TAIYUAN, Dec. 7, 2019 (Xinhua) -- The Jilin-1 Gaofen 02B satellite, which belongs to the Jilin-1 satellite family, is launched with Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north Chinas Shanxi Province Dec. 7, 2019. The new optical remote sensing satellite will form a network with the 14 previously launched Jilin-1 satellites, providing remote sensing data and services for agriculture, forestry, resources and environment.

Nanchang, Dec. 9, 2019 (Xinhua) -- A white stork is released into the wild by staff members at the Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve in east Chinas Jiangxi Province, Dec. 8, 2019. A total of 120 cured migrant birds were released into the wild in Jiangxi on Sunday.

GALVESTON, Dec. 9, 2019 (Xinhua) -- People dressed in Victorian-era clothes participate in the 46th Annual Dickens on the strand in Galveston, Texas, the United States, on Dec. 8, 2019. The weekend-long festival is a famous Galveston holiday celebration. It features parades, races, circus performances, live music shows, bagpipe performances and even beard and mustache competition.