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Photo: Mo Xiangsong lies on a lawn decorated with chrysanthemums during a "memorial ceremony" in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Monday. Mo, who has leukemia, said he wanted to experience death in advance and raise money for his treatment.

Bilingual news: Is topless sunbathing over? It certainly is in France, according to French Elle, if the coverline on its new summer issue is to be believed: "La Fin Du Topless Sur La Plage?" - which translates, verbatim, as "Is this the end of toplessness on the beach?" According to the magazine the answer is, "Yes".