A drone photo taken on Aug 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River near the Tianjin Railway Station in North China's Tianjin. [Photo/Xinhua]
A seaside resort in Dalian, Liaoning province, is packed with tourists seeking respite from the scorching heat, Aug 2, 2025. The daytime temperatures in the coastal city exceeded 30 C during the past week. WANG XIZENG/FOR CHINA DAILY
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug 3, 2025 shows a sightseeing train running on a 7-arch bridge on the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway in Kaiyuan city of Southwest China's Yunnan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
A child plays in Yining city of Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 4, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
A foreign athlete engages in a strength challenge with a robot police dog at the World Games Village in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Aug 5, 2025. HE HAIYANG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Young students from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries try shadow puppet show during the Kaleidoscope Cultural Bazaar in North China's Tianjin, Aug 6, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Bridges over the Lhasa River are pictured in Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, Aug 1, 2025. During the 1950s, the first bridge over the Lhasa River was built, ending the reliance on sheepskin rafts for river crossings. Nowadays, multiple bridges span the river across downtown Lhasa, reflecting the region's rapid progress in transportation and urban development. [Photo/Xinhua]
Students participate in a watermelon-eating contest on Aug 5, 2025 at a primary school in Hefei, Anhui province. The event preceded the arrival of li qiu, or Start of Autumn, the 13th solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, which falls on Aug 7, 2025. Known as ken qiu, meaning "biting into autumn", the activity is a Chinese tradition marking li qiu that involves enjoying fruits and vegetables, particularly watermelon, to prepare for the cooler weather and to help one's body adjust to the seasonal change. ZHAO MING/FOR CHINA DAILY
Common crape myrtle flowers are in full bloom along the coastal line of Tangdao Bay in Qingdao West Coast New Area in East China's Shandong province, Aug 7, 2025. [Photo/VCG]
Farmers dry harvested chili peppers in Qiaocheng district of Bozhou, Anhui province, Aug 4, 2025. More than 21,600 hectares of chili crops in Qiaocheng have entered the harvest season, and farmers are racing against time to pick, dry and sort the peppers under clear skies, securing both a bumper yield and increased incomes for local households. LIU QINLI/FOR CHINA DAILY
