Each Thanksgiving, the President "pardons" a hand-selected turkey, sparing the bird from someone's dinner table. Twenty-two turkeys have been pardoned. [Zhang Jun/Xinhua]

按照习俗，美国总统每年都会在感恩节前夕赦免一只精心挑选的火鸡，使其免于成为感恩节大餐。迄今为止，已有22只火鸡被赦免。（新华社记者张军摄）