Snapshots
| Heady welcome: Football lovers hold a ball-heading competition at the University of South China in Hengyang, Hunan province, on June 3 to welcome the World Cup. Cao Zhengping / For China Daily |
| Disappearing ducks: Pear-shaped artwork, which initially had 15,000 rubber ducks adorning its surface, has had more than half of them plucked away by tourists since going on display in Shanghai on May 28. Xu Cheng / For China Daily |
| Brush with fame: A visitor has a photo shot with a waxwork of the late Peking opera artist Mei Lanfang at Madame Tussauds in Beijing, which opened to the public on May 31. Feng Yongbin / China Daily |
| Sticky situation: Tourists learn to make zongzi, a traditional Chinese dish of glutinous rice and other fillings and wrapped in leaves in Xingshan county, Hubei province, on June 1 for the Dragon Boat Festival. Li Jinglu / For China Daily |
| Lonely journey: A motorcyclist at the 2014 Taklimakan Rally in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on May 31. Song Yongchuan / For China Daily |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 06/06/2014 page5)
