Snapshots

Model workers: A visitor takes a photo of clay figurines depicting a Peking duck restaurant in the China pavilion at Expo Milan 2015 on May 2. Ye Pingfan / Xinhua |
Leading the way: Guide dogs Zi Long (left) and Jenny guide their visually impaired owners, Wu Wenhao and Chen Yan, as they prepare to take the train at Beijing Railway Station on May 25. Beijing started allowing visually impaired passengers to take guide dogs aboard trains on May 1. Hao Yi / For China Daily |
Steps ahead: Canadian Garett Buehler wins a cycle race down 999 steps in 29.94 seconds at Tianmenshan Mountain, in Hunan province's Zhangjiajie scenic spot, on May 24. Shao Ying / For China Daily |
Loving touch: A zookeeper in Fuzhou, Fujian province, caresses Basi, the oldest living panda on the Chinese mainland. The female panda turns 35 in November, roughly 100 in human years. Cartoons and movies about Basi are in production. Jiang Kehong / Xinhua |
Bumper crop: A child gets to grips with a giant melon weighing 83.94 kg at a watermelon festival in Beijing's Daxing district on May 25. Tian Baoxi / For China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 05/29/2015 page5)