Collage: China’s Week in Photos, July 16-22

Qi Ya

2018-07-22 08:26:44

In this Week in Photos, Chinese people find curious ways of coping with ‘sanfu,’ the hottest period of the summer; torrential rains flood parts of Beijing; and Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo visits Beijing, sending his Chinese fans into a frenzy.

1/7 Chinese fans gather hoping to catch a glimpse of newly signed Juventus player Cristiano Ronaldo in Beijing, July 19, 2018. The Portuguese soccer star is in China to promote his CR7 sportswear collection. Wu Hao/EPA/IC

2/7 Cars are nearly submerged by floodwaters from torrential rains in an underpass in Beijing, July 16, 2018. IC

3/7 A tourist lays covered in seaweed on a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, July 16, 2018. Huang Jiexian/IC

4/7 A doctor treats a patient with moxibustion, a traditional Chinese medicine technique, during ‘sanfu,’ the hottest period of the summer, at a hospital in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, July 17, 2018. IC

5/7 Cranes are equipped with water-spraying mechanisms used to control dust at a construction site in Zhengzhou, Henan province, July 19, 2018. IC

6/7 Jockeys participate in an equestrian competition in Zhaosu County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, July 17, 2018. Xu Congjun/IC

7/7 Women lie on cobblestones for a free massage during ‘sanfu,’ the hottest period of the summer, in Huaibei, Anhui province, July 17, 2018. Zou Yi/IC