Visitors enjoy illustrations inside Nantou Ancient Town in Nanshan District on Saturday. The 8th China Illustration Biennial (CIB8) and IllusBoom Illustration Festival are being held along two streets inside the town. CIB8 has collected over 500 illustrations from established and emerging artists from home and abroad to provide audiences an art feast which will last until July 12.
Visitors admire and take photos of lotus flowers at Honghu Park in Luohu District recently. Lotus flowers have entered their blooming season. Due to the city’s recent spate of heavy rains, this year’s lotus flowers are not as abundant as previous years, but its flowering period is expected to continue until mid-July. Citizens are also advised to stagger their travel to the park, as a cap of 9,000 visitors will be imposed.
A mother presents a bouquet to her daughter who walked out of the testing site after finishing the last subject of the three-day National College Entrance Examination, or gaokao, at the Central Campus of Shenzhen Senior High School in Futian District on Thursday. Results of the make-or-break all-important examination will be released around June 25, according to the provincial education authority.
Around 30 Hong Kong youths working in Hong Kong-funded institutions in Shenzhen learn taichi from Long Jiaoer (C), the first taichi world champion in Sichuan Province, for a video at the Sea World in Shekou yesterday.