A worker quenches his thirst at a construction site in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, as the temperature soared to 40 C. [Photo/VCG]
Rescuers clear away mud and stones after a section of the Baoji-Chengdu railway was blocked in a landslide caused by a heavy downpour in Lueyang county, Hanzhong city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, July 21, 2018. [Photo/IC]
A motorcycle driver braves a heavy downpour in Beijing on July 24, 2018. [Photo/IC]
Volunteers sort out plastic bottles at a recycling center in Taipei on July 20, 2018. Taiwan boasts more than 70 percent recycling rates according to its environmental protection administration. [Photo/VCG]
A zoo employee feeds watermelon to a hippo as summer refreshment in Chongqing municipality on July 20, 2018. [Photo/VCG]