Big Picture
| Taking a dip: Visitors throng a swimming pool at a water park in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on July 25 in an effort to escape the summer heat. Shi Rui / For China Daily |
| Making a splash: A BMX bike rider performs a jump into Donghu Lake on July 24 during a BMX diving event in Wuhan, Hubei province. About 20 competitors took part. Xiao Yijiu / Xinhua |
| High point: Volunteers try out the skywalk along the 88-floor Jinmao Tower in Shanghai on July 25. The walkway, at 340 meters, was opened to the public on July 28. Lai Xinlin / For China Daily |
| Giant honor: Basketball legend Yao Ming visits Licheng Middle School in Fuping county, Shaanxi province, on July 25 on behalf of the Chinese Olympic Committee, which has donated sports facilities worth a combined 360,000 yuan ($53,900; 43,000 euros) to three schools in Fuping. Yuan Jingzhi / For China Daily |
| Don't look down: Alain Robert, a French urban climber who has been dubbed Spiderman, scales the Fortuna Business Center in Macao on July 26. Zhang Jinjia / Xinhua |
(China Daily European Weekly 07/29/2016 page5)
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