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A Chinese guide provides service for a Chinese tourist at Helsinki Airport, Finland, on Sept. 16, 2016. Since the summer of this year, the Helsinki Airport launched a series of services for Chinese tourists in order to facilitate their tour. According to the statistics from the airport, in 2015 the number of the Chinese arrival and transit tourists reached 300,000, a 50% rise from the previous year. (Xinhua/Zhang Xuan)
Children visit a butterfly exhibition held at Shanghai Zoo in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 23, 2016. Butterflies of nearly 30 species were displayed at the exhibition. Over ten thousand butterflies will be released during the one-month exhibition. (Xinhua/Fan Jun)
Children release butterflies during a butterfly exhibition held at Shanghai Zoo in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 23, 2016.
A folk artist (R) presents a woodcarving handicraft to a visitor at the 2016 China (Yantai) folk arts and crafts exposition at the Yaitai International Expo Center in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 23, 2016. The four-day exposition, with the participation of exhibitors from at home and abroad, kicked off here Friday. (Xinhua/Tang Ke)
Folk artisit Liu Bomu presents cucurbit handicrafts at the 2016 China (Yantai) folk arts and crafts exposition at the Yaitai International Expo Center in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 23, 2016. The four-day exposition, with the participation of exhibitors from at home and abroad, kicked off here Friday. (Xinhua/Chu Yang)
An injured child receives medical treatments at a hospital in Suixian County, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 22, 2016. Two children were killed and 11 others injured after a school bus carrying a kindergarten class collided with a truck at an intersection in Suixian County Thursday morning. Police have detained the truck driver, and an investigation is underway. (Xinhua/Yang Zhenghua)
Workers set up a large flower terrace on the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 22, 2016. More than 200 flower terraces will be set up in the capital to celebrate the upcoming National Day on Oct. 1. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Participants colour lanterns during the 5th China Charity Fair in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 23, 2016. A total of 2,600 domestic charity organizations, enterprises or personnel and 75 international charity organizations took part in the fair that kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Horsemen perform at the opening ceremony of the Nadam Fair at Alxa Highlands in Araxan, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2016. Horse racing, boxing, poetry contest and dress show will be held during the three-day Nadam Fair that kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Kang Wenkui)
Children draw on pottery during a colored painting contest in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 21, 2016, as a part of the first Silk Road International Cultural Expo. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaochu)
Students at a Lenin school perform a traditional waist drum dance, Sept 22, 2016. The dance is practiced to build the students' bodies and teach them more about local traditional cultures. With more than 50 teachers, the school now provides nine-year compulsory education to more than 700 students. Students watch films and learn stories about the Red Army every week and they serve as guides at a nearby Red Army memorial. A Lenin school resides on the border of Northwest China's Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Established in 1934 by the Revolutionary Committee of Shaanxi and Gansu Border Area, it aimed to offer poor kids in the area the opportunity to learn. [Photo by Tyler Terrance O'Neil/chinadaily.com.cn]
Students at a Lenin school take an English class, Sept 22, 2016. [Photo by Ma Chi/chinadaily.com.cn]
Students at a Lenin school read books & study in the evening, Sept 22, 2016. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Members of Chinese Water Ski Association perform during the opening ceremony of the 3rd China Yihe International Water Ski Open in Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 24, 2016. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)
The spiral sightseeing platform under construction is seen at the Meixi Lake in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 24, 2016. Made from 7,000 tonnes of steel, the spiral sightseeing platform is 35 meters high with a diameter of 86 meters. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)
African apprentices pose for a group photo during the graduation ceremony at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 23, 2016. A total of twenty apprentices from Africa graduated here on Friday after three-month training programs on Kungfu and Shaolin culture. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)
African apprentices perform Kungfu at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 23, 2016.