Dashanbao Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province has welcomed its first snow of the year. The heavy snow makes it hard for the black-necked cranes to forage in the field. Staff members of the nature reserve feed the birds twice a day with corn to help them get through the winter.

(Editor: Xing Fangyu; Cover image via VCG)

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