Fits like a glove - a model poses backstage ahead of the First Master Training Camp Collection Show on the Fifth day of China Graduate Fashion Week in Beijing.
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A chicken in a yard in central Beijing. All of the 14 people reportly infected by the H7N9 bird flu strain have been in eastern China. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters
People hold candles during an event attempting to establish a Guinness world record for ‘blowing out the most number of candles simultaneously’ during Earth Hour in Shanghai.
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Photograph:Carlos Barria/Reuters
It’s the stuff of nightmares: last week, the ground opened up and swallowed a Florida man as he lay sleeping in his home. But why do these sinkholes occur and how widespread are they?
Photos: 1. Three buildings collapsed after a huge hole appeared in, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China on 28 Jan 2013. There are no casualties from the incident, which was near a metro tunnel construction site. Imaginechina/Rex Features. 2. Guatemala city, 2007 Photograph: Ulises Rodriguez/EPA/Corbis
‘Nothing is impossible’ is the unofficial motto for transport in Shanghai, as drivers challenge the laws of physics on a daily basis – sometimes successfully, other times not so.
From: Shanghai: life in the megacity – in pictures
Photograph: Luca Isola
Star Trek fan, or just saying hi? A panda cub at the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda at the Wolong nature reserve in Sichuan, China
Photograph: Katherine Feng/Minden/Solent
China’s landlocked capital of 20m people has experienced record-breaking pollution over the last few days. Guardian partner, the Climate Desk, breaks down exactly what’s in the air
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