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Honoring heroes

China's top leaders walk in rain to lay flowers at the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tian'anmen Square on Tuesday to mark the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. All seven members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli, walked to the monument after 240 children released white doves. Photo by Feng Yongbin / China Daily