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China Daily Europe | Updated: 2016-03-11 08:09

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Buddha and the living tree: Officials build scaffolding around an ancient Chinese pistache tree they are trying to save at the site of the Leshan Giant Buddha in Southwest China's Sichuan province on March 2. The tree, 287 years old, has been attacked by pests and is in danger of falling down. The Buddha, a 71-meter stone statue dating from the Tang dynasty (AD 618-907), is carved into a cliff face that lies at the confluence of rivers. Zhang Zhi / For China Daily

Don't look down! Tourists pose on a 500-square-meter, 3-D painting at Shiyan Lake in Changsha, Hunan province, on March 6. Xu Xing / For China Daily

Stormy weather: The spring's strongest sandstorm hits Aksu, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China, on March 4. Yuan Huanhuan / For China Daily

Mystery woman: Women dress up in costumes of their own making to celebrate Women's Day on March 8 at a rehabilitation center in Beijing. Cao Boyuan / For China Daily

Walking the line: Chinese tourists wait in line to enter Vietnam near the Sino-Vietnamese border in the city of Dongxing, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on March 5. Ren Qi / China Daily

(China Daily European Weekly 03/11/2016 page5)