China Daily Pictures of the Year 2012

A firefighter uses a cutting torch to cut off seven reinforcing bars that were pierced into the body of a welder surnamed Zheng at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University College of Medicine in Hangzhou, the provincial capital, on Jun 12, 2012. Zheng was penetrated by the reinforcing bars when working at a construction site in Shuangxi, Fujian province, and then rushed to the hospital. He was sent to intensive care unit after more than 5 hours of surgery to remove the bars. [Photo by Chen Zhongqiu/Asianewsphoto]