In this Week in Photos, logistics staff are hard at work at distribution centers across China after Alibaba’s annual Singles’ Day online shopping event; the government of Hangzhou announces a temporary “civilized dog-raising” campaign to crack down on pooches in public; and Beijing issues a yellow alert for smog.
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City management officials guide two dogs whose owners had not obtained dog-raising licenses in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Nov. 15, 2018.
On Nov. 8, the city’s government announced a temporary ‘civilized dog-raising’ campaign to crack down on pooches in public. Chen Zhongqiu/VCG
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A police dog barks at a soldier during an emergency rescue drill in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Nov. 17, 2018. Yang Bo/CNS/VCG
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Logistics workers at a distribution center sort packages after Alibaba’s annual Singles’ Day online shopping event, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 14, 2018. Yu Jing/CNS/VCG
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A college student collects her Singles’ Day deliveries in below-freezing temperatures at Heilongjiang University in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, Nov. 14, 2018. Zhang Tao/Getty Images/VCG
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A man with a mask closes his eyes on a yellow-alert smog day in Beijing, Nov. 14, 2018. Yang Kejia/CNS/VCG
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Sightseers at the North Bund area of Shanghai admire skyscrapers in the Lujiazui financial district across the Huangpu River, Nov. 13. 2018. Shen Qilai/Bloomberg via Getty Images/VCG
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An exterior view of the InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, a luxury hotel constructed in an abandoned quarry around 32 kilometers southwest of Shanghai, Nov. 13, 2018. Johannes Eisele/AFP/VCG