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| BRIGHT SIGHT: Children take photos with cole flowers in Chengdu, Sichuan province on March 18. Xue Yubin / Xinhua |
| SIGN OF SPRING: Children at a kindergarten in Chaohu, Anhui province, attempt to balance eggs under the watchful eye of their teacher to celebrate the Spring Equinox, which fell on March 20. The practice, which dates back more than 1,000 years, is popular in China to celebrate the coming of spring. Ma Fengcheng / Xinhua |
| TEA TIME: A farmer picks the first batch of this year's tea leaves in Pu'an county, Guizhou province, on March 22. Liu Chaofu / Xinhua |
| PICTURE THIS: Veteran photographer Li Yuzhen picks up a camera in a vintage photo studio in Lianhua, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Li might well be one of the world's most experienced photographers. She has been using a camera for 64 years and refuses to retire - even as she turns 105. You Yongjun / For China Daily |
| HAVING FUN: A giant panda cub plays with a zookeeper at the Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, Southwest China on March 18. Chen Chao / For China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 03/24/2017 page5)
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