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China Daily Europe | Updated: 2017-03-10 07:34

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COOL SHOW: A man performs on a horse for visitors at a scenic spot in Jilin city, Jilin province, on March 6. Rime transformed the park into a frosty wonderland on March 6. Zhu Jianlun / Xinhua

TOP DOGS: Visitors enjoy a canine performance during a public day organized by the Police Tactical Intervention Unit in Macao on March 5. The day marked the 326th anniversary of the establishment of the area's police force. Zhang Jinjia / Xinhua

DANCE OF HOPE: Children dance with a grass dragon in Longsheng county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on March 5. After the dance, the dragon is burned to ash in a prayer for a good harvest in the coming year. Shi Nongbing / Xinhua

GOOD DEED: A volunteer cuts the hair of Gu Kouzhen, a 105-year-old resident in Nantong, Jiangsu province, on March 4. She was taking part in an event held to mark Learn from Lei Feng Day and China Youth Volunteer Service Day, both of which fall on March 5. Lei Feng, a young People's Liberation Army soldier, became a role model of selfless dedication because he devoted almost all of his spare time and money to helping the needy. Xu Congjun / For China Daily

SWIM TO FREEDOM: Chinese sturgeon raised in captivity are released into the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Mar 2. More than 1,000 of the fish - a top-level protected species whose ancestors lived at the same time as dinosaurs - were released. Miao Jian / For China Daily

(China Daily European Weekly 03/10/2017 page5)

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