Snapshots
| Standing proud: The last steel beam is installed on the 632-meter Shanghai Tower on Aug 3. It is now the tallest skyscraper in China, and the second highest in the world. Huang Weiguo / for China Daily |
| Pouring it on: A model bathes in a tub of red wine on Aug 2 at a trade show promoting domestic wine products in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. Liu Qiang /for China Daily |
| Rub-a-cub-cub: Bathing tiger cubs attract tourists to a zoo in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. Meng Delong / for China Daily |
| Whale of a catch: A fisherman uses a truck to transport the body of a shark he accidentally caught to a local department for species verification in Shishi, Fujian province, on Aug 2. The 4.5-meter shark weighed 2 metric tons and was confirmed by officials the next day to be a whale shark, the largest shark species and a protected animal in China. Li Xiaokun / for China Daily |
| On a high: Children enjoy the thrill of the catch in a harvest prayer ritual in Congjiang county, Guizhou province. Intoxicating herbs are thrown into the water, making the fish easier to catch. Peng Nian / for China Daily |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 08/08/2014 page5)
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