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| Ram raid: A child catches a lamb during a sheep castration ceremony by the river in Nam Co, Tibet autonomous region, on May 5. Local herdsmen have observed the ritual for more than 1,000 years. To ensure quality mutton, most male sheep are castrated after they are 5 months old and later sold for slaughter. Liu Dongjun / Xinhua |
| Shock and pour: Vocational school students perform a tea ceremony on May 9 at an event in Zhengzhou, Henan province, to promote vocational education. More than 1,000 students from about 70 schools attended the event, which runs until May 14. Zhang Xiaodong / For China Daily |
| Pulling poppies: Police officers uproot poppies planted near a village fishpond in Wuhan, Hubei province, on May 5. A woman identified only as Li said she had planted more than 10 square meters of poppies to feed fish. Planting opium poppies and other raw narcotics is forbidden in China. Yang Tao / For China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 05/13/2016 page5)
