Snapshots

Waiting for the call: Models, most wearing warm jackets over bikinis, wait for their names to be called during the 10th national promotional event to recruit models and flight attendants in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Jan 4. Zhang Xiaopeng / for China Daily

Sleeping weirdos: Five hundred people racked their brains and bodies to come up with the weirdest and funniest sleeping positions during a contest held in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Dec 31. Provided to China Daily

Let them eat cake: Adili Maimaititure (right) invites people in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, to taste a 2,015 kg Xinjiang nut cake made by his company. Li Ga / Xinhua

Cool image: Visitors admire an exhibit at the China Ice and Snow World event, part of the 16th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, Heilongjiang province. The festival started on Jan 6. Fred Dufour / AFP

Just jawing: A trainer and his crocodile pose at a park in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, on Jan 3. The crocodile park is home to nearly 100,000 of the reptiles. Gao Dianhua / China Daily