A pair of black swans guard their seven cygnets as they walk across an ice-covered lake at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing on November 29, 2023. /CFP
Some of the cygnets slip while walking across an ice-covered lake at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing on November 29, 2023. /CFP
A black swan guides her cygnets onto an ice-covered lake at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing on November 29, 2023. /CFP
Seven black swan cygnets walk out onto an ice-covered lake guided by their parents at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing on November 29, 2023. /CFP
A pair of black swans took their seven cygnets for a walk across an ice-covered lake at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing. The tottering steps of the baby birds offered vivid material for photographers.