Snapshots

PADDLE POWER: A man rafts on a flooded street in Shenyang, Liaoning province, following several days of rain. Zhang Wenkui / for China Daily |
FUN THERAPY: A clown association has been established in Hong Kong to regularly visit orphanages. Jin Yi / Xinhua |
WATER WINGS: Tourists dressed in kung fu costumes perform a wire stunt above a lake in Kunming, Yunnan province. Hao Yaxin / Xinhua |
TEN-COB BOWLING: Villagers in Huangshi, Hubei province, play corn bowling with children whose parents are migrant workers away in cities. Qiu Xiaowei / for China Daily |
IT ALL COUNTS: Bank staff in Kunming, Yunnan province, count 10,000 yuan in coins paid as compensation to a couple who were assaulted in a local restaurant. Zhai Jian / for China Daily |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 08/23/2013 page5)
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