Big picture
| Ahhhh! Relieving the summer heat in Wuhan, Hubei province, a man takes a dip in a swimming pool at the city's Maya Ocean Water Park. Ke Hao / Xinhua |
| 60 years of animation: Shanghai Animation Film Studio celebrated its 60th birthday on June 1. Founded in 1957, the studio has produced more than 500 classic animated films and dramas. The Black Cat Detective is one of China's most famous cartoon characters. Gao Erqiang / China Daily |
| Help on the way: A new batch of supplies for the United Nations' World Food Programme is set to be sent from Shanghai on June 2. According to the organization's China office, the country will provide more than 2,800 tons of food aid to drought-stricken Somalia in June. Gao Erqiang / China Daily |
| All fingers, no toes: A robotic pianist named Teotronica plays at a theater in Tianjin on June 3. The 53-fingered robot played a duet with Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda (right) at a concert in the city. Wang Xiaoming / Xinhua |
| Oversize: Tourists take pictures with pumpkins, each of which is around 80 centimeters in diameter and weighs 100 kilograms. They were grown by researchers at an agriculture center in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. Zhang Liangzong / For China Daily |
| Cultural spectacle: One-hundred hand looms for weaving fan out on a bank of West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on June 4. The display was intended to demonstrate the extraordinary charm of this intangible cultural heritage. Li Zhong / For China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 06/09/2017 page5)
Today's Top News
- Mainland pledges deeper cross-Strait integration in 2026 message
- Lai's 'separatist fallacy' speech rightly slammed
- Xi's message for New Year widely lauded
- Swiss bar fire kills around 40, injures more than 110
- New Year's address inspiring for all
- Xi congratulates Science and Technology Daily on its 40th anniversary
