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| Off to the races: Jockeys astride thoroughbreds compete at the China Equine Cultural Festival in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Aug 20. The festival attracted 12 riders and 35 horses from home and abroad, including Russia and Australia. Deng Hua / Xinhua |
| Bots on parade: Robots are displayed at an innovation competition held in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on Aug 23 and 24. College students from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province participated. Yang Shiyao / Xinhua |
| Hero's welcome: Lang Ping, coach of China's women's volleyball team, is welcomed at Beijing Capital International Airport on Aug 23 after her team's gold medal performance at the Rio Olympics. The team won despite setbacks in the early stages of the Games. Zou Hong / China Daily |
| Delicious architecture: Volunteers use biscuits, cookies and candy to create an urban environment on Aug 24 in Shanghai as part of artist Song Dong's project Edible City. Gao Erqiang / China Daily |
| High art: Russian street artist Aleksey Kanunnikov, known as Kislow, paints the outside wall of a children's welfare home in Nanjing on Aug 22. Chai Shiju / For China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 08/26/2016 page5)
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