Big Picture

A taste of history: Girls take part in a traditional mass tea ceremony in Zunyi, Guizhou province, on April 19. Mid-April is considered a good time to pick tea leaves and is known as guyu, or grain rain. Liu Xu / Xinhua |
Fighting in fruit: Villagers in Tianyang county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, wrestle in cherry tomatoes, a traditional local custom to celebrate the start of the tomato harvest. Ma Zhenyu / Xinhua |
I, Robot: A visitor takes a selfie with "Jia Jia", a robot on display at the University of Science and Technology in Hefei, capital of Anhui Province, on April 15. The android has a human appearance and speaks Mandarin. Liu Junxi / Xinhua |
High art: Italian painter Francesco Camillo Giorgino, aka Millo, creates an 18-meter-tall mural on a wall in Shanghai on April 19. The painter is well-known in Europe and his work can be seen in Rome, Paris and London as well as in Rio de Janeiro. He embraces a simple, monochromic style that features childlike figures. Liu Xingzhe / Xinhua |
Getting good air: A Japanese motorcyclist performs a stunt run at a square in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, on April 17. Four stunt riders from Japan took part in the show. Hu Xuejun / For China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 04/22/2016 page5)