Nur touched the name of her husband, Aieti, engraved on the Xinjiang Public Security Heroes Monument.

The hero is gone, but his spirit lives on

You are the wife of a people's hero, bearing the pain of losing your husband.

The motherland will not forget, the people will not forget

In Dacao Township, Puge County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, "Niuniu" and Jibu Xiaolong sing outdoors. Jibu Xiaolong, who has been working hard outside, returned to the mountains, and a guitar made the left-behind girl's singing even louder.

Sing Sunny

Sing happiness

Singing you and me

A bright future

Generations of Chinese youth

Integrate youthful struggle into the cause of the Party and the people

On February 11, at a cultural industry park in Fengtai District, Beijing, Guo Meng, who had completed his disinfection mission, was eating in a truck.

These are our ordinary grassroots workers.

Persevere and give again and again

Dispel the shadow of the epidemic

Blooming with great light

In the heart of Kunlun Mountains, members of the "Awesome" team rode yaks on the border patrol road.

They never stop

Because they never doubted the meaning of walking

Man-made Kunlun Pass

The operation and maintenance personnel of the first gas compression station in Horgos, Xinjiang, are taking roll call before the shift.

That is the color of youth

Sword-like figure

That is the courage to not fear the storm.

Ouyang Chengcheng (left) and her mother Fang Huixia take a walk in the park. In 2019, she was diagnosed with leukemia while in the second year of high school at Anqing No. 1 Middle School in Anhui Province. After the help information was released, the whole city was concerned, and many caring people donated platelets and plasma for her. This year, she was admitted to the pharmacy major of Wuhan University in the college entrance examination.

We believe

In the hot tide of the times

Every wave reflects the sun's rays

Every persistence will reap the gift of time

Set out again towards a better future

Source: Xinhua News Agency

Coordinators: Yu Lan, Bi Xiaoyang, Song Weiwei

Producer/copywriter: Huang Zhen

Editors: Liu Xin, Lu Peng, Wei Hai