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| Big chill: The first snow of autumn forces a herdsman to transfer his sheep to winter pasture on Oct 14 in Xinjiang autonomous region. Jiang Dong / China Daily |
| Flying free: A falcon is released into the wild at the Jiufeng National Forest Park in Beijing's Haidian district on Oct 16. Staff from IFAW Beijing Raptor Rescue Center released three birds of prey nationally protected. They had been kept in captivity before they were sent to the center. Cheng Gong / For China Daily |
| Hard way: Martial arts students fill bowls with water before doing a situp and pouring the water into a second bucket above them. It was part of the opening ceremony of the 11th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Oct 16. Bai Zhoufeng / Xinhua |
(China Daily European Weekly 10/21/2016 page5)
