Snapshots

1. Full frontal: A father-to-be paints his wife's belly during a body painting contest at Chongqing Institute for Women's and Children's Health on Nov 2.

2. Hanging on for life: A beluga whale feeds her newborn son at Changsha Underwater World in Hunan province on Oct 30, the first that was born in a Chinese aquarium. The calf is about 1.5 meters long and weighs 40 kg. The mother, named Zhuoya, was in labor for five hours after a 15-month pregnancy.

3. Armed and ready: Kung fu enthusiasts whirl fluorescent nunchakus in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, on Oct 30. They practice with the traditional weapons in public every evening to draw attention to the importance of physical fitness. Ran Wen / for China Daily