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| Holy day: A monk looks on from a tower at Sanyai Monastery, the oldest Buddhist temple in the Tibet autonomous region, in Shaanan city on May 21 during Saga Dawa Festival. Celebrated on the 15th day of the fourth month on the Tibetan calendar, Saga Dawa honors the life of Buddha and is one of the religion's most important festivals. On this day, worshippers visit temples, raise prayer poles and light butter lamps. Liu Dongjun / Xinhua |
| A balanced meal: Crowds gather around a giant piece of tofu made in the shape of the ying and yang symbol on May 22 at a square on Laojun Mountain, Henan province. The tofu weighed 2,100 kilograms. Provided to China Daily |
| On a roll: High school students take part in a team-building challenge on May 24 at Handan No 1 High School in Hebei province. The game was arranged to relax students as they prepare for the all-important national college entrance examination. Wang Xiao / Xinhua |
| Top-down thinking: A group descends 40 meters from a bridge during an exercise on May 22 to raise awareness of the work of emergency rescue teams in the southwestern city of Chongqing. Local residents joined 30 professionals in taking part in the activity. Yu Xiao / For China Daily |
| Under the dome: Beijing residents were treated to a stunning rainbow as the sun set on May 23. Here, a woman in Haidian district takes a picture. Wei Xiaohao / China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 05/27/2016 page5)
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