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Photo: Graduates celebrate their graduation with a water-splashing carnival at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province on Saturday. The annual water-splashing carnival to celebrate graduation in the university started in 2006.

Bilingual: Thirty-two of the world's best soccer teams are now competing for the iconic golden World Cup trophy - but the planet's most populous nation is not among them. Team China failed to qualify for the game's showpiece event in Brazil. In fact, China's World Cup dream turned into a nightmare back in 2011, when it was eliminated in a regional qualifying round. Still, these setbacks have not deflated soccer fever here. Chinese fans have been enjoying the action taking place in Brazil despite matches that begin well after midnight China time.