Snapshots
| Spic and span spiders: Window washers, known as "spidermen", clean the new CCTV building in Beijing on April 13. The cleaning work will last 40 days, costing 500,000 yuan ($80,585; 75,800 euros). Zhu Xingxin / China Daily |
| Light cubed: A contestant demonstrates his entry, a 3D LED light cube, at Jiangsu Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest in Wuxi on April 11. Li Xiang / Xinhua |
| Catch me if you can: A falcon retrieves a rabbit at the hawk show in Xinyuan county of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on April 11. Jiang Wenyao / Xinhua |
| Saving a species: Young Chinese sturgeon are readied for release into the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei province, on April 12 as part of an ongoing campaign to save the ancient species from extinction. Liu Junfeng / For China Daily |
| Pole position: Irish contestants perform at the final of the World Pole Dance Championships in Beijing on April 12. A total of 43 dancers from 14 countries participate. Wei Xiaohao / China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 04/17/2015 page5)
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