Collage: China’s Week in Photos, May 22-28

Chen Ronghui and Ding Yining

2017-05-28 04:37:56

In this Week in Photos, five leading Go players despair after defeat at the hands of Google’s AlphaGo during a summit dedicated to the strategy board game; mothers of college entrance exam candidates wish their children success by burning incense; and a giant panda is given feed in the shape of zongzi, traditional rice dumplings associated with the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival.

1/7 A giant panda is given feed in the shape of zongzi, rice dumplings associated with the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, at Shenzhen Safari Park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, May 25, 2017. Tang Ning/VCG

2/7 Mothers of candidates of the gaokao college entrance exams burn incense and pray for their children’s good grades in Lu’an, Anhui province, May 26, 2017. VCG

3/7 Students dress up as members of China’s Red Army during celebrations for the upcoming International Children’s Day in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, May 27, 2017. Deng Yinming/VCG

4/7 A woman carries an umbrella to shelter from heavy rains in Hong Kong, May 24, 2017. Jerome Favr/EPA/IC

5/7 Five leading Go players react after defeat at the hands of Google’s AlphaGo during the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, May 26, 2017. VCG

6/7 Ducks walk over the dried-out riverbed of the Jialing River’s Chongqing branch, Chongqing, May 23, 2017. Chen Chao/CNS/VCG

7/7 Two 180-meter-tall chimneys and a cooling tower are demolished at the Nanjing No. 2 Thermal Power Plant, Jiangsu province, May 23, 2017. IC