Snapshots

BUCOLIC RETREAT: Herdsmen in the Altay area of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region move their sheep and cattle to the summer pasture in the Altay Mountains. Li Xinhai / for China Daily |
TABLE MANNERS: The giant panda Xi Wang eats from a block of ice in Wuhan Zoo, Hubei province. Managers use ice to keep the animals cool in the summer. Jin Siliu / for China Daily |
MULTINATIONAL ACCORD: Elliott Barnabe Ribet, from France, and his Mexican bride join 11 other couples in a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony held on the Huaihe River in Jiangsu province. Zhou Haijun / for China Daily |
BENDING IT: David Beckham, Chinese soccer's global ambassador, plays with children in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on June 18. Han Hua / for China Daily |
STRETCHING IT: Li Menglu, 49, shows her 1.7-meter-long hair, which she says she has grown for 35 years. Yuan Jingzhi / for China Daily |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 06/21/2013 page5)
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