| Cooling off: Sleeping students cover the floor of the gymnasium at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei province, on June 29. The college opened the gym to more than 1,000 students looking to escape the heat, with temperatures reaching 35 C on June 29. Zhu Xiyong / For China Daily |
| Torrents a treat: Tourists observe the water cascades at Xiaolangdi Dam on the Yellow River in Central China's Henan province on June 29. The cascades are particularly spectacular when the dam carries out its annual de-sedimentation between late June and early July. Lyu Jianping / For China Daily |
| Stitch in time: A 24-meter-long embroidery that imitates a well-known Chinese drawing, Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, is unfurled in Bozhou, East China's Anhui province, on June 26. The creator, Gong Yanxia, 49, worked 10 hours a day for five years to complete the work. Liu Qinli / For China Daily |
| Fancy footwork: Ballet dancers practice in Bozhou, Anhui province, on June 29. As the school summer holiday approaches, many parents are sending children to classes that develop their artistic interests. Liu Qinli / For China Daily |
| Take a hard look: Visitors view a "banquet" of 108 varieties of stones from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at a precious stone exhibition in Beijing on June 26. Cai Zengle / For China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 07/03/2015 page5)
