This photo taken on December 17, 2023 shows people visiting the 25th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, in China's northern Heilongjiang province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Residents gather outdoors the morning after an earthquake in Dahejia, Jishishan County, in northwest China's Gansu province on December 19, 2023. At least 111 people were killed when an earthquake collapsed buildings in northwest China, state media reported on December 19, as rescue workers raced to start digging through rubble. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Rescuers work on the rubble of a house that collapsed in the earthquake in Kangdiao village of Jishishan county in northwestern China's Gansu province Tuesday, December 19, 2023. An overnight earthquake killed multiple people in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, the country's state media reported Tuesday. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





People walk past a collapsed building after an earthquake in Dahejia, Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)





Rescue workers carry an injured person on a stretcher at Dahejia town following the earthquake in Jishishan county, Gansu province, China on December 19, 2023. (Photo by cnsphoto via Reuters)





People gather next to a fire on a street after an earthquake in Dahejia, Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)





A government worker looks at the debris of a house brought down in the earthquake in Jishishan county in northwest China's Gansu province Tuesday, December 19, 2023. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





A general view shows rescue teams on a street after an earthquake in Dahejia, Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)





Residents keep warm around a fire in the early morning after an earthquake in Dahejia, Jishishan County, in northwest China's Gansu province on December 19, 2023. At least 111 people were killed when an earthquake collapsed buildings in northwest China, state media reported on December 19, as rescue workers raced to start digging through rubble. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Ma Lianqiang grieves for his wife who was killed in the earthquake in Yangwa village near Dahejia town in northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, December 20, 2023. A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing many in the nation's deadliest quake in nine years. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman plays snow fight with a child on a snow covered compound near a residential building in Beijing, Sunday, December 17, 2023. Days of snowfall is followed by bitter cold. Temperatures plunged across northern China, with a cold front moving eastward from Xinjiang in the west and reaching Beijing by the weekend. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A tourist splashes water on the frozen Songhua River on December 18, 2023 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China. The water immediately freezes into ice in the frigid air. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A resident is covered in frost while exercising outdoors during cold weather in Shenyang, in China's northeast Liaoning province on December 20, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Earthquake survivors are seen at a makeshift shelter made of tarpaulin in Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province on December 20, 2023. Survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in years huddled in makeshift aid tents despite freezing temperatures on December 20, too scared to return to homes made dangerous by the disaster. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)





Ma Lianqiang, left, stands near the body of his wife Han Suofeiya, who was killed in Monday night's earthquake in Yangwa village near Dahejia town in northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, December 20, 2023. A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing many in the nation's deadliest quake in nine years. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A man clears snow from a road amid heavy snowfall in Yantai, Shandong province, China on December 20, 2023. (Photo by China Daily via Reuters)





Quake victims scramble to get snack foods from a volunteer at a temporary settlement in Chenjiacun village in Jishishan county in northwest China's Gansu province on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Hundreds of temporary housing units were being set up in northwest China on Thursday for survivors of an earthquake, according to state media reports. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





People work at an aid distribution center for earthquake victims in Liugou Township in Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province on December 21, 2023. Chinese earthquake survivors recovered in hospital as rescue teams rushed to deliver supplies on December 21, the third day since the country's deadliest quake in years killed 135 people. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)





Women pray for Ma Jinyuan, an 8-year-old girl who passed away, at a temporary shelter at Yangwa village following the earthquake in Jishishan county, Gansu province, China on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Xiaoyu Yin/Reuters)





This aerial photo shows fishing boats surrounded by sea ice in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on December 21, 2023. Temperatures in cities across northern China hit record lows on December 20, as authorities issued an alert for extreme cold across swathes of the country. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)