Top-spot hot pot
Chefs in Baotou, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region stir ingredients, including 940 kilograms of mutton in what is being described as China's largest hot pot on Friday. Photo: VCG
Sweet beaks
Cakes baked in the shape of chickens are displayed at the 7th International Tea Expo of Western China in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday. Other animal-themed cakes are also on display, including ducks and squirrels. Photo: IC
Made for pooch
A luxury dog bed complete with sheets and pillows is on display at the 22nd Asia Pet Fair in East China's Shanghai Municipality on Wednesday. The fair runs until Sunday and offers a huge array of products for a variety of pets. Photo: IC
Recycled for fun
A 30-year-old father in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province uses cardboard to make toy cars building blocks for his four-year-old daughter. Photo: IC
Socially responsible VR
Two children play a virtual reality game about recycling trash at a science exhibition hall in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday. The hall invited 32 children from rural areas to learn about science and technology. Photo: VCG
Indoor winter
Visitors wearing winter coats take photos at an exhibition hall with real snow in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Temperatures in the city were near 30 C on Wednesday. Photo: IC
What's the story?
A story store on an old street in East China's Shanghai Municipality encourages people to drop in and write a story about the neighborhood. Photo: VCG
Quack cafe
A cafe located in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province keeps several tame ducks and allows customers to pet, which attracts a lot of young visitors. Photo: VCG
A welcome roar
A paper Mache dinosaur welcomes freshmen and their parents enrolling in Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province on Saturday. Photo: VCG
Bovine traffic ahead
A herd of cattle stroll down a street in Qionghai, South China's Hainan Province on Sunday, eating grass by the roadside and attracting the attention of passersby. Photo: VCG
Peacock parade
Dancers at a coastal park in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province, perform alongside 118 peacocks that live at the park on Saturday. Photo: IC
Marriage en masse
Eighty couples, also alumni of Lanzhou University, wearing traditional Chinese wedding costumes attend a group wedding in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu Province on Saturday to celebrate the 110th anniversary of their school. Photo: VCG
Friendly giants
Huge models of herbivore dinosaurs are on display at the Beijing Museum of Natural History on Wednesday. Photo: VCG
Amphibious aerobatics
Chinese water acrobats perform stunts for an audience of thousands in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Wednesday. Photo: IC
Low hanging veggie
A visitor admires a super long squash at a farm in Yichang, Central China's Hubei Province which grows 50 varieties of squash and pumpkins. Photo: IC
Speed eaters
Three children participate in a watermelon eating contest at the 6th watermelon festival in Jishou, Central China's Hunan Province on Tuesday. Photo: VCG
Cool game
Residents in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality sit in cool water with ice and play mahjong on Tuesday to relieve summer heat. Photo:VCG
A teenager now
Panda Tao Tao celebrates his 13th birthday on Monday at a panda training base in Guang'an, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. People from around the country sent it many birthday presents. Photo: VCG