Messy chugger
A competitor gulps down a bottle of beer on Tuesday during the 29th Qingdao International Beer Festival in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province. Six competitors advanced to the finals. The fastest drinker finished a beer in four seconds. Photo: IC
Tiny mouthful
A hippo in a zoo in Yantai, East China's Shandong Province eats half a watermelon in one bite on Monday, as temperatures reached close to the mid-30s C. Photo: VCG
Disabled not disheartened
Artist Wang Yongchun, 56, in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Monday uses his mouth to hold a paintbrush. Wang supported three daughters through university by selling his paintings. Photo: VCG
Too cool to fly
A group of Spider-men take a dip on Saturday at a water park in Southwest China's Chongqing, where temperatures soared to 40 C on the weekend. Photo: VCG
Elegant pose
Teenage opera performers from the Macao Special Administrative Region perform Chinese traditional opera on Sunday during the opening ceremony of an art exchange camp for young people from Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao. Photo: VCG
Melon cubed
A supermarket in Yichang, Central China's Hubei Province sells weird watermelons. Each of 10 kilograms costs 280 yuan ($41). The watermelons were grown in cubes to create the effect. Photo: VCG
Tang time
To promote ancient manners, traditional costume enthusiasts on Saturday perform Tang Dynasty dance and court etiquette on the streets of Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Photo: VCG
Spellbinding artifacts
Visitors view ancient artifacts at an exhibition titled Liangzhu and Ancient China: 5,000 years of civilization, being held at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Tuesday.
Captured eclipse
A composite photo shows all the phases of a partial lunar eclipse over a residential community in Kuqa county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on Wednesday.
Kung fu boy
A boy in Cangzhou, North China's Hebei Province practicing Chinese martial arts is directed by Chen Honglin, a well-known local practitioner. Photo: IC
Exotic light show
A Shanghai resident is photographed during a staged light show in the city on Wednesday. Photo: VCG
Never too late
Liu Xiaoyu, a university student volunteer from Wuhan University of Engineering Science on Tuesday takes free photos for an elderly couple who were too poor to have wedding photos taken on their wedding day. Photo: VCG
He shoots!
A model of the young soccer player from the Japanese animation series, Captain Tsubasa is on display at an exhibition in Shanghai. Photo: VCG
Model contest
A model in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province shows off her breasts to judges during the semifinals of the 9th breast model beauty contest on Sunday. Thousands of models from across China applied to enter the contest. Photo: VCG
Using their head
Students at a primary school in Yiyuan county, East China's Shandong Province on Monday practice headers during a soccer summer camp. Photo: VCG
Kids on parade
A girl in traditional Chinese opera costume strides the catwalk at the child fashion show in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province. The age of the competitors ranged from 4 to 11. Photo: IC
Summer snow
A father and his daughter on Friday enjoy the snow foam in Zhangjiajie, Central China's Hunan Province. The activity has attracted many tourists looking to keep cool in the sweltering summer. Photo: VCG
Fashion clash
A young man in a traditional Sichuan opera costume walks past a giant poster in front of a jewelry store on Wednesday in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. Photo: VCG