Big picture
| Attention to detail: Tibetan Buddhist monks work on a mandala, a traditional form of sand painting, at a religious art exhibition in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on April 27. Zhang Yun / For China Daily |
| Fragile cargo: Museum workers unload a container with two oil paintings on wood that date back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) at Shenyang's Liaoning Provincial Museum on April 25. The paintings were among the many treasures recovered from two sunken vessels, the Nan'ao 1 and the Wanli. The items are part of a special exhibition that opens on April 29. Yao Jianfeng / Xinhua |
| Grin and bear it: A keeper plays with a bear cub at a zoo in Yantai, Shandong province, on April 25. The animal is one of twins born in January that were separated from their mother after weaning. Chu Yang / For China Daily |
| A fresh start: A foreign visitor to Yichang in Hubei province joins thousands of locals and tourists on April 24 for the 58th event to release Chinese sturgeon into the Yangtze River, part of efforts to boost its numbers. Provided to China Daily |
| No margin for error: Zhang Liang crosses Tiger Leaping Gorge during a slackline competition in Shangri-La, southwestern Yunnan province, on April 26. He won the contest by traversing 60 meters on a wire 2.5 centimeters thick in 5 minutes and 58 seconds. Liu Ranyang / For China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 04/29/2016 page5)
