On December 26, 2024, in Heilongjiang, China, @Mirage shared a video showing two tigers fighting inside their cage. In the video, one tiger sneaks up and bites the other tiger's back. Startled, the other tiger immediately bites back,

Even as the mercury dropped below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during an annual ritual in northeast China’s ice city of Harbin.

On December 16, 2024, in Heilongjiang, China, @Dàdàpídànxiǎojiàngjūn shared a video of their Corgi, Pi Dan, playing in the snow. In the video, the dog struggles to move through the deep snow to retrieve a toy rope thrown by the author.

People enjoy rime scenery at a scenic spot in Wudalianchi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 4, 2025. (Photo by Lu Wenxiang/Xinhua) An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 4, 2025 shows rime scenery in Fuyuan, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)

On Wednesday, the first day of the new year, residents and tourists viewed the magnificent aurora borealis, or northern lights, in Mohe, Heilongjiang province, China's northernmost city.

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A dressed-up passenger poses for photos on the train K5197 in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 2, 2025. The train K5197 from Harbin to Yabuli South of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province,

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan 4 2025 shows tourists having fun at a public skating rink in Harbin northeast C

Workers watch a visitor sliding down blocks of ice at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, China's Heilongjiang province, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A contestant works on a snow sculpture at the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo park in Harbin northe

Loving couples take part in a group wedding at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China Heilongjiang

On December 24, 2024, in Heilongjiang, China, @Báicháqīngfēngwúbiéshì shared a video of a massive object being transported by a truck. In the video, the large object carried by the truck is seen slowly moving.