Snapshots

Air show: Herdsmen in a falcon show at Tianma International Tourism Festival in Yili Kazak autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on July 12. Zhang Xiuke / Xinhua |
All make-believe: An Austrian student at a summer camp in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, on July 13, wears makeup for Chinese opera. Twenty students from the University of Graz attended the camp. Xu Wei / For China Daily |
Set to soar again: A Eurasian eagle owl is examined before being released in Cangzhou, Hebei province, on July 10. Volunteers set 36 injured rare birds free after they were brought back to health. Fu Xinchun / For China Daily |
In at the deep end: Players in an underwater football match at Haichang Polar Ocean World in Tianjin on July 12. Tong Yu / For China Daily |
Special edition: This 2-meter-long boat was made using a 3D printer. The printer, developed by an electrical engineering firm in Hainan province, is the biggest of its kind in China. It can print objects 6 meters long, 4 meters wide and 2 meters high. Guo Cheng / Xinhua |
(China Daily European Weekly 07/18/2014 page5)
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