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China Daily Africa | Updated: 2016-01-22 08:38

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White elephant: This pentagon-shaped shopping mall in Shanghai, which covers 500,000 square meters, has been a talking point online since it became widely known that it has remained unoccupied since being built in 2009. Pei Xin / Xinhua

Hands-on experience: A Chinese UN peacekeeper teaches children kung fu at a camp in Gao, Mali, on Jan 17. The peacekeepers, China's third contingent to the country, organized the event to broaden local people's understanding of Chinese culture. Han Lijian / Xinhua

Image project: Construction workers in Beijing hold up portraits of themselves on Jan 14. The Worker Beijing newspaper and government departments helped to take pictures of 1,000 construction workers as a Spring Festival gift. Fu Tian / For China Daily

Tech breakfast: A man flips Western pancakes made using a 3-D printer in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Jan 13. Users need only insert the right ingredients and they can design their own pancake on a computer. Cui Wu / For China Daily

Lucky Monkey: A man who won a record 264 million yuan ($40.1 million) in the China Welfare Lottery wears a monkey outfit to collect his prize in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Jan 15. It is the largest lottery prize ever awarded in Guangxi. The man, identified only as Li, said he will spend 3 million yuan in programs for the public good. Zhao Jinsong / For China Daily