Snapshots
| Exam warmup: Students take a practice exam on June 1, their last one before the all-important national college entrance exam, at Huangpi No 1 High School in Wuhan, Hubei province. The national exam starts on June 7. Jin Siliu / For China Daily |
| Pilgrims' progress: An estimated 100,000 pilgrims converged on monasteries in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, on June 2, the peak day for this year's Sagadawa Festival. The festival, which falls on the first day of the fourth Tibetan lunar month, commemorates the birth and death of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. Da Qiong / For China Daily |
| Orchestral tribute: A girl joins in a performance of Ode to Joy on her erhu, a traditional Chinese instrument. More than 600 musicians gathered to play the song, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, at a cultural event held by the German embassy in Beijing on May 30. Matjaz Tancic / For China Daily |
| Cold comfort: Tourists brave the unseasonal snow in Hami, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on May 31. Heavy snowfall hit Tianshan Mountain in Hami on May 31. Cai Zengle / For China Daily |
| Quick response: A job seeker looks for a job by using his cellphone to scan QR codes in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on May 29. QR codes have become popular at job markets as more people use smartphones. Deng Yinming / For China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 06/05/2015 page4)
