“Pandas World Tour” exhibition by French artist Paul Grangenon arrive at the Citizens’ Square in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Feb. 27, 2014. A total of 1,600 pandas and Formosan black bears made of environmentally-friendly paper material went on show here on Thursday. The event aims at promoting environmental protection and raising the public’s awareness of animal preservation. All of the paper pandas and black bears on display will be open for charity sale after the event concludes on March 30.

Pandas play in snow at Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan province. Heavy snowfall hit the area on Tuesday, disrupting the water and power supply at the research center. Photos tanken Jan 17, 2011 by Li Wei, a staff member at Wolong Panda Club, in Sichuan.